Today, there was a talk at U of T about Islamic Shariat in Ontario. It is amazing how when you realize that 99.999% of Islamic rules are against women and there would be still women who want to go through with it in a secular country like Canada!!!but you have to think why would a woman do this? It can have several reasons, one can be lack of knowledge otherwise, I can't see why an educated, liberated woman want to give all her rights up. Another can be pressures they get from the family and community. The fact that some people think that this pressure is totally cultural and it is separate from the law, in my opinion is very naive. Laws are set to help us in some of the cultural and social life, otherwise what was the point of the law in the first place. If the culture is not knowlegable, then trying to change one person in a community is nearly useless. It's like trying to make a sea sweet with putting one tea spoon of sugar!!!I think the root of the problem has to start from changing the culture, but how can this possible? I think the key is law...if it is reinforced well and if people become knowlegable, no woman on her right mind will ever want to go through Islamic laws, since it would be totally against her. I know I won't want ever go through those rediculus laws and that's why everyday I become abit more fund of Canada.