Sharia Law is to the Muslims what the US Constitution is to the American Way of life. Since both are all encompassing and the US Constitution is the overriding law of the land Sharia law can not be allowed as it in effect would create a separate sovereign state to exist and there can only be one sovereign; therefore those that want to follow that beliefs structure should go to a country that allows that.
The judge held that according to the Islamic religion, the woman should submit completely to her husband’s will, thus effectively accepting rape.
In European and American communities the principle of a secular law equally applied to everyone is today being challenged, if not yet under assault, by Muslim communities wanting to insert decisions made in Islamic sharia [“the path”] courts and tribunals into the normal , common-law, legal system.
The question has arisen of whether legal decisions based on cultural values at odds with democratic principles be accepted and incorporated into laws of democratic countries in the name of religious freedom.
A proposed amendment to the Constitution of Oklahoma, State Question 755, stating that, “The courts shall not look to the legal precepts of other nations or cultures. Specifically, the courts shall not consider international law or sharia law,” was blocked by an order of U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange…
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