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"Dogs are usually banned from entering mosques, but on September 24, 2008, the Muslim Law Council UK granted a blind Muslim permission to take his guide dog into the mosque via a Fatwa."
UK Sharia Council gives women new rights. (therefore this will be supported by 60% of moslem women ; ie the women/islam equation).
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London, Aug.8 (ANI): Muslim women are to be guaranteed equal rights in marriage under a new wedding contract negotiated by leading Islamic organisations and clerics in Britain.
The Telegraph quoted Dr. Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, Director of the Muslim Institute and author of the contract, as saying that this is the biggest change in Sharia law in Britain in the last 100 years.
Currently Muslims in Britain have an Islamic ceremony called a nikah (a non register office marriage) which, although it is guaranteed under Sharia law, is not legally binding and does not provide a woman with written proof of the marriage and of the terms and conditions agreed between the spouses.
“It will challenge various sharia councils who don”t believe in gender equality but the world has changed and Islamic law has to be renegotiated,” Siddiqui said.
The new Muslim marriage contract does not require a ”marriage guardian” (wali) for the bride, and also makes delegation of the right of divorce to the wife (talaq-i-tafweeed) automatic.
This right does not affect the husband’’s right of talaq but enables the wife to initiate divorce and retain all her financial rights agreed in the marriage contract
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Drawn up by the Muslim Institute, the contract has taken four years to negotiate and create.
Leading Muslim organisations including the Imams and Mosques Council (UK), Muslim Council of Britain, The Muslim Law (Shariah) Council UK, Utrujj Foundation, and The Muslim Parliament of Great Britain support it. (ANI)
Dogs in the Mosque:
"In Islam dogs are regarded as unclean and are not allowed in mosques.
However, the Muslim Law (Shari'ah) Council UK has now issued a fatwa which allows guide dogs inside mosques but not into prayer rooms.
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and the Muslim Council of Britain worked together to support Mohammed Abraar Khatri's request.
Guide Dogs for the Blind said it was "a massive step forward for other blind and partially-sighted Muslims".
"...An association spokesman said: "It is also hoped that mosque leaders both in the UK and internationally will now make similar adjustments to enable Muslim guide dog owners to enter their mosque."
""Mohammad Shahid Raza, director of the Imams and Mosques Council UK, said: "I believe that in all new mosques such facilities for disabled people will be an essential part of their design.
The Bilal Mosque is going to provide special provision for such guide dogs to be kept safely and securely within the mosque complex during such visits.
"Such a facility will highlight the Islamic attitude of helping disabled people and enhance the services we provide to the Muslim community." -
BBC.
Bedford Borough Council said it prosecuted private hire firm Crown Cars (Bedford) Limited after it refused to take a blind man with a guide dog.
The firm pleaded guilty to the offence at Bedford Magistrates' Court under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and received a £250 fine and £250 costs
bbc "The first ever national council of imams and mosques is to be set up to prevent them from being used by extremists, to set standards and to reduce reliance on foreign clerics, it was agreed yesterday.The council, which will bring together every Muslim tradition in Britain, will attempt to clear out the "old guard" of "overwhelmingly elderly and foreign-born men" who run the country's 1,400 mosques and who are accused of being out of touch with Muslim youth.
Lord Ahmed, who unveiled the proposal as part of the government's programme of tackling extremism and engaging disaffected Muslim youth in Britain, said there were 2,000 imams, of whom only 300 were "homegrown". Too often sermons were delivered only in Arabic and women and young people were excluded from the mosque committees which employed imams. In some cases those running Britain's mosques were illiterate or even had criminal records, he said. The council would be independent of the government and led by the community to establish a common platform for every Islamic tradition in Britain.
"This is a historic move. As British Muslims we need to be prepared to modernise the way we operate, encouraging integration and helping our children to feel proud to be British," said Lord Ahmed.
"We are no longer Pakistani Muslims or north African Muslims but British Muslims. We need to attract young suitable candidates who will be homegrown imams rather than asking for imams from outside.
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