WHEN Australian Muslim Frida Dakiz’s marriage dissolved she was granted a divorce by her local imam.
The 33-year-old dress shop manager said it was only after she was officially separated by religious law that she considered secular options.
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Ms Dakiz is among thousands of Australian Muslims living by a shadow civil code known as sharia law. And despite the arrests this week of three men who police allege carried out a sharia law punishment, Ms Dakiz and 28-year-old friend Rebecca Kay yesterday said their traditions have a place in Australian society.
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