Friday,
September 3, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Attention: News, Features, Government/Political
Affairs, Religion Editors
International
Demonstration at
Queens
Park
Toronto
To
Protest
Sharia Court
In
Canada
TORONTO
- the
International Campaign Against Sharia Court in
Canada
, calls for a protest at
Queens Park
,
Ontario
Legislature on Wednesday, September 8th from
12 noon
to
2 pm
.
This demonstration is part of an international protest with
similar events planned across
Canada
and in
Europe
:
Ottawa
, Parliament Hill, -
12 noon
Penticton
,
BC
,
Gyro
Park
, -
8 am
Vancouver
,
BC
, 800 Hornby
St.
, -
12 noon
Victoria
,
BC
, British Columbia Legislature,
12 noon
England
, Canadian Embassy, -
12 noon
Germany
, Canadian Embassy, -
12 noon
Sweden
Gutenberg, Brunnsparken
K1-3.00pm
The protestors want the Ontario Government to remove civil
and family legal matters from the 1991 Arbitration Act.
This
act currently allows...
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Religion to interfere with the Canadian justice
system.
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Family disputes (divorce, custody of children etc,) to
be resolved privately by unregulated arbitrators who make settlements based on
their personal religious and cultural beliefs.
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Islamic groups to legalize the suppression of women in
Ontario
by applying Sharia laws based on the Koran.
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