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Canada: Protest against the proposed decriminalization of polygamy
We have received the following call for action from friends in Canada who ask that we write letters to Dr. Martha Bailey protesting her recommendation that the Federal Government of Canada remove Section 293 from the Criminal Code of Canada, thus, decriminalizing polygamy in Canada.
Dossier 27: Should different kinds of people living in the same province be governed by different kinds of laws?
Marion Boyd has submitted her review of the arbitration process in Ontario and the appropriateness of its use in resolving family disputes, entitled, “Dispute Resolution in Family Law: Protecting Choice, Promoting Inclusion,”1 to the Attorney General and the Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues. It is a lengthy and thoughtful report that carefully weighs many competing interests with respect to the use of arbitration, particularly arbitration based on religious law, in resolving family disputes and also examines relevant constitutional issues.
MIS A JOUR: Canada: L'Ontario refuse d'instaurer la charia et revient sur les tribunaux religieux
"Ontario n'autorise pas l'instauration de la charia, la loi islamique, pour régler des litiges familiaux." L'annonce a été accueillie, lundi 12 septembre, avec soulagement par des organisations féminines et inquiétude par des groupes religieux au Canada. Par ailleurs, l'Etat canadien a affirmé son intention d'interdire les tribunaux religieux existants.
UPDATE: Canada: McGuinty rejects Ontario's use of Shariah law
Many thanks to all of you who responded to this call for action and made your voices heard.
UPDATE: Canada: Support Canadian women's struggle against Shari'a Courts
The undersigned Canadian associations call for support in their struggle against the introduction of religious arbitration courts for family matters in Canada.
MIS A JOUR: Canada: Soutenez le combat des femmes canadiennes contre les tribunaux charia
Vous trouverez çi dessous un appel de plusieurs organisations de femmes canadiennes en lutte contre l'introduction de tribunaux religieux pour arbitrer les affaires familiales au Canada.
Canada: Soutenez le combat des femmes canadiennes contre les tribunaux charia
WLUML vous demande d’envoyer RAPIDEMENT des lettres de soutien aux mouvements féministes canadiens, et particulièrement aux mouvements de femmes dont les familles viennent de sociétés musulmanes, dans leur lutte pour résister à l’introduction de prétendus « tribunaux Charia » pour résoudre les questions familiales au Canada.
Canada: Support Canadian women's struggle against Shari'a Courts
WLUML asks you URGENTLY to send letters of support to Canadian women’s organisations, in particular organisations of women whose families come from Muslim societies, in their struggle to resist the introduction of so-called ‘Shari’a Courts’ in the resolution of family matters in Canada.
Dossier 17: The Shahrur Phenomenon: A Liberal Islamic Voice from Syria
In the early I990s the Arab world has witnessed an extraordinary publishing phenomenon. An 800 page book on Islam, Al-kitab wa’lqur’an: qira’a mu’asira (The Book and the Qur’an: a contemporary reading), was first published by the Ahali Publishing House Damascus in 1990. The book challenges a millennium of Islamic tradition. It is highly critical of the social, political and intellectual state of contemporary Arab countries. The author has been denounced as ‘an enemy of Islam’ and as ‘a Western and Zionist agent’. To date eleven other books have been written attacking his theses.
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