#Religion: Several of the ECFR's own pronouncements indicate an unwillingness to compromise with European norms.

 One fatwa issued by al-Qaradawi tackles the question of challenges to the applicability of shari'a, in answer to which he says, among other things:

The Shari'ah is for all times to come, equally valid under all circumstances. The Muslim insistence on the immutability of the Shari'ah is highly puzzling to many people, but any other view would be inconsistent with its basic concept. Those who advise bringing it into line with current thinking recognize this difficulty. Hence they recommend to Muslims that the legal provisions in the Qur'an and the concept of the Prophet as law-giver and ruler should be "downgraded".

But, as the manifestation of Allah's infinite mercy, knowledge and wisdom, the Shari'ah cannot be amended to conform to changing human values and standards, rather, it is the absolute norm to which all human values and conduct must conform; it is the frame to which they must be referred; it is the scale on which they must be weighed.