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IS IT FEASIBLE TO ESTABLISH A "SHARIA COURT" IN AUSTRALIA? HOW WILL IT WORK?

For Muslims living in non-Muslim majority states, professing their religion is one thing and having religious freedom and their religious law and institution being legally recognized is quite another. While the former may be legally guaranteed, the mere mention let alone debate on the latter seems...

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Main Author: Rodziana Mohamed Razali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia 2015
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Sharia
Court
Minority
Online Access:http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/9470
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spelling my.usim-94702015-10-12T02:06:26Z IS IT FEASIBLE TO ESTABLISH A "SHARIA COURT" IN AUSTRALIA? HOW WILL IT WORK? Rodziana Mohamed Razali Sharia Court Minority For Muslims living in non-Muslim majority states, professing their religion is one thing and having religious freedom and their religious law and institution being legally recognized is quite another. While the former may be legally guaranteed, the mere mention let alone debate on the latter seems to spark outrage amongst the non-Muslim local and international communities. The absence of such recognition in those countries leaves the minority Muslims with their endless struggle and fight to have their religious rights and obligations legally enforced according to the demand of their religion. This paper attempts to analyze this issue and its implications in the context of Australia, being a secular multi-cultural country with a rising Muslim population. The main question to be addressed is "is it feasible to establish a Sharia court in Australia and how will it work?". 2015-10-12T02:06:26Z 2015-10-12T02:06:26Z 2011 Article 18234569 http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/9470 en Volume 3; Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
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Court
Minority
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Court
Minority
Rodziana Mohamed Razali
IS IT FEASIBLE TO ESTABLISH A "SHARIA COURT" IN AUSTRALIA? HOW WILL IT WORK?
description For Muslims living in non-Muslim majority states, professing their religion is one thing and having religious freedom and their religious law and institution being legally recognized is quite another. While the former may be legally guaranteed, the mere mention let alone debate on the latter seems to spark outrage amongst the non-Muslim local and international communities. The absence of such recognition in those countries leaves the minority Muslims with their endless struggle and fight to have their religious rights and obligations legally enforced according to the demand of their religion. This paper attempts to analyze this issue and its implications in the context of Australia, being a secular multi-cultural country with a rising Muslim population. The main question to be addressed is "is it feasible to establish a Sharia court in Australia and how will it work?".
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title IS IT FEASIBLE TO ESTABLISH A "SHARIA COURT" IN AUSTRALIA? HOW WILL IT WORK?
title_short IS IT FEASIBLE TO ESTABLISH A "SHARIA COURT" IN AUSTRALIA? HOW WILL IT WORK?
title_full IS IT FEASIBLE TO ESTABLISH A "SHARIA COURT" IN AUSTRALIA? HOW WILL IT WORK?
title_fullStr IS IT FEASIBLE TO ESTABLISH A "SHARIA COURT" IN AUSTRALIA? HOW WILL IT WORK?
title_full_unstemmed IS IT FEASIBLE TO ESTABLISH A "SHARIA COURT" IN AUSTRALIA? HOW WILL IT WORK?
title_sort is it feasible to establish a "sharia court" in australia? how will it work?
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url http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/9470
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