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June 09, 2006 UK: Plans to outlaw forced marriages shelved The anti-dhimmitude was only for show. "Plans to outlaw forced marriages shelved," from the Daily Mail <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id =389523&in_page_id=1770> .. Plans to make forced marriage a specific criminal offence have been dropped by ministers in the face of a backlash from Britain's Muslim community. The Government unveiled its proposals two years ago amid great fanfare, suggesting that anyone arranging or encouraging a forced marriage - which is thought to blight the lives of thousands of young women from Britain's Asian community each year - should face jail sentences. But yesterday the Home Office admitted it would not be pursuing the plans, and would instead encourage the police and courts to make use of existing laws. The Muslim Council of Britain opposed the plan, claiming it would see children having to give evidence at their parents' trials, and could lead to the Muslim community being further 'stigmatised.' Ministers have admitted they feared a new law would be 'resented as an intrusion into minority cultures and religions.' But yesterday charities and campaigners voiced bitter disappointment over the U-turn, while critics accused the Government of grabbing headlines over the issue but failing to take real action. Thousands of young - mostly Muslim - women are thought to be subjected to forced marriages each year, although the true scale of the problem is hidden behind a code of silence.... Extreme cases have led to 'honour killings' where young women have been murdered for bringing shame on their families.... Shadow Home Secretary David Davis said: 'The Government seems to be ignoring the views of the victims of this abhorrent practice. We remain to be convinced that ministers will use their existing powers to stamp out this degrading and vile practice.' He said the Government's eagerness to launch a campaign even though the new law was later shelved suggested ministers were 'more interested in grabbing headlines than delivering results.' Yes. Posted by Robert at June 9, 2006 05:41 AM | Print this entry <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/2006/06/011749print.html> Comments [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
