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Alas, religious people always want an exception to secular rule of law and in some countries in the West managed to carve out exceptions https://www.gov.uk/gov
by surfingdino 2y ago
Alas, religious people always want an exception to secular rule of law and in some countries in the West managed to carve out exceptions
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-sharia-law-in-england-and-wales-independent-review https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-sharia-l...
- mkoubaa 2y agoSecular law allows it's citizens discretions for settling family disputes and inheritance. Religious people often use that discretion to use religious rules from their religion. Nonreligious people benefit from the same discretion. This is not an exception from secular law, all secular laws continue to apply.
- surfingdino 2y agoThere should be a principle that secular law of the country overrides religious laws if the outcome is less favourable for the affected.