A Danish Red Party surprises its Muslim allies: SF plans to streamline procedures for stripping preachers and Islamic centers of government recognition.

The SF party, known as a left-wing party belonging to the Red Bloc and which usually gains support from Danes of non-Western backgrounds (i.e., Arab and Islamic), is planning to help the government tighten the authorities' grip on religious communities. The SF party, headed by Pia Olsen Dyhr, wants to get rid of religious coercion and is launching proposals to facilitate the withdrawal of state recognition of preachers, communities, or Islamic centers, according to a statement by immigration rapporteur Serdal Benle to the Jyllands-Posten newspaper. The party is focusing particularly on marriage contracts in Islamic environments, according to the source.

وبحسب المقرر، فإن هذه الخطوة ستكون لها عواقب على جميع الطوائف الدينية المعترف بها، ومع ذلك، يركز سيردال بنلي بشكل خاص على الإكراه الديني، حيث “يتم الاحتفاظ بالنساء في زيجات إسلامية بعقود زواج”، حيث صرح للمصدر بالقول: “إن عقود الزواج والطلاق هذه هي أمثلة على كيفية سيادة القانون الموازي في جيوب مجتمعنا، والذي يعمل خارج نظام قانون الأسرة. لا أعتقد أنه يجب أن يكون وجود مثل هذه العقود قانونيًا على الإطلاق”، وهو بذلك ينتقد عقود الشريعة الإسلامية لأنه لا يتوافق مع قانون الأسرة في الدنمارك ويصفه بأنه قانون موازي.

Specifically, the SF proposes that it should be easier to deny preachers and religious communities state recognition, which grants them a number of privileges such as tax benefits and the right to perform legally binding marriages. The SF also wants to strengthen oversight of this issue.

Serdal Benle acknowledges to Jyllands-Posten that the SF's proposal stems from several examples, but adds that if one imam refuses to allow a woman to divorce without the husband's consent, that's too many.

Church Minister Morten Dallen (of the Liberal Party Venstre) believes that efforts need to be strengthened in all relevant areas, and according to the minister, the Danish parliament should review the Religious Communities Act next year, according to a written comment to the newspaper, the source said.

It is worth noting that the Minister of Foreigners and Integration recently raised this issue, and the Danish media discussed the issue of marriage and divorce contracts according to Islamic Sharia and their implications, which are facing criticism in Danish political and social circles for not being compatible with the family law in force in Denmark.

Source: Kristleit, citing Ritsau and local media

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