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Meeting October 3rd

 
As you know we are fighting to stop religious arbitration in Ontario, and prevent it from happening in the Maritime Provinces. We are very happy to announce that Premier Dalton McGuinty has announced that there will be no religious arbitration in Ontario!
 

See the link below for a news article on this subject:

 
 
While this has been a very important victory, we would like to complete our mission by having Justice Minister Baker in Nova Scotia make a statement that Nova Scotia, too, will not allow religious arbitration. We are meeting him on Thursday, September 29th.
 
We are going to have a meeting on Monday, October 3rd at 5:30 and what we discussed our approach with minister. We will meet in room 104 LAW Building Dalhousie University. We are inviting everyone to attend this meeting.
 
We hope to see you there!
 

 

Halifax Society Fair on September 7th

 

 

SEPTEMBER 8TH

 SECOND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DEMONSTRATION

against  SHARIA COURT IN CANADA

for  WOMEN’S RIGHTS, SECULARISM AND HUMAN DIGNITY

 

It has been a year since the International Campaign against Sharia Court in Canada, called for a day of protest, nationally and internationally, against faith based courts in Ontario. The protestors wanted the Ontario to remove family law  from the 1991 Arbitration Act.

The Campaign worked hard to inform the general public and the ministries in charge about the high risks of permitting Sharia courts in Ontario.

Unfortunately, despite all the warnings, the government of Ontario has not  taken a clear position to  prevent the interference of religious institutions in  the judicial system.

The Second International Demonstration opposing Sharia and all faith based       courts in Ontario will be held on September 8th, 2005.

We call upon all concerned individuals and progressive organizations to join us in opposing the Ontario Arbitration Act 1991 which allows religion to interfere in   the Canadian judicial system. This Act allows family law disputes to be resolved outside the law courts by arbitrators according to their own religious and cultural beliefs. This act allows Islamic groups to legalize the suppression of women by implementing the proposed Sharia Court.

Join us!  Together, let us raise our collective voice for progressive change!  We can and must make a difference!

 When:  

Thursday September 8th at 12 noon  

Where:

Queen’s Park, Ontario Legislature, Toronto

               12.00 noon - 2.00 PM 

Homa Arjomand

homawpi@rogers.com

www.nosharia.com

416-737-9500 

 

Membership Drive

 
The MSLNA will hold its first membership meeting on April 22nd, 2005 at the Dalhousie Law School Room 104, 6061 University Avenue at 6:00 – 8:00 PM. At the meeting we will discuss the issue of religious adjudication and how we plan to oppose this troubling development. We will also look for new members to join our association.
 
The adoption of religious law in family dispute adjudication must be stopped. The practice erodes Canadian women’s and children’s rights and is potentially racist. The Maritime Secular Legal Network Association (MSLNA) is working together with legal organizations, women’s groups, and citizen rights advocates across Canada to end this practice in our country – to keep Canada a secular state.

 

Please come to the meeting to get more information and to join this important cause, which all of us living in a multicultural country like Canada must contribute to. 

 

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