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Thursday, September 22, 2005
Sharia, eh?
Yet another view on religious courts in Ontario:Rushfeldt says it is unfortunate McGuinty is using the Sharia law problem to call for a ban on other religious arbitration in Ontario. "Premier McGuinty has been very anti-religious in several instances," he notes. "So we believe that he took this opportunity to then say we're going to override all religions who have any kind of tribunal way of reviewing family situations and family problems."
Roman Catholics and Jews are among the religious groups that have used tribunals to settle disputes on a voluntary basis since 1991. Rushfeldt feels McGuinty's response was "very foolish," adding that he is convinced the discriminatory and equality issues associated [with?] Sharia law would have been reason enough not to approve of its use.
Again, I think you need to distinguish mainstream Islamic beliefs from the tribal stain of Sharia implemented by the Taliban. I'm willing to be educated on this, but it seems to me that the Roman Catholic church's patriarchal tradition leaves rather little ground for criticizing someone else for being discriminatory.
McGuinty made the right call: civil courts decide civil law.
