Zeinab Huq makes a crucial point on institutionalised Shari’a law in Britain:
“Contrary to popular belief, there is no central network, no supreme sharia judge, no sharia bar, no sharia AGM, no sharia ombudsman, no sharia HQ and no torts.”
She should know. She writes of her first-hand experiences with the issues of family inheritance under the dispensation of a Shari’a “court” as a Muslim woman:
When my father died, my mother decided that, although under British law she was entitled to everything, she wanted to settle things according to Islamic law so she could “die with a clear conscience”. She asked my brother to call an imam. The imam said my brothers would get twice the share of my sister and I and so on. On learning that my father had a son by a previous marriage, the imam said my half brother must also have a share in my dad’s estate. So, a man who is a stranger to us tells us that another man who is a stranger to us is entitled to a stake in our family home, where we have lived for 25 years and he has never set foot in.
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Ultimately, from my own experiences and from those of my friends, sharia is driven by the needs of a community rather than an individual. Whatever the protestations of its fans, this system of law does not favour women or local custom. While it is impossible to outlaw it, a better and more realistic solution would be to educate people about the advantages of British law, which, while it has its flaws, is more developed and grounded in reality and fairness.
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I think this Munafiq site is absolutely disgusting,
The writers of this site ought to close it down immediately, turn to Allah and repent before the punishment descends swiftly upon them.
Anyone with half an iota of sense can see what you’re doing; you’re focussing all your negative efforts to capitalize and exploit the sectarian differences within Muslim Communities, you are educating both brothers and sisters with the necessary mental ammunition they need to seek to create further factions and turn against one another. You’re mocking the arabs, you’re pounding the Muslims with wave after wave of your deceptive scheming under the cloak/guise of what is looked at by your filthy modern compatriots as ‘civility’.
The Friday caption thing is way beyond a joking matter, its not fun, its ludicrously abhorrent and a form of inciting backbiting about those you find out of place or out of touch in that delusional perfect place in your head that you roam around in as kings.
FEAR ALLAAH! FEAR HIS PUNISHMENT!
Stop criticizing your fellow Muslim Brothers and Sisters, if you’ve had a neglected or traumatic childhood or if you were sexually abused during your early years then don’t grow up taking your anger out against the rest of your community.
Seek alternative therapy:
1). try counselling, I know a this great Aalim that will treat you guys for free on a one to one basis, just visit him, in a room ,one on one, and he’ll beat the djinn out of you silly.
2). or you can choose to throw yourself off a cliff, just tell your friends when you’re about to, that way they can take a photo of the moment and post it under the Friday Caption section of your website –
I wonder what captions they’ll come out with?
I think this guy called ‘moderator’ is absolutely disgusting how dare he inflame sectarian tensions and back bite his fellow Muslims. Fear Allah brother for a terrible torment awaits thee.
The Moderator is the Intellectual Muslim?
hahaha!
That’s probably the most preposterously unsuitable name for a blog written by a knuckle-dragging moron I have heard in a long time.
You may choose to dismiss the truth in front of your pals but you can’t escape the way it touches your heart deep down.
‘a wound often hurts before it heals. here’s to the hurt and the beginning of that journey!’
‘a wound often hurts before it heals. here’s to the hurt and the beginning of that journey!’
That’s truly beautiful al-Moderator. Here’s another translation of an old quatrain:
“I spent my life looking for the key
But the Door was always open”
“Some on scraps of learning dote
and think they grow immortal as they quote”