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To: Lurking Libertarian
This is a voluntary system of arbitration, which applies only if both parties agree.

What about "peer" pressure?

From the article: "Although advocates of the sharia process stressed that participation in the tribunal process would be voluntary, some critics expressed concern that many Muslims would be labeled disobedient if they refused participation in such sharia-based arbitrations.

"If I am a woman of faith, and the community of people who see themselves as leaders say that if I do not follow the sharia court here, the Islamic Institute, then I will be tantamount to blasphemy and apostasy," Hogben said in a debate shown on Canadian television. "And you know that in some countries, apostasy means death sentence."

19 posted on 04/28/2004 4:27:46 PM PDT by Oatka
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To: All
The devil is singing a song, and the people dance.
20 posted on 04/28/2004 4:30:19 PM PDT by Washington1980
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To: persbian
19 - "And you know that in some countries, apostasy means death sentence."

Better prepare your last will and testament, the 'religion of peace' is coming.
29 posted on 04/28/2004 4:54:15 PM PDT by XBob
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To: Oatka
What about "peer" pressure?

The same peer pressure exists among ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups (Hassidim). If a Hassid summons another Hassid to appear before a din torah (a rabbinic tribