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Aussie attorney-general: No place for sharia law
Australian attorney general Nicola Roxon has declared there is no place for Islamic law to settle family issues. Muslim leaders have defended the use of sharia law in Australia, particularly in the execution of wills that favor sons over daughters, contending that Australian courts should respect the wishes of Islamic citizens.Roxon said, "There is no place for sharia law in Australian society and the government strongly rejects any proposal for its introduction, including in relation to wills and succession. The Australian government is committed to protecting the right of all people to practise their religion without intimidation or harassment, but always within the framework of Australian law." A bitter dispute between siblings came before a court in Canberra last week, when a daughter of a devout Muslim woman demanded she receive the same inheritance as her brothers. Fatma Omari argued that Australian law, rather than Islamic law, should apply to her mother's will, despite it outlining her mother's wishes to follow sharia by giving her three sons full shares and her daughters half-shares of her estate. The case was complicated by the mother's state of mind when the will was drafted, because she was suffering from dementia. Posted by: 2012-03-18 |
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