re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth

Everyone is welcome in America if they’re willing to assimilate, but we don’t want the kind of situation that has occurred in Great Britain where you have 85 sharia courts

That’s a guaranteed rabble-rouser. It evokes images of public beheadings, stoning adulteresses and forced Muslim prayer.

What it means is that there are civil courts where Muslims can voluntarily seek a decision on family or business matters which are nonetheless still subject to civil jurisdiction.

I must admit that I still have some issues with it, especially as involves Muslim women being socially pressured to accept a marriage or family settlement from a Sharia judge, but it is not the major bugaboo that people make it out to be.