“Sharia law compatible with human rights, argues leading barrister” was the headline in The Guardian (16 January, 2012).
The article continued “Sadakat Kadri told the Guardian that so-called "sharia courts" …. were good for "the community as a whole" by putting Sharia on a transparent, public footing and should be more widely accessible to those who want to use them.”
“…. they played a role in safeguarding human rights: "It's very important that they be acknowledged and allowed to exist. So long as they're voluntary, which is crucial, it's in everyone's interests these things be transparent and publicly accessible. If you don't have open tribunals, they're going to happen anyway, but behind closed doors." See here.
One’s first reaction might be if something is wrong, it is wrong, and the fact that it might go on behind closed doors is no excuse for allowing it. No doubt fewer people would be involved and in time they too might be stopped.
Sadakat Kadri, the barrister in question, is of half-Finnish, half-Pakistani origins, and his book “Heaven on Earth – A Journey Through Sharia Law” had just been published by Bodley Head. See here.
The book reveals why he thinks as he does but ironically it provides some of the best reasons why he is talking through his hat (or should that be his wig?). [Islam Surveyed] Read more
