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Posted on 12/16/2008 6:44:22 PM PST by george76
A Muslim think tank has found some UK Imams discriminate against women when enforcing Islamic Sharia law.
Scholars at the Centre for Islamic Pluralism interviewed 90 Muslims in London, the West Midlands, Lancashire and West Yorkshire.
They found some women did not get fair hearings in forced marriage, arranged marriage and domestic violence matters.
It comes after an NHS doctor was freed in Bangladesh following claims she was being held there for a forced marriage.
Sharia law governs every aspect of a Muslim's life, and Imams or scholars give out rulings on how to live by God's wishes. Some mosques hold Sharia courts.
The CIP's international director and its report's author Dr Irfan Al-Alawi said women seeking help in situations like forced marriages often turned to Imams for a ruling on what to do.
"Our research shows that domestic violence and forced marriages seem to be the dominant problems that women are facing and seeking Sharia rulings on.
"In every case it is a male who is the defendant coming from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
gosh, i wonder why it took them so long to notice!
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That has to be the understatement of the year.
Is there one that isn't (and still alive)?
gee.
Yathink?
This article warrants a great, big DUH.
Wow! Some think tank huh?!
Nothing gets past the BBC!
Why, didn’t they report recently that water is wet?
In a similar study, analysts were shocked to learn that some Popes are Catholic!
Here is what Winston Churchill had to say on the subject...
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property‹either as a child, a wife, or a concubine‹must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen; all know how to die; but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.”
What???? Someone must have removed the rock they’ve been under. Is this satire? I don’t think I can take much more stupid.
Has anyone informed NAG about this?
Israel: Struggle with God.
I'll struggle, thanks.
The report is due to be published next month and will be sent to the government and agencies.
It will recommend that Imams coming to the UK from south Asia and Africa need to be vetted to ensure they have a broad knowledge of Islam and a good command of English, so they can carry out their duties in a professional and competent way.
Amazing! They needed a Muslim think tank study to tell them this.
Well I guess I we talking about government here. You have got to CYA. You have got to have an authorative study before you can make a common sense decision. After all someone is going to be displeased no matter what you do.
I’m shocked — only “some”? I thought it was “all”....
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