re: #103 Alouette

#1082

Now I’ve read Iteration #4343 of “Why Sharia Law Is Really, Really Bad And Scary, And Just The Same In New Jersey As Saudi Arabia, And Halacha Is Just Like Civil Law, Really”, and I’m not much calmer.

My comment was that:

Sharia law in the year 2010 really is a vile thing that should be legislated against. Modern Jewish law is really quite benign and has no agenda to impose its will on non-orthodox Jews.

This was met with Lol the Jews do it too with their Beth Din.
#901, #919, #861 Lol, #854

All citing.

Jewish Beth Din courts operate under the same provision in the Arbitration Act and resolve civil cases, ranging from divorce to business disputes. They have existed in Britain for more than 100 years, and previously operated under a precursor to the act.

With the inference that since the Jewish Beth Din operates under the same covering law, there is no need to single out Sharia law as they are comperable. Nothing to be concerned with, just like the Jews.

My argument is that while they may both be covered by the same common law statute, there is no true equivalence between the Modern Beth Din which concerns itself primarily with marriage, divorce and voluntary arbitration of financial disputes and Sharia law, which has a goal of imposing their moral codes on the secular Muslims in their community, codes which oppress women and gays.