Doctrine islamique / Islamic doctrine
– Mohammad Fadel (Chicago Journal of International Law – Winter 2007): Wife beating is “lawful discipline” when the husband is well-known for piety (Complementary footnote 26: “Where the spouses disagree whether the husband exercised lawful discipline or committed abuse, the wife is presumed to be truthful unless the husband is well-known for piety.”)
Articles / Point de Bascule
– Point de Bascule (17 juin 2016) : De la motion anti-charia adoptée par l’Assemblée nationale du Québec en 2005 à la Commission Bouchard-Taylor (Passage sur la proposition de reconnaissance des tribunaux islamiques au Canada)
Références / References
– Michael McAteer (Toronto Star – May 30, 1991): Muslims seek jurisdiction for family law / WebArchive – Archive.Today
– François Berger (La Presse – 24 février 1995) : Création d’un tribunal islamique à Montréal
«Fondé il y a un an par des responsables religieux musulmans de Montréal, le Conseil de la Charia, aussi appelé Conseil de jurisprudence islamique, tranche les litiges portés à son attention dans le domaine du droit familial et du droit civil par des citoyens de confession musulmane. Il a déjà entendu une dizaine de causes, concernant notamment des affaires matrimoniales, même si son statut officiel n’a pas été entériné par le gouvernement.»
– Marina Jimenez (The Globe and Mail – December 11, 2003): Islamic law in civil disputes raises questions / WebArchive – Archive.Today
– Al Jazeera (December 26, 2003): Some Canadians may use Sharia law / WebArchive – Archive.Today
“Muslim and non-Muslim experts say concerns are overblown. To complain about Sharia hints at racism against a community that feels under siege after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, lawyers said. […] ‘It is being sensationalised. It is part of the general hysteria that’s out there since 9/11, the Talibanization of (North) America,’ said Irfan Syed, chair of the Toronto-based Muslim Lawyers Association. ‘The mechanisms are all there for oversight and it is unfortunate that people are…leaping to conclusions’.”
– George Jonas (National Post – August 23, 2004): Different codes for different folks / Archive.Today
– Margaret Wente (The Globe and Mail – May 29, 2004): Life under sharia, in Canada? / WebArchive – Archive.Today
– Joseph Brean (National Post – August 27, 2004): Muslims protest shariah law proposal / WebArchive – Archive.Today (Mohamed Elmasry, president of the Canadian Islamic Congress states that sharia arbitrators “use gut feeling, they use common sense, and in many cases they are successful, […] in that their decisions are not appealed to a court or overturned.”
– Marion Boyd (December 2004): Dispute Resolution in Family Law / WebArchive – Archive.Today (Report prepared for the Attorney General of Ontario)
– Marion Boyd (December 2004): Dispute Resolution in Family Law / WebArchive – Archive.Today (List of persons who were consulted for the report)
– Caroline Mallan (Toronto Star – December 21, 2004): Marion Boyd’s report backs use of Islamic principles in settling family disputes – Opponents call sharia report a ‘betrayal of women’
– Margaret Wente (The Globe and Mail – December 23, 2004): The state should not give its blessing to Muslim courts / WebArchive – Archive.Today
– Sheldon Gordon (The Canadian Bar Association – March 2005): Sacred Settlements / WebArchive – Archive.Today (Faisal Kutty and Salam Elmenyawi were interviewd for the article.)
– Assemblée nationale du Québec (26 mai 2005) : Motion unanime contre l’implantation de tribunaux islamiques au Québec et ailleurs au Canada
– Lysiane Gagnon (Globe and Mail – September 5, 2005): The folly of sharia in Ontario / WebArchive – Archive.Today
– CBC News (September 9, 2005): Ontario Premier rejects use of Shariah law / WebArchive – Archive.Today (“Protests were planned this week in Waterloo and Victoria, and in Europe in Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Stockholm, Goteborg, London and Paris.”)
– Radio-Canada (12 septembre 2005) : Pas de tribunaux islamiques en Ontario / WebArchive – Archive.Today
– Sheema Khan (The Globe and Mail – September 15, 2005): The sharia debate deserves a proper hearing / WebArchive – Archive.Today
– James Sturcke (The Guardian – February 8, 2008): Sharia law in Canada, almost / WebArchive – Archive.Today (Irfan Syed and Faisal Kutty spoke in favour of the project and Homa Arjomand is quoted against it.)
– Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association (2009): Recommendation to the Law Society of Upper Canada for adding the names of Syed Mumtaz Ali, Feroza Bhabha and Yasir Naqvi on a list of “exceptional Ontario lawyers” / WebArchive – Archive.Today
Syed Mumtaz Ali (1926-2009) was the founder of the Islamic Institute of Civil Justice, the main entity behind the push for sharia-based arbitration in family matters. In 2005, after pressures from all corners in Canada (and from around the world), Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty declared: “There will be no Shariah law in Ontario. There will be no religious arbitration in Ontario. There will be one law for all Ontarians.” After graduating from Osgoode Law School in 1962, Syed Mumtaz Ali had been the first one to take his legal oath over the Koran.
– John Bingham (The Telegraph – October 20, 2012): Sharia courts ‘as consensual as rape’, House of Lords told / WebArchive – Archive.Today
– Peter Stanford (The Telegraph – April 22, 2014): Baroness Cox of Queensbury is fighting to stop sharia ‘seeping’ into enforcing divorce settlements / WebArchive – Archive.Today
– John Bingham (The Telegraph – November 24, 2014): UK Law Society apologises over advice to solicitors on how to draw up Sharia-style wills penalising widows and non-believers / WebArchive – Archive.Today – JihadWatch
– Liam Deacon (Breitbart – October 30, 2016): Leading UK Sharia Court ‘Protects’ Violent Muslim Husbands From Prosecution / WebArchive – Archive.Today
– Liam Deacon (Breitbart – 30 octobre 2016) : Un des principaux tribunaux islamiques de Grande-Bretagne ‘protège’ les maris musulmans violents contre des poursuites criminelles
– La Presse / Agence France-Presse (1 novembre 2016) : Les tribunaux islamiques de Grande-Bretagne sur la sellette / WebArchive – Archive.Today
– Maurais Live (11 janvier 2017) : AUDIO – Rediffusion d’un reportage de France 2 sur les tribunaux islamiques en Grande-Bretagne
