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Maj John Bell
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Please do not interpret this as my support for Sharia Law. I have not yet seen one effort to implement Sharia Law as part of criminal law or to make it part of civil law. I am not saying there is no such effort, I just am not Aware of any such effort.

What I have seen is agreements between two parties to use Sharia Law to resolve differences in contractual disagreements. I am not a lawyer, but I believe that as long as both parties are in agreement, and it is not in violation of US, State or local law, two parties can agree to anything they want. Party A and Party B can agree to legally resolve any contract disputes with a binding coin toss if they want. That does not establish coin toss as law of the land. Or am I missing something?
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CPO Robert (Mac) McGovern
CPO Robert (Mac) McGovern
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There are eleven states—Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Washington—that prohibit the use of foreign law in their state courts.

In 2017, sixteen states have legislation on the subject.
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Maj John Bell
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CPO Robert (Mac) McGovern - Understood, but was their some effort to make Sharia Law, the Law of the Land. If I am not mistaken, those laws are essentially empty gestures. Don't the legislature of a given state determine what becomes state law? So it would take an act of the state legislature to make Sharia Law the law within any state.

Furthermore, I am not sure that that those laws prevent parties to a contract from agreeing to use a "Sharia court" to settle a contract dispute. Just as they could agree to binding arbitration, or a coin toss.
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SSG Robert Webster
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Those that are of a liberal or progressive bent, still do not understand, even after it is explained to them on basic fundamental points with references.
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MSgt Danny Hope
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good read, thx
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