Council of Europe’s Attempt to resist Sharia

Jan 25, 2019 by

from European Centre for Law & Justice: On 22 January 2019, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a Resolution entitled “Sharia, the Cairo Declaration and the European Convention on Human Rights.” This...

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Does Sharia have its place in Europe?

Dec 29, 2018 by

from the European Centre for Law & Justice: Does Sharia have its place in Europe? If so, under which conditions? These are the questions currently facing the bodies of the Council of Europe. In 2003, the ECHR had bluntly concluded...

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Germany: New Law Banning Child Marriage Declared Unconstitutional

Dec 22, 2018 by

by Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute: The Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH), Germany’s highest court of civil and criminal jurisdiction, has ruled that a new law that bans child marriage is unconstitutional because...

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ECHR rules against forced application of Sharia law

Dec 20, 2018 by

from Christian Concern: Christian Concern welcomes today’s ruling by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the application of Sharia law in Europe. Christian Concern intervened in the case because of the...

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Turkey Aiming to Head a Global Islamic Union Governed by Sharia

Dec 18, 2018 by

by Uzay Bulut, Gatestone Institute: Turkey appears to be accelerating its endeavor to establish an Ottoman-style Islamic government encompassing several Muslim nations. One such effort was apparent in early November at the second...

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An 8-Year-Old Bride

Dec 15, 2018 by

by Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute: “At eight years old my parents sat me down for a serious talk,” said Noushin, during the interview. “I can still remember the tremble in my mother’s voice. She told me that...

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