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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
A Sharia "court" does not imply the above, nor does it make sense that it should not be available to people in western society. While I agree that Sharia should not dictate actual law, lumping people who believe in the value of Sharia or Sharia tribunals with those that believe Sharia should dictate actual law which applies to all people is incorrect as they're completely different things.
Further, you live in Canada, yes? You're aware of Christianity's heavy influence on our charter of rights and freedoms?
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Religious courts should be outlawed. Full stop. Laws that govern your society are legislated by elected representatives, discussed in an open forum, and rejected or accepted on their merits.
Tribunals or courts outside the system inherently undermine it. We have lots of avenues to pursue disagreements in western cultures.
And Christian influence on our Charter is one thing - I can leave Canada, marry an Indonesian, say ####ty things about Canada, renounce my citizenship, be a victim of sexual assault, lots of things that under Sharia law would be forbidden.
Separation of church and state is there for a reason.