15 November 2011

Sharia warning

.... advocates of sharia law in Australia will continue with their quest for sharia-creep by demanding concessions, we cannot afford to indulge in even the most innocuous aspects of sharia law.

...The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that sharia law is not compatible with democracy. In its ruling, the European Court of Human Rights stated: "It is difficult to declare one's respect for democracy and human rights while at the same time supporting a regime based on sharia, which clearly diverges from the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms values, particularly with regard to its criminal law and criminal procedure, its rules on the legal status of women and the way it intervenes in all spheres of private and public life in accordance with religious precepts." [The Australian] Read more