«I make no apology for returning to the implications for community cohesion and local government of
sharia courts in the UK, a matter on which the new Minister quite properly opined last weekend and which we discussed yesterday.
Not exact matches
This man» a former official of the Second Republic (the previous civilian government, overthrown by the military
in 1983) who was once imprisoned by the current regime» told me that
in many places
in the north, where he often tries cases, Nigerian civil law has become a dead letter: judges regularly turn cases over to the
sharia courts even if only one party to the case is a Muslim.
Go talk to the
sharia courts and no - go zones
in Great Britain.
Trouble is that many of the immigrant «communities» are doing just that, witness the islamic «curriculum» being plied
in British publicly - funded schools (or independent
sharia courts, or mass halal distribution, or..
the reason for the
court's blocking of a travel restriction put
in place by the President of the United States of America for purposes of national security was because the president (when he was a candidate) mentioned something about banning certain people (i.e. those people who believe it is their duty to enslave the world under
sharia law because god tells them to) during this time of war against those elements of said group who actually practice what they preach
Lady's Cox's arbitration and mediation services (equalities) bill targets anyone
in a
sharia or Jewish beth din
court pretending they have legal jurisdiction.
And many Muslims
in the UK have disputes resolved
in sharia courts, which coexist with the British legal system.
Police arrested six people
in Kano on Friday, after youth set fire on a
sharia court scheduled to hear a case of blasphemy.
The Judge
In 2009, Kholoud Al - Faqih became the first female judge in Palestinian sharia (religious) court
In 2009, Kholoud Al - Faqih became the first female judge
in Palestinian sharia (religious) court
in Palestinian
sharia (religious)
courts.
We meet
in the gallery, and, surrounded by her neon memorials to the dead, discuss exile, the aesthetics of seduction, and the state - sanctioned misogyny of Iran's
sharia courts.
I also regret that the
Court... missed the opportunity to analyse
in more detail the concept of a plurality of legal systems, which is linked to that of legal pluralism and is well - established
in ancient and modern legal theory and practice... This general remark also applies to the assessment to be made of
sharia, the legal expression of a religion whose traditions go back more than a thousand years, and which has its fixed points of reference and its excesses, like any other complex system.
Even
in the absence of threats of force, both
sharia and plural religiously based legal systems are
in themselves, even if democratically adopted, inherently incompatible (so the
Court finds) with the European Convention on Human Rights and the conceptions of democracy and the rule of law which it enshrines.
Bans on
court use of
sharia / international law: South Carolina bill bans
sharia law by name; bills not reintroduced
in at least three states
Trends to watch for
in 2014 session: merit selection, retirement age, judicial salaries, retirement systems, int» l /
sharia law use by state
courts
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court use of
sharia / international law: GA House approves modified bill; Mississippi bill to ban
sharia in divorce cases dies
Bans on
court use of
sharia / international law: reintroduced or active
in 12 states; bill moves
in SC; threat of impeachment against judges
in WV
Continue reading Bans on
court use of
sharia / international law: GA House approves modified bill; Mississippi bill to ban
sharia in divorce cases dies
The
courts provided for
in this section, when exercising their judicial authority, shall uphold and adhere to the law as provided
in the United States Constitution, the Constitution of Missouri, the United States Code, federal regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and if necessary the law of another state of the United States, provided the law of the other state does not include
sharia law,
in making judicial decisions.