Sharia law is discriminatory and unjust, particularly against women and children.
Sharia courts in Britain are a quick and cheap route to injustice and do nothing to promote minority rights and social cohesion.
Their voluntary nature is a sham as many women will be pressured into going to these courts and abiding by their decisions.
Those who fail to make use of Sharia law or seek to opt out will be made to feel guilty and can be treated as apostates and outcasts.
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List of prominent signatories
Updated December 16, 2009
Boaz Adhengo, Humanist and Ethical Union of Kenya, Kenya
Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Coordinator, Stop Child Executions Campaign, Canada
Mina Ahadi, Spokesperson, Council of Ex-Muslims of Germany; Coordinator, International Committee against Stoning, Köln, Germany
Sargul Ahmad, Activist, Women’s Liberation in Iraq, Canada
Atheist Society of India, India
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Writer, Washington, DC, USA
Mahin Alipour, Coordinator, Equal Rights Now – Organisation against Women’s Discrimination in Iran, Stockholm, Sweden
Homa Arjomand, Coordinator, International Campaign against Sharia Courts in Canada, Toronto, Canada
Farideh Arman, Coordinator, International Campaign in Defence of Women’s Rights in Iran, Malmo, Sweden
Abdullah Asadi, Executive Director, International Federation of Iranian Refugees, Gutenberg, Sweden
Mohammad Asangaran, Political activist, Köln, Germany
Ophelia Benson, Editor, Butterflies and Wheels, USA
Susan Blackmore, Psychologist, UK
Nazanin Borumand, Never Forget Hatun Campaign against Honour Killings, Germany
Roy Brown, Past President, International Humanist and Ethical Union, Geneva, Switzerland
Ed Buckner, President, American Atheists, USA
Marino Busdachin, General Secretary, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, Netherlands
Canadians in Support of Afghan Women
Center for Inquiry, USA
Gilbert Corniglion, Drummondville, QC, Canada,
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, UK
Council of Ex-Muslims of Germany, Germany
Council of Ex-Muslims of Scandinavia, Sweden
Caroline Cox, Peer, House of Lords, London, UK
Austin Dacey, Representative to the United Nations, Center for Inquiry-International, USA
Shahla Daneshfar, Central Committee Member, Equal Rights Now – Organisation against Women’s Discrimination in Iran, London, UK
Richard Dawkins, Scientist, Oxford, UK
Patty Debonitas, TV Producer, Third Camp against US Militarism and Islamic Terrorism, London, UK
Deeyah, Singer and composer, USA
Nick Doody, Comedian, UK
Sonja Eggerickx, President, International Humanist and Ethical Union, Belgium
Afshin Ellian, Professor, Leiden University Faculty of Law, Leiden, Netherlands
Equal Rights Now – Organisation against Women’s Discrimination in Iran, Sweden
European Humanist Federation, Belgium
Tarek Fatah, Author, Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State, Toronto, Canada
Ahmed Fatemi, Public Relations, International Commitee Against Executions, Sweden
Caroline Fourest, Writer, France
Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA)
Jaya Gopal, Founder Chairman, Atheist Society of India and Scientific Student Federation, India
Tahir Aslam Gora, Writer and journalist, Canada
AC Grayling, Writer and Philosopher, London, UK
Rahila Gupta, Activist, London, UK
Maria Hagberg, Chair, Network against Honour-Related Violence, Gothenburg, Sweden
Johann Hari, Journalist, London, UK
Christopher Hitchens, Author, USA
Farshad Hoseini, Activist, International Campaign against Executions, Netherlands
Humanist and Ethical Union of Kenya, Kenya
Khayal Ibrahim, Coordinator, Organization of Women’s Liberation in Iraq; Arabic Anchor for Secular TV, Canada
International Committee against Executions, Netherlands
International Committee against Stoning, Germany
International Humanist and Ethical Union, UK
Iranian Secular Society, UK
Shakeb Isaar, Singer, Sweden
Maryam Jamel, Activist, Women’s Liberation in Iraq, Canada
Keyvan Javid, Director, New Channel TV, London, UK
Alan Johnson, Editor, Democratiya.com, Lancashire, UK
