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Join the
International Campaign against setting up Shari’a court in
Canada!
On October 21st 2003, Muslim leaders in Canada elected 30 member
council to establish a judicial tribunal for Muslims known as
“ the Islamic Institute of Civic Justice”. The move is
designed to persuade Canadian court to uphold decisions made
under the Muslim Law.
The International Campaign for the Defense of Women’s Rights
in Iran is running an International Campaign against this new
move in Canada.
We strongly believe that this move is anti women’s move and
will push back women in the society in general. In the past 20
years, women’s rights have been increasingly under attack by
the Islamic governments and groups. Women are subject to abuse
for disobeying social Islamic standards. Daily degradation of
women, prohibition from many forms of employment, field of study
and sports, sexual segregation in buses, schools and public
places, Stoning to death of women or murdering them for sexual
relations outside marriage, acid-throwing in the faces of women,
and flogging for transgressing Islamic laws for improper
behavior have been imposed on women under Islamic influence not
only in countries such as Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan but
also in Western countries.
The women’s rights movement has fought this reactionary
movement and many paid a price in doing so. . As part of this
radical movement, we believe that all people who live in Canada
are citizens with equal rights, and should live according to
same social laws and norms. We do not divide society into
cultural, religious, national and racial majorities and
minorities. We stand for equal and universal laws and freedoms
for all humanity, which should embrace all, irrespective of sex,
race, ethnicity, etc.
We now are calling on all individuals and progressive
organizations to oppose the proposed tribunal for legal
recognition of settlements according to Shari’a. This proposal
is anti-freedom, anti-women, misogynist and anti-modernism and
is strongly racist.
We therefore have the following demands:
1. Religion to be declared private affair of the individual.
And complete
separation of religion from education for children under the age
16.
2. Prohibition of violent and inhuman religious ceremonies,
practice and any form of religious activities that is
incompatible with people’s
civil rights and liberties and the principle of the equality of
all.
3. Prohibition of teaching religions subjects and dogmas or
religions interpretation in schools and educational
establishments or in general any law and regulation that
breaches the principle of secular non- religious
December 31, 2003
To: Media in Canada and USA
To: All progressive organizations and individuals
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