Quote Originally Posted by MMI View Post
As a matter of fact, ian, the British authorities see this as a positive development and are happy to see tribunals set up to resolve disputes between members of ethnic/cultural groups in a manner that is acceptable to those traditions.
I am in no doubt the British authorities allow [ethnic tribunals] to be set up within those communities. But they have no legal standing in the UK, and all findings must be presented to a British court to have the final say. I would like to point out that it has not stopped honour killings, and there have been a spate of those in the UK as of late, and also underage marriages in certain communities. Also there are still the arranged marriages, where a British subject is spirited away to India against their will, and that really is sticking your finger up at UK law. The UK is a very racially tolerant country, but it is the ethnic groups that are abusing our tolerance.

Quote Originally Posted by MMI View Post
If you are having difficulty with this idea, perhaps you should consider the various jurisdictions within the United Kingom: there is English Law, Scottish Law and Northern Irish Law; or the USA where there are 50 different legal systems (actually, there are more, if you count the hundreds of Indian reservations, and the overseas territories). People living within those jurisdictions can regulate their affairs according to their own customs and cultures, and there is no danger of disrupting the nation as a whole.
On the contrary MMI, I have no difficulty whatsoever with the idea, and I agree to a degree on what you have said. However Sharia Law has no minimum, what is said is done and sometimes to the extreme, it has no place in the civilised world. There is one thing however the three legal systems in the UK that you mention are all governed and overseen by Whitehall, although their laws might vary in certain ways. I also believe that there are as many legal systems in the USA as you say with their own laws, but I can understand why, as most states in the USA are bigger than most whole countries in Europe and Asia.




Quote Originally Posted by steelish View Post
It doesn't have to happen "in secret" in the U.S. They can practice their religion right out in the open! The U.S. is full of ethnic and/or religious communities. BUT, for the Islamic faithful to take over the U.S. and impose their beliefs and Sharia law upon the Americans would be unconstitutional, and that is what I was referring to. Unless they become the majority in the U.S., and simply because of the very behavior you mention, they will probably remain in small groups in communities - rather than in positions of power.

Unfortunately for the law-abiding Muslims, the Jihad believers have ruined it for them.

I agree with you 100%


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