February 7, 2018 -

Independent review examining the application of Sharia councils in the UK invites conflicting responses, including from the Home Office

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The recently published independent review was set up to examine the manner in which Sharia law was being applied in conjunction with UK law, and in particular, whether it is facilitating discriminatory practices against women.

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Yaghoob Foroutan: New Zealand’s Muslim population along ethnic lines

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In his article ‘Muslim Minority of New Zealand in Global Context; Demographic Perspective’ (in Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs (2017) 37(4) 511-518), Foroutan advocates a demographic and socio-economic study of New Zealand’s growing Muslim population that includes distinctions along lines of ethnic origin, rather than one that simply treats that section of the population as…

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