It's tough to get a firm read on whether Sharia Law is making inroads in Canada. As far as I know, it has not been accepted by provincial governments (Quebec in particular has been adamant against it) but not according to this site.
And this one.
I find this interesting:
"Attempts to set up Sharia courts in Canada in 2005 were abandoned after protests. The Jewish community and the Catholic community did not want Muslims introducing Sharia into Canada, so they accepted the decision to ban all religious arbitration in Ontario, including their own respective tribunals.
In May 2005, the Quebec National Assembly unanimously supported a motion to block the use of Sharia law in Quebec courts."
You may have not heard of Homa Arjomand but she runs Nosharia.com.
So.
Will the on-going debate about Sharia test our values and committment to secularism, liberalism, pluralism, and freedom of religion and expression in the up-coming years. Sharia, it would seem, challenges the very tenets we hold dear and have evolved here. Can it ever merge and be accepted?
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