Liberals seem to have forgotten their pledge to uphold secular values and, it seems, are quite happily embracing theological interference in politics and legislation in the form of Sharia courts.
There was a time when Europe was in the firm grip of the Church. It took years of tireless efforts to separate religion from the State.
Thanks to the leniency with which religion is being increasingly treated in the name of multiculturalism, however, the West is again falling for the dangerous romance between Church and State.
The latest manifestation of this unfortunate phenomenon took place in Canada, where the Ontario Superior Court allowed a Muslim man to walk free from the charge of marital rape because the accused followed Sharia law, under which a wife is obliged to submit to sexual intercourse at her husband’s will.
The victim stated that her husband sexually assaulted her and that she tried to stop him, but he only continued to rape her. The defendant claimed he didn’t know that this constituted marital rape in Canada.
This was in spite of the fact that in 2005, Ontario had prohibited the adjudication of family disputes in religious courts.
Nevertheless, the Court gave the man margin, finding that although he was guilty of the accusations, he was not aware that he was committing a crime on Canadian soil. [Conatus News] Read more
