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sorry, Charlie. This is America - a nation of our own established laws providing equal opportunity and legal standing to men, women and children of both sexes. Mysogeny, indenturetude and slavery aren’t allowed here. Certainly you would find it laughable for a Christian or Jew to expect Egypt or Iran, for instance, to allow their particular religious views to prevail over Sharia just because one may happen to choose to live there. America is not a tribal nation. You should have read the instructions for admission more carefully before opening the door and walking in.

Actually that was exactly the situation in the former Ottoman Empire. Venetians, etc. who wanted to do business in Lebanon, Syria, or other regions would move to their own neighborhoods where their own law from back home would be used in questions of family affairs, property transfer, in heritance, etc.

The Ottomans had a treaty with Venice that allowed Christians to be Christians inside their own designated communes.

Modern India has a system where individuals have "personal law" that might be Islamic, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, Jain or whatever ~ it governs family affairs (custody, divorce, inheritance, etc.).

There are Moslems who come to the US who have been misled by others that the United States will allow the same system here.

They are, of course, wrong.