[Clara Lou]

Foot in the door.

[TomGuy]

Coming soon to Detriot and a city near you.

[Spirited]

A double set of laws....heaven, help us.

[Militiaman7]

Goodbye Canada it's been nice knowing you.

Note to President Bush and Congress: Fortify our border with Canada.

[Mike Darancette]

Some sort of mutually agreed to mediation - I have no problem with that.

[dodger]

This is awful and America is not immune what with the US Supreme Court beginning to -- unconstitutionally -- reference precedents in other countries (as urged by the Dean of the Yale Law School among others). I am amazed at how little an issue has been made of this bizarre trend in the USSC. Sharia, here we come ....

[Dr. Marten]

Ever heard of bleeding to death by paper cuts?....

[Sender]

Here ya go: The Muslim Court of Arbitration

[vpintheak]

Say goodbye to Canada, our one time ally. Say hello to Canadistan. The land of brownshirts, jackboots and burka's. I'm glad we got hockey out of you before you died.

[swarthyguy]

Chuckle.

Are they going to become like us, or us like them?

[Lurking Libertarian]

This is a voluntary system of arbitration, which applies only if both parties agree. It would be equally enforceable under U.S. law. For decades, Orthodox Jews have voluntarilly been submitting disputes to Rabbinic courts rather than litigating in the secular court system, and the decisions of those Rabbinic courts have been held to be enforceable under the Uniform Arbitration Act. This is (legally) indistinguishable.

[knighthawk]

Almad and thousands of other Muslims, taking advantage of a provision of the law in the province of Ontario, can now decide some civil disputes under sharia, including family disagreements and inheritance, business and divorce issues, using tribunals that include imams, Muslim elders and lawyers. While it is less than full implementation of sharia, local leaders consider it a significant step.

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[XBob]

Ping - Sorry Canadians are crazy Idiots.

[JudgemAll]

Hmmm, sharia law? what a nice way to put it. More like Pedophile law.

[JudgemAll]

I thought Canada was against inhumane exploitation....

Next time Canada talks about human rights, they need to be reminded of this crap. I don't care if Jews already operate that way there, islamism and sharia is absolutely despicable and alien to magna carta.

[expatguy]

The beginning of the end for Canada.

[Alberta's Child]

Let's keep this perspective, folks. Regardless of what they use as the basis of their judgements, the Islamic Court of Civil Justice is really nothing more than an arbitration body in civil disputes. They have no authority under the criminal code, and they have no authority in any cases unless both parties agree to have their case adjudicated under this board. This kind of thing has been going on without official recognition for generations in any number of religious groups.

FWIW, it's hard to see how this can possibly make things in Canada any more chaotic than they already are. Canada doesn't even have a standard legal system -- Quebec operates under French Civil Law, while the rest of the provinces operate under English Common Law.

[valkyrieanne]

So women whose husbands are treating them like cattle don't go before a regular Canadian family court, but go before a *sharia* court?

Canada is one step away from a complete dictatorship. Blame Canada!

[Made In The USA]

Dear Canda:

WTF?

Sincerely,
Your neighbor across the lake.

[sandbar]

>Almad and thousands of other Muslims, taking advantage of >a provision of the law in the province of Ontario, can >now decide some civil disputes under sharia,

It has begun... the blind fools.