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To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (274915)	10/16/2008 9:20:01 PM
From: Geoff Altman	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793717

The main lobby against allowing Sharia came from the Muslim Council of Canada. That is interesting. Sounds like Canadian Muslims are all too aware of giving tribunals too much power with Sharia as a guide. They shouldn't have allowed religious tribunals to begin with: Premier Dalton McGuinty unilaterally determined to repeal the Arbitration Act as it applied to faith groups. If passed by the Legislature, this will terminate the official recognition of existing Roman Catholic, Jewish and similar courts. The tribunals would continue to function. However their rulings would have no standing in civil law. religioustolerance.org Orthodox Jews can use religious law to settle disputes here. True, but it looks like it won't be recognized valid by a civil court anymore.