Ahmadinejad proposes international Islamic courts

AKI - Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for the creation of two international Islamic courts, based on the model of the United Nations' International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice - both located in the Dutch city of the Hague. "These institutions can become a model for true justice in the world and relieve Islamic countries from appealing to international courts," Ahmadinejad said.Under the Iranian leader's plan, the first Islamic tribunal should try "international criminals, aggressor countries, war crimes and anything else that embitters the life of Muslims."He said a second judicial institution would "resolve controversies between Islamic countries."Ahmadinejad has already proposed the creation of a commission composed of Islamic jurists to make the operation of Islamic tribunals more uniform and to offer a single interpretation of Sharia or Islamic law.