No Islamic law for Canada – Nobel laureate

Ebadi, reports The Globe and Mail, said she was against having several courts and separate laws. ‘One country, one legal code, one court – for everybody,’ she said. Ebadi said she opposed the idea because Muslim law was vulnerable to interpretation. As one extreme example, some Muslim countries allow polygamy and others do not. ‘Which interpretation would apply here,’ she asked. ‘Often, a lot of the interpretations are anti-democratic and against human rights. That is my main concern.’ An Ontario report has recommended an Islamic arbitration system, but Quebec\'s National Assembly this month voted unanimously to oppose Islamic tribunals, saying they undermined democratic values. Full report in The Globe and Mail