Sharia Law

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This paper focuses on Sharia law and its possible implementation as an alternative arbitrary court in Ontario, Canada. The author argues that given its misogynistic nature, Sharia courts should not be implemented as a means of relieving the overburdened Ontario judicial system. In fact, the author feels a Sharia court would be a travesty for Muslim women, who should enjoy the same rights and freedoms of all Canadian women, regardless of their religious belief system.

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"Sharia law is often seen as oppressive to Muslim women and misogynistic. Many who opposed the implementation of the Sharia courts in Ontario feared for the safety of Muslim women, and found its implementation to be a legitimizing of the goals of Islamic fundamentalists. Under Sharia, women's roles are quite defined.
Although women are not prohibited from working outside of the household there is a strong emphasis on domestic duties such as housekeeping and child rearing. Women, however, generally are not permitted to be clergy or religious scholars. Many fundamentalists believe that Sharia is interpreted to prohibit women from holding prominent jobs; therefore women are forbidden from working in government ("Sharia law", 2005)."

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