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With the banning of the Welfare Party (''Refah Partisi'', RP), an [[Islam|Islamist]] political party in [[Turkey]], the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) determined on July 31, 2001, that "the institution of Sharia law and a theocratic regime, were incompatible with the requirements of a democratic society."<ref name="ECtHR2001">[{{Reference archive|1=http://web.archive.org/web/20010811161803/http://www.echr.coe.int/Eng/Press/2001/July/RefahPartisi2001jude.htm|2=2013-09-14}} ECtHR Judgment in the case of Refah Partisi (The Welfare Party) Erbakan, Kazan and Tekdal v Turkey] (Press Release 31.7.2001; Judgment 31.7.2001)</ref> | With the banning of the Welfare Party (''Refah Partisi'', RP), an [[Islam|Islamist]] political party in [[Turkey]], the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) determined on July 31, 2001, that "the institution of Sharia law and a theocratic regime, were incompatible with the requirements of a democratic society."<ref name="ECtHR2001">[{{Reference archive|1=http://web.archive.org/web/20010811161803/http://www.echr.coe.int/Eng/Press/2001/July/RefahPartisi2001jude.htm|2=2013-09-14}} ECtHR Judgment in the case of Refah Partisi (The Welfare Party) Erbakan, Kazan and Tekdal v Turkey] (Press Release 31.7.2001; Judgment 31.7.2001)</ref> | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*{{external link| url = http://politicsreligion.eu/issues-we-work-on/secularism-and-sharia-law/| title = Secularism and sharia law| publisher = The European Parliament Platform for Secularism in Politics| author = | date = August 2010| archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpoliticsreligion.eu%2Fissues-we-work-on%2Fsecularism-and-sharia-law%2F&date=2013-09-14<!-- http://archive.is/8An6G -->| deadurl = no}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||