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Some Canada Muslims to Use Sharia in Civil Disputes
Why is it that in our glorious cultural "mosaic" we're too damn scared to impose our laws on people that CHOOSE to come here? If you want Sharia law, move to a country that has Sharia law. Don't move to a country you know is secular and "godless" and then agitate for everyone there to make new rules for you and your "special circumstances."
While Muslim leaders insist decisions are only binding if all parties agreed to the arbitration, critics say people may be pressured to take part in the process. "It involves inheritance, divorces and family matters and the sharia law is a distinct disadvantage to Muslim women and they will be pressured. There's no doubt about this," said Sheila Ayala of the Humanist Association of Canada which advocates separating church and state.
I've seen some pretty nasty behaviour between widowed parents and surviving children: and that's with the full protection of supposed "equal status" between men and women that we have now. Now suppose you state that women are entitled to less and have fewer rights than men.
Then you formalize this crap into law in Canada.
And have no illusions: if the provinces recognize the legitimacy of these special arbitrators, they will be compelled to enforce the arbitrator's decision, such as unequal rights towards Muslim women in family disputes.
Sharia is a code of law based primarily on the Koran as well as the teachings of the prophet Mohammad and is meant to govern all aspects of Muslim life including prayer, fasting and even finance, in which interest payments are banned.
Looks pretty incompatible with seperation of church and state doesn't it? In fact in such a setup the Church IS the state.
But Muslim and non-Muslim experts say concerns are overblown. To complain about sharia hints at racism against a community that feels under siege after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, lawyers said.
Ah, I see. If I have any problems with the implementation of a two-tiered legal system that strips the legal rights of an identifiable minority of the population then it must be my problem because I'm a racist nazi pig trying to oppress the beleaguered Muslim community.
Of course the Muslim community has been facing daily violent attacks in Canada and have been ostracized from society...Wait a sec. NO THEY HAVEN'T! How much mileage do they expect to get from the "Hey, society is being mean to us because you don't like us anymore after Sept 11" crap? North American society has bent over backward to say that we don't blame them for September 11th.
The federal government has said it "had no position" on the issue as provinces set laws on property and civil rights in their own jurisdictions as long as they do not breach the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the country's supreme law.
Hopefully the Charter Rights aren't sacrificed to the Gods of Political Correctness. Slippery slope, indeed.
via All Agitprop, All the Time
Thanks for the link, anyone with one of those spiked helmets is fine by me any day of the week.
Posted by Paul Jané on 12/29 at 12:21 PMWe have a case out here where a Sikh man is trying to use a cultural defense for him killing his ex-wife. He states that because his ex-wife was drinking and seeing other men, both of which are big sins in his religion, that he should not be held criminally responsible for killing her, as her actions drove him "insane".
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