oh good, now if just they could enact the same kind of ruling about biblical law with christianity

The laws are fair and justified. A minority of Muslims should not be able to enact barbaric and draconian laws onto the majority.  Sharia law does not belong in the Western democratic world. Why should a minority religious fundamentalist group enforce their beliefs, values and laws onto the majority? 

Hmmm... Ok, again: "But the informal councils have no legal powers and they cannot impose any penalties."

Really, these people can choose to follow these rules, but if you get a Sharia "divorce" and try to marry legally, you still won't be able to. You need a real divorce. If they choose to stone someone to death they'll get arrested surely. None of these things change with the bill, I'm guessing.

I mean, it's not like I'm totally against what the bill says (I agree the law is above everything and don't have any sympathy towards Sharia law). Just find it kind of pointless.

They are basically certifying at a state level that the intent and letter of the law must be the same. There is no reason that anyone should expect their holy laws to have any bearing on any case, disposition, or service. I for one applaud this, but not necessarily the reason behind why this was done. The sad truth is that religious justification is by far too often accepted in the court system. Sometimes to justify positions with no real bearing under the law, or to excuse why something was done unlawfully.

I honestly don't see how it is fair for someone to get a special exception to follow another set of laws. While I on the other hand only get to work from one set of laws. The way I am reading it Jews, Christians, and any number of other faiths won't be allowed to use their religion as a justification to do something outside existing laws, or in some cases directly at odds with those laws.

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What do you understand "common law" to mean?

Anyhow, considering how amorphous I understand Sharia Law to be, I don't really understand the need for this legislation. Any contract that says something so general as "terms are defined/similar to those of Sharia Law" would be too ambiguous to use, while those who state specifics of it should still be enforceable so long as they do not run afoul of a legal prohibition.

Basically, this seems like a safety blanket for something that doesn't really happen in Kansas anyways, and is in no danger of happening anytime soon.

Islamic law is banned or not allowed to practiced on a formal level in many places...

I... THINK it was due to a specific New York Case.

I vaguely recall someone getting out of an assault charge because they attacked an atheist who insulted mohhamad to the guys face.

They used Sharia law as an excuse for the attack... suggesting that in doing so, the Atheist was actually the one who started the "assault" because in Islamic law attacking the prophet verbally is just as bad if not worse.

A weird one off ruling, if anything, so i agree it's redundent.

If this law is supposed to stop Muslims from living and acting from the Islamic laws, then it is indeed pointless.

We made a very recent survey here in Sweden. Dressed as vulnerable muslim wives, women would go to several mosques and ask their lead imams different questions based on their imaginary scenario:

- What should I do now that my husband wants to marry another woman?
- My husband sometimes beat me and force me to have sex with him, should I go to the police?

Only ONE out of TEN imams (who represent the entire Muslim population in their respective communities) recommended that the women should go to the police, despite these obvious violations of our laws. SIX out of TEN told them not to go to the police.

Before this survey, the same investigators openly asked the very same imams the same questions in front of a camera. Then they obviously said things like "Of course the thought of a man having more than one wife in the Swedish society is absurd. Men and female are entirely equal."


I can't know for sure if this 9/10 number applies to the rest of our Muslim population (and it probably doesn't), but it's a good indicator of how dangerous this religion can be due to its suppression of having your own interpretations of the Koran.

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When was the last time somebody was arrested for adultery, or desire for adultery?