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48 documents for sharia law in ontario

- Harper Re-Engaging Far Right in Advance of Vote
The abolition of the CCP, the Law Commission of Canada and federal funding for organizations doing advocacy, lobbying or research on women's equality triggered a storm of public protest. Alia Hogben, executive director of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women, said that without government funding, her organization wouldn't have been able to strike down the use of Muslim sharia law in Ontario. Added Monica Lysack of the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada: "When you look at this Conservative government's policy its like, 'Be good girls, be quiet.' It's shocking, really. It deeply satisfied the only women's organization [Harper]'s Conservatives listen to, the anti-equality REAL Women Canada. "If a group can't support itself and its lobbying activities across the country, then it ju...
- Winnipeg Free Press
- August 11, 2009
- Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Hazimeh, 2009 FC 380 (2009)
...Citation: 2009 FC 380. Ottawa , Ontario, April 15, 2009. PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justi... because it is a talaq divorce under Sharia law. Only the Ontario Superior court has jurisdict...
- Federal Court
- Nwokomah v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 FC 1535 (2005)
...Citation: 2005 FC 1535. Toronto, Ontario , November 10, 2005. PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE MR. J... police custody for prosecution under the Sharia law in force in that state. [3] The applicant did ...
- Federal Court

- Party autonomy and choice of law: is international arbitration leading the way or marching to the beat of its own drummer?
...("subject to the principles of the Glorious Sharia'a"). . (31) This is not particularly surprising, g...31 (1) of the Ontario Arbitration Act, S.O. 1991, c. 17, provides, "an a...
- University of New Brunswick Law Journal
- Nbr. 60, January 2010
- Muslims debate Sharia in Ontario.
Government questions surrounding the application of Muslim or Sharia law in legal family arbitration has women s groups calling for the removal of suc...
- Presbyterian Record
- Vol. 129 Nbr. 9, October 2005
- Ontario bans religious tribunals.
... ONTARIO GOVERNMENT has banned the use of sharia law and other religious tribunals, including Jewis...
- Presbyterian Record
- Vol. 129 Nbr. 10, November 2005
- Harkat (Re), 2010 FC 1241 (2010)
...Citation: 2010 FC 1241. Ottawa, Ontario, December 9, 2010. PRESENT : The Honourable Mr. Ju..., in which the Islamic world adhered to the sharia law and to the fundamental principles of the relig...
- Cour Fédérale
- Cultural thin skulls.
... a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario dealing with a claim by parents of Chinese descent... instance, authorizing the application of Sharia law in the arbitration of family disputes, allowin...
- University of New Brunswick Law Journal
- Nbr. 60, January 2010
- Polygamy: monogamy on trial.
... such jurisdictions as Great Britain and Ontario, where men in polygamous marriages have been able ... of a shadow justice system enshrining Sharia law. . But the religious freedom argument is clear...
- Catholic Insight
- Vol. 19 Nbr. 2, February 2011
- Religious arbitration banned.
Ontario recently banned all forms of religious arbitrationn in family matters, including Sharia law. Bill 27 was passed Feb. 14, making it illegal...
- Presbyterian Record
- Vol. 130 Nbr. 5, May 2006