Tag: family law
Anti-Sharia Bill Passed In North Carolina Without Governor Pat McCrory’s Signature
(RNS) North Carolina became the seventh state to prohibit its judges from considering Islamic law after Gov. Pat McCrory allowed the bill to become...
New Book: DEBATING SHARIA: ISLAM, GENDER POLITICS, AND FAMILY LAW ARBITRATION
When the Islamic Institute of Civil Justice announced it would begin offering Sharia-based services in Ontario, a subsequent provincial government review gave qualified support...
When States Legally Sanction Discrimination
Integrating Islamic law in family law in European and North American societies poses a serious threat to women's rights – and to national integrity,...
No sharia council in Norway
Earlier this week a debate broke out after representatives of as well the Norwegian Islamic Council as the Norwegian court of law said they...
