Posted on 08/20/2010 11:22:43 AM PDT by oyez
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- An attempt to create a Muslim Shariah court in Russia ended with its closure after just weeks in existence, authorities said.
Russian prosecutors ordered the closure of the court, which opened in St. Petersburg amid strong criticism from local Muslim leaders and human rights activists, The Moscow Times reported Friday.
The court, operating under Islamic law, had no judicial power and its activity was limited to civil disputes such as reconciling members of estranged families, founder Dzhamaliddin Makhmutov said.
"Our resolutions have no judicial power; what we do would be perhaps best described as honor trials," Makhmutov said before prosecutors demanded closure of the court this week.
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At lest Russia is looking out for her people. America is abandoning its people.
“what we do would be perhaps best described as honor trials”
And a guilty verdict usually brings a death sentence - without any official standing of course!
Russia is learning that it is a threat to its sovereignty. Good for them!
Feh, if it is not justice, then it has no honor.
Then you have nothing to worry about, do ya, muzzie? Go play judge and jury in your hut and leave the real justice where it belongs.
honor trials ??? Like the ones that lead to honor killing, no way no how, shut it down !!
If the NY Mosque is allowed to be built, watch the oval office. They will say that it is the right of the muslims to have Sharia Law for their own people. From there, it will travel across our country.
Good for Russia!
“...America is abandoning its people....”
Wrong-o. America is not abandonig its people. Obama and his fellow travelers are.
666=Sharia
Satan's number! It is an evil and demonic muslim law system.
At least Russia is standing up to Islamic Terror. Lets just hope the Islamic Terrorists do not take revenge on innocent Russians. Then again, Russia has no problem killing Islamic Terrorists
Fifteen minutes to Wapner. Thanks oyez.
The Ruskies don’t eff around with PC nonsense. Good for them.
Bears repeating
Why is it that Russia has to lead the way out of this Islam mess for the West. Why the hell can’t we figure it out ourselves? But good for Russia, in any case.
They can say what they want about the courts being ‘informal’, but once judged there, a Muslim women either has to obey, or scram - because she’ll be run down and persecuted for the rest of her life if she tries to ignore them.
Russia is looking better as a place to move to.
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