Shariah courts and coercion of women

Submitted by C.Salton (United States), Mar 22, 2005 at 18:34

>....oppose any role for Shariah, a medieval body of law, in public life today, but as long as women are truly not coerced (create an ombudsman to ensure this?)<

In the Q'uran, Mohammed specifically authorizes and encourages Muslim men to beat their wives for "disobedience." Unless one were to permanently park an ombudsman inside every Muslim household in Canada, I very much doubt that women would be free of coercion when appearing before such a "court."

---

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".