Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Sharia Becoming "Shadow Legal System" in Australia

But I thought that Muslims just want democracy and that it would never occur to them that Sharia must be established throughout the world!

Canberra, July 20: The Sharia law has become a 'shadow legal system' within Australia, endorsing polygamous and underage marriages that are outlawed under the country's legal systems.

According to new research conducted by legal academics Ann Black and Kerrie Sadiq, a system of "legal pluralism" based on sharia law "abounds" in modern Australia, with religious ceremonies validating multiple wives or even underage ones.

According to the research, some Australian Muslims have been complying with the shadow system of religious law as well as mainstream law, News.com.au reports.

The research, which will be published next week, says that the wider community has been "oblivious to the legal pluralism that abounds in this country".

Sharia is based on Muslim teachings in the Koran but is open to interpretation by different religious leaders.

It has potential cultural conflicts with Australian law over points including alcohol, marriage and charging of interest on loans.

While there has been a push to adopt sharia here the Attorney General says existing laws win out. (Source)

2 comments:

Joe Bradley said...

Compliance with Sharia is fine as long as the compliance does not violate existing secular law of the host country in which the Muslims reside.

If the compliance violates the laws of the host country, then the Muslim becomes just another criminal to be dealt with no differently than any other criminal within the criminal justice system.

donna60 said...

Australia has nothing on the United States. Both Muslim polygamy and Morman polygamy are doing just fine by Uncle Sam,