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Sharia in Europe

Renate Sommer MEP (Germany), Vice-Chairwoman of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, organised a hearing called 'Sharia in Europe?' The hearing investigated the subject of Islamic Sharia law and its confrontation with the EU Member States' legal systems. The issue of women's rights and gender equality were highlighted.

Among the speakers were Prof Dr Pater Hans Vöcking, Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE); Mahin Alipoor, International Campaign in Defence of Womens Rights in Iran, Stockholm, Scandinavian Committee of Ex-Muslims, and Dr Baudouin Dupret, Institut des Sciences Sociales du Politique (ISP-Cachan, Paris, France) and guest lecturer in Islamic law at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.

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Hearing on 'Sharia in Europe'
Renate Sommer MEP (EPP-ED, Germany), Vice-Chairwoman of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee of the European Parliament

Hearing on 'Sharia in Europe'
József Szájer MEP (Hungary), Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament

Hearing on 'Sharia in Europe'
l-r: Renate Sommer MEP (EPP-ED, Germany), Vice-Chairwoman of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee of the European Parliament, József Szájer MEP (Hungary) and Othmar Karas MEP (Austria), both Vice-Chairmen of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament