1. Chasing a Mirage
   The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2008
   According to Tarek Fatah, "Morality is doing what is right, regardless what we are told; Religious dogma is doing what we are told, no matter what is right." Fatah argues that since Islam's advent, there have been two parallel strains of the religion that are in clash. The first "state of Islam" is a person's moral compass; the way Islam governs an individual's personal life. By contrast, the yearning for "an Islamic state" has been bloody and fruitless.
2. Encyclopaedia of Islam
   New Editon
   Resource Type: Book
   
3. Reflections on Islam
   Media Profile in Sources
   Resource Type: Organization
   
4. Muslim Canadian Congress
   Resource Type: Website
   A grassroots organization that provides a voice to Muslims who are not represented by existing organizations; organizations that are either sectarian or ethnocentric, largely authoritarian, and influenced by a fear of modernity and an aversion to joy.
5. The OIC does not speak for Muslims
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2008
   Tarek Fatah says that "To suggest that any criticism of Islamism, the political ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Iranian Ayatollahs, is anti-Islamic is a bogus and fraudulent position. I would contend that my religion Islam demands that I stand up to these bullies and take away from their right to put padlocks on poetry and chastity belts on independent thinking."
   
6. One woman's brush with Sharia courts in the UK: "It ruined my life forever"
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2016
   The UK government is conducting an inquiry into the operation of Sharia courts which is being boycotted by a number of women's organisations because its remit is too narrow, and the panel of judges is not seen as 'independent' enough. Parallel to this, the Home Affairs Committee has also launched an inquiry into whether the principles of Sharia are compatible with British law.
7. Sharia 'Courts': Why Regulation is Not the Answer
   Resource Type: Article
   'Sharia' and other religious systems of arbitration are back in the news once again. There appears to be growing recognition of the profoundly discriminatory nature of religious arbitration systems which relegate Muslim and other minority women to second rate systems of justice. But is regulation the answer?
8. The Sharia debate in the UK: who will listen to our voices?
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2016
   Over 300 abused women have signed a statement opposing Sharia courts and religious bodies, warning of the growing threat to their rights and to their collective struggles for security and independence.
9. Sharia Law in Britain -- A Threat to One Law for All and Equal Rights
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2010
   One Law for All says that Sharia Councils and Muslim Arbitration Tribunals are in violation of UK law, public policy and human rights.
10. 'Shariafication by stealth' in the UK
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2104
    Access to justice is being denied in the UK in the shadow of neoliberalism and religious fundamentalism. Minority women are being denied the right to participate in the wider political community as citizens rather than subjects.
11. What isn't wrong with Sharia law?
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    To safeguard our rights there must be one law for all and no religious courts.

Experts on Islamic Law in the Sources Directory

1. Women Living Under Muslim Law