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In Religious Arbitration, Scripture Is the Rule of Law
- bediger4000 11y agoTotally weird. “The Holy Scripture shall be the supreme authority,” the rules of the proceedings state. and In legal circles, those cases, along with the Ellison suit, are considered seminal examples of how judges have consistently upheld religious arbitrations over secular objections. How is this a whole lot different than Shari'a, the same Shari'a that apparently the states of Kansas and Oklahoma (and others)0 are dreadfully scared of? Will the same judges uphold a Muslim-owned business' right to use Shari'a arbitration?
- DanBC 11y agoSharia law, christian religious courts, and Beth Din, all have similar problems. There have been serious problems with child abuse not being reported to child protection / law enforcement; or of rights of women being ignored (eg, the "get" needed by Jewish women to recognise their divorce is often not issued). So it's really frustrating when people wang on about sharia and how evil it is and how it must never be allowed to happen when a: it's about as bad as the others and b: it's already working (in the UK, at least). Here's an old article from BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7233040.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7233040.stm