Islam: The Potential Dangers of Sharia Law in a Civilized World
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In Sharjah, the third largest Arab Emirate and a so called civilized state, police have literally been going door to door in search of couples living in sin. Shacking up with the unmarried mother of your children is against Islamic law and is punishable by being lashed if you are a man, to being stoned to death if you are a woman. Wife beating has been ruled lawful by the courts.
Think it will never happen anywhere else?
The extremism is gradually being institutionalized in non-Muslim countries. Australia has a Muslim community of 340k who share “broad support of Sharia law”. In Scotland a law firm is offering clients “conventional” legal representation alongside advice on sharia law. And then there’s Great Britain.
Why? Because the Islamic scholar offering said advice is wanting to be certain that Muslims have access to the correct religious ruling on matters such as child custody and divorce. Clients will be able to see a Muslim lawyer who is fully trained in Scots law at the same time as they consult this sharia scholar who is an expert in Islamic law.
Of course it is controversial, not because it is helping prop up the continuation of life under Sharia, but because female solicitors were involved in the new initiative that was causing concern within some sections of the Muslim community.
Despite public fears over what is deemed “creeping” sharia law, the firm stressed that the sharia advice was not legally binding and would mainly focus on giving Islamic guidelines on divorce or child custody based on rigorous readings of the Koran.
However, critics and opponents accuse sharia of being a discriminatory and sexist legal system and an “extension” of the fundamentalist laws that allow hand amputations and stonings in countries such as Saudi Arabia.
Others in Europe have gotten their panties in a twist. Maryam Namazie, a spokeswoman for the One Law for All Campaign, which campaigns against sharia law in Britain, states :
We have a petition signed by more than 22,000 people saying that all religious tribunals should be prevented from operating within or outside the legal system. I have spoken to women who are losing custody of their children in the sharia councils – under sharia law custody of a child goes to the husband after a certain age, irrespective of the welfare of the child.
There are cases of domestic violence where women have dropped criminal charges and the sharia councils have sent the husbands on anger-management courses. That is just not how we deal with domestic violence in this country.
Condoning Sharia is almost as dangerous as encouraging it. Letting the extremists get their foot in the door, as in Scotland, is a bad idea. Obviously Belgium has grown a pair and is refusing to let the restrictive dress codes of Sharia law infiltrate their country. If all of the West puts their collective foot down, then at least the Muslim women living here will have the same protection as their American and European counterparts.
Rights, justice, inclusion, equality and respect are for people, not beliefs. Having the right of freedom of religion (or no religion) does not equal the “right” to be governed by religious laws. Every citizen in a country should receive the same rights and protections of the laws of that country. Not all Muslim immigrants practice Sharia, but the ones that do should be prepared for some life changes as they are dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
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they have those rabbinical courts here in some places, that the Jewish congregations use, no one is saying we have to be rid of those. No one is saying we have to be rid of going to the minister, priest pastor etc for advice on things family matter wise so tell me how is this any different? yeah I am that turd in the punchbowl again, because we cannot just say it’s only one group doing it when we know damn well it happens here too. Just look at how much sway bangers have gotten things into our own laws. Catholic bishops, protestant ministers etc have all had a hand in getting things done to change our laws.
Spot on Jess. Let’s stop saying ‘it’s the Muslims’ eh?
ALL faiths and cultures have to realise that if they live in the west THEY adapt to the west we don’t adapt to them and their ways.
We’ve screwed it before re what you said – rabbinical courts and so forth.
We could still turn it around re Catholics etc if the will was there> all we have to say is “This is the way it is here. Like it, live with it or ship out”
Simples?
Need I say anything?
When ever I write about such things my lovely pal ‘Anonymous’ and friends say I’m a right wing UKIP supporting rabid racist fascist – well, not entirely that but you know the gist.
I’m afraid Britain’s political elite are behaving like ostriches and will probably continue to do so until Allah bites them on the ass….it’ll be a wee bit too late then don’t you think?
I have said it before and I will say it again. When someone leaves a country to go to another one they must be willing to accept the customs and laws of the new country, otherwise stay where they are. In the U.S> we have fought a few of these religious rights verses the law and have decided that the law wins when it comes to harming another person. Perhaps we need to be even clearer where Muslims are concerned and make them state that they are giving up certain aspects of Islam. As far as I am concerned they should have to give up the head to toe dressing of females including covering their faces. While this is, admittedly starting on a slippery slop where freedom of religion is concerned, there has to be a point where we draw the line to keep one religion from changing the culture of an entire nation.
I’m afraid that London is no longer recognizable in the East End because of the Muslim invasion. It’s heartbreaking to see this beautiful city possibly taken over by this creeping plague.