For some reason when people here the word Muslim, every alarm bell is raised. Nobody is trying to create a “mini-Iran†here; though it seemingly has become the predominant belief in the minds of many.
It is important to remember that if Sharia Law were to have been established, it would not hold any power over the Canadian Charter. Every single ruling would have had to be inline with Canadian arbitration, and thus would not be able to supersede it. So it is, in fact, a case of a demographic adapting to the Canadian standards of morality and ethics.
If the courts were given a chance, perhaps the Sharia Law employed in Canada would act as inspiration to others in the Muslim world to acclimatize their legal codes to more liberal standards. Instead, the Mcguinty government shut it down; disregarding the fact decisions can be appealed to the civil courts; that government monitoring would be in place so as to ensure that women’s rights aren’t trampled; and that there would be an equal number of women on each panel to hear each case.
I understand the plight of women who may have suffered under the rule of perverted idiots from despotic regimes, but people have to understand that Sharia Law in Canada would have no resemblance with such a system except in name. If, after monitoring, the courts were deemed to be inherently biased, then by all means disband and reissue all cases to the Canadian civil courts. Instead what happened hear was fear mongering – people claiming that this Country would be converted to a “mini-Iran.â€
