This case happened not centuries ago in the Middle East, Pakistan or Somalia, but recently, and in Canada. It represents the centuries-old “Muslim woman's Sharia ordeal”.<[i] But Europe is no better. In the UK, the Islamic Sharia Council in the London district of Leyton has dealt with more than 7,000 divorce cases, ninety-nine percent of which were initiated by women “seeking relief”.<[ii] Parvin Ali, founding director of the Fatima Women's Network in Leicester said, "There is no outside monitoring, no protection, no records kept, no guarantee that justice will prevail." Such dire lack of accountability may be someone’s interpretation of Islam but can hardly be called a court of justice.
Under Sharia Law, only husbands have the right of a quick and simple divorce - as simple as releasing an animal bound with a rope. For a wife, seeking a divorce means a struggle through the courts using the law of “Khul”, described as: “For the purpose of dissolving a connubial connexion in lieu of a compensation paid by the wife to her husband out of her property…….A release for payment means separation in return for remuneration given to the husband….”.<[iii]
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