Sharia law, anybody?

There is a growing move in some US cities to recognize Sharia law. There are stronger movements attempting to keep Sharia law as far away from US shores as possible. I would like more information on this subject, but research to date indicates that the US does acknowledge bodies of law other than our homespun varieties including military law. We allow marriages, for example, to be legally conducted under Cannon, Talmudic and other religious law without having to perform a civil ceremony as well.

Creeping Sharia law in the US is found in cases of family feuds between practicing Muslims who have violated our civil law, but not Sharia law.

An extreme, but not uncommon, example is a man raping his wife. That’s a big no-no here in the US, but impossible under Sharia law which requires women to submit to their husbands, but with some notable exceptions. Some state judges are content to allow these types of cases to be settled under Sharia law.

I expect the same applies to other religions and undoubtedly to Native Americans.

I recall from living in Zambia that a highly publicized case of murder was adjudicated under tribal law by traditional authorities rather than under civil law. This was fully condoned by the Chief Justice in Zambia who at the time- shortly after Independence- was white and of British descent.

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