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A 2001 ECRF ruling allowed a female convert to Islam to remain married to her non-Muslim husband, based in part on the existence of European laws and customs which guarantee women the freedom of religion. Rulings of this kind have been welcomed by some, but also criticized by others as being overly
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Half of the members are from the European continent and half are from the Arabian Peninsula, Northern Africa or Northern America. This is a breach of the internal rules of the ECFR, as members not residing in Europe "must not constitute more than 25% of the total members of the Council at any one
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reported that although the council's stated goal was to help Muslims integrate into European society, it is dominated by non-Europeans who have little grasp of what is acceptable in the West. A member of the Council cited the
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in a position paper arguing that Muslim families are under threat in Europe. It also reported that "the council is part of a web of organizations that spread ideology close to the Muslim Brotherhood throughout Europe".
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that serve the needs of Muslims in Europe. The ECRF draws on all major schools of Sunni law as well as other traditional legal principles, such as
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As of 2007, roughly two-thirds of the ECFR's 35 members resided in North America and Europe and the rest were from Muslim-majority countries.
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eclectic in legal methodology and having potential to negatively impact the interpretation of sharia in Muslim-majority countries.
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Dublin
London
Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
fatwas
objectives of sharia
concern for the public good
local custom
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
The Wall Street Journal
anti-Semitic
Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Ireland
Millî Görüş
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Egypt
Qatar
Lebanon
Ireland
France
Sudan
United Kingdom
Rashid al-Ghannushi
Abdallah Bin Bayyah
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Mauritania
Abdullah Ibn Yusuf Al-Judai
Kuwait
Ali Qaradaghi

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