Darren Johnson, Green Party Member, London Assembly, UK
Mehul Kamdar, Former editor of The Modern Rationalist, USA
Asqar Karimi, Central Committee Member, Worker-communist Party of Iran, London, UK
Naser Khader, Founder, Association of Democratic Muslims, Denmark
Gina Khan, Activist, Birmingham, UK
Mehboob Khan, Labour Councillor for Greenhead Ward, Kirklees Council, UK
Ruth Kithei and Teresia Naomi, Kenya Association of Humanists in Aid of Women Atheists, Kenya
Hope Knutsson, Chair, Sidmennt, Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association, Iceland
Hartmut Krauss, Editor, Hintergrund, Germany
LAIQUES – Région PACA, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Stephen Law, Editor, Royal Institute of Philosophy journal, London, UK
Lawyers’ Secular Society, London, UK
Catherine Lefèvre, women’s rights activist, France
Bev LeFrancois, Member of Women of Halton Action Movement and Canadians in Support of Afghan Women
Derek Lennard, Chariperson, Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA)
Shiva Mahbobi, Producer, Against Discrimination TV Programme, London, UK
Houzan Mahmoud, Abroad Representative, Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq, London, UK
Azar Majedi, President, Organisation for Women’s Liberation; Executive Committee Member of Worker-communism Unity Party, London, UK
Doreen Massey, Peer, House of Lords, London, UK
Khalim Massoud, President, Muslims Against Sharia, Washington, DC, USA
Anthony McIntyre, Writer, Ireland
Caspar Melville, Editor, New Humanist magazine, London, UK
Bahar Milani, Activist, Children First Now and Iran Solidarity, London, UK
Navid Minay, General Secretary, Communist Youth Organization, Gothenburg, Sweden
Tauriq Moosa, Writer, Capetown, South Africa
Reza Moradi, Producer, Fitna Remade, London, UK
Douglas Murray, Director, Centre for Social Cohesion, London, UK
Maryam Namazie, Campaigner, London, UK
Taslima Nasrin, Writer and activist
National Secular Society, London, UK
Never Forget Hatun Campaign against Honour Killings, Germany
Samir Noory, Writer; Secular TV Manager, Canada
David Pollock, President, the European Humanist Federation, London, UK
Fariborz Pooya, Founder, Iranian Secular Society, London, UK
Claire Rayner, Vice-President, British Humanist Association, London
Carla Revere, Barrister; Chairperson, Lawyers’ Secular Society, London, UK
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, Pakistan
Fahimeh Sadeghi, Coordinator, International Federation of Iranian Refugees-Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
Terry Sanderson, President, National Secular Society, London, UK
Michael Schmidt-Salomon, Chief Executive Officer, Giordano Bruno Foundation, Germany
Udo Schuklenk, Philosophy professor, Queen’s University, Canada
Scientific Student Federation, India
Siba Shakib, Iranian/German Film-maker and activist, New York
Sohaila Sharifi, Editor, Unveiled, London, UK
Issam Shukri, Head, Defense of Secularism and Civil Rights in Iraq; Central Committee Secretary, Left Worker-communist Party of Iraq, Iraq
Joan Smith, Writer and activist, London, UK
Bahram Soroush, Founding member, Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, London, UK
Southall Black Sisters, London, UK
Annie Sugier, President, Ligue du Droit International des Femmes, France
Peter Tatchell, Activist, London, UK
Hamid Taqvaee, Central Committee Secretary, Worker-communist Party of Iran
Union des Familles Laïques – section Arles-Istres, France
Union des Familles Laïques – section Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, France
Afsaneh Vahdat, Coordinator, Council of Ex-Muslims of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
Lars Vilks, Artist, Sweden
Karin Vogelpohl, Pedagogue, Germany
Women of Halton Action Movement, Canada
Ibn Warraq, Writer
Women Against Fundamentalism, London, UK
Keith Porteous Wood, Executive Director, National Secular Society, London, UK
Babak Yazdi, Head of Khavaran, Toronto, Canada
Marvin F. Zayed, President, International Committee to Protect Freethinkers, Ottawa,
Canada
Eduardo Robredo Zugasti, Tercera Cultura, Spain

