Dearborn, Hot Bed Of Shari'a Law?

[oladub]

What's wrong with individuals agreeing to participate in Sharia law agreements as long as Sharia law settlements do not violate the laws of our government or attempt to supersede them? We already have councilors who work out agreements both parties agree to outside the court system. I know of a clinic with a lot of Hmong patients which has found that best way to assure that husbands stop beating their wives is for the clinic to refer the problem to Hmong elders who straighten out the husband faster than family services.

[Goose]

What's wrong with individuals agreeing to participate in Sharia law agreements as long as Sharia law settlements do not violate the laws of our government or attempt to supersede them? We already have councilors who work out agreements both parties agree to outside the court system. I know of a clinic with a lot of Hmong patients which has found that best way to assure that husbands stop beating their wives is for the clinic to refer the problem to Hmong elders who straighten out the husband faster than family services.

I think the purpose/point of sharia law *[[or any law for that matter) is not selective enforcement of only certain aspects of the law on individuals that choose to participate....