Even in a local court, we might apply all sorts of norms and traditions and different laws that may apply to the case

Trevor C.W. Farrow, “Re-Framing the Sharia Arbitration Debate” Ismaili Conciliation and Arbitration Board of Canada

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  Resolves disputes equitably within framework of Islamic concepts of unity, universal brotherhood, justice, tolerance and goodwill
  
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  Excels as an alternative dispute resolution body
  
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  Recognized, admired, and respected within and outside the Jamat; especially by the Canadian judicial system
  
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  Strives for ethical, effective and efficient dispute resolution
  

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  People found out that there were Imams saying come to our mosk and we will help you resolve your disputes with arbitrations/mediations
  
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  This was nothing new, just describing what was happening for centuries
  
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  But became public
  
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  Then the xenophobic public freaked out, thought that Ontario was guided by Sharia law
  
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  Several rights and interests are engaged by this debate, including religious freedom, gender equality, the rights of children, the role of the state in family law etc.
  
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  This debate is really a red herring for the ongoing systematic privatization of the Canadian public civil justice system
  
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