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Report: Sharia courts should not be recognised under the Arbitration Act
Civitas - Institute for the Study of Civil Society 01 July 2009
Sharia courts should not be recognised under Britain's 1996 Arbitration Act, according to a new report from independent think-tank Civitas.
According to Denis MacEoin, author of Sharia Law or 'One Law For All'?, sharia courts operating in Britain may be handing down rulings that are inappropriate to this country because they are linked to elements in Islamic law that are seriously out of step with trends in Western legislation that derive from the values of the Enlightenment and are inherent in modern codes of human rights. Sharia rulings contain great potential for controversy and may involve acts contrary to UK legal norms and 
Confronting the New Islamic Imperialism
Canada Free Press 01 July 2009
By Daniel Greenfield
It is no longer European imperialism and colonialism, but Islamic imperialism and colonialism. Talk of colonialism and imperialism is all the rage when academic leftists sit down to critique the problems of terrorism and the clash of civilizations.
But where a century ago terms such as colonialism and imperialism were easy enough to define, back when European governments held actual colonies and protectorates in Africa, Asia and the Middle East-- what do the terms actually mean today?
Is Hollywood Getting It Right on Islam and Stoning?
Human Events 01 July 2009
By Robert Spencer
A powerful new film, The Stoning of Soraya M., is calling public attention to the Islamic practice of stoning adulterers in a way that only Hollywood can; while at least eight women await death by stoning in Iran today, none of their cases have drawn any significant protests from human rights organizations, and Western governments have remained largely indifferent. With a genocidally inclined nuclear Iran looming on the international stage, the victimization of women by Islamic laws
CAIR Distributes 100,000 Korans; Overtly Proselytizes
Daniel Pipes Blog 01 July 2009
By Daniel Pipes
The Hamas-founded Council on American-Islamic Relations has long pretended to be a civil rights organization, comparing itself at times to the NAACP, but a close look at its record reveals the real CAIR agenda
City Council resolution calls for Muslim school holidays; Mayor Bloomberg says no to recommendation
New York Daily News 01 July 2009
BY Celeste Katz AND Frank Lombardi
After a three-year lobbying effort, the City Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution Tuesday calling for school to be closed on the two holiest Muslim holidays.
Kuwait's Moderate Islam organization could set up branch in Russia
Interfax-Religion 01 July 2009
Cherkessk. The Kuwaiti organization, Moderate Islam, is to open a branch in Russia to explain the canons of true, traditional Islam, Ismail Berdiyev, chairman of the Coordinating Center for the North Caucasus Muslims, told the press.
Yemen: Tribes condemn abduction of foreigners
AKI - Adnkronos International 01 July 2009
Sanaa. The elders of 260 Yemeni tribes have signed a document that criminalises the abduction and harming of foreigners in Yemen, the country's state media said on Wednesday.
