.... One of its main references is a book on Islamic inheritance rules by Dr. Muhammad al-Jibaly, a hardline salafi and former President of the notorious Qur'an and Sunnah Society of North America.
If you are in any doubt where the pathological hatred of women that is so central to the Law Society's practice note stems from, you should read Dr. Al-Jibaly, whose views are as clear as they are extreme: "A willful fornicator deserves to be whipped one hundred lashes, and a willful adulterer deserves stoning to death."
.... Despite being a representative body bound by its own Equality Policy, the Law Society has chosen not to base its practice note on the work of those many British Muslims who are managing to reconcile their faith with considerations of equality and human rights.
Instead, the Law Society has elected to ignore the existing progressive voices within British Islam, and enshrined the ideology of a man who so clearly loathes women, non-Muslims and children as a model to emulate. [The Huffington Post UK] Read more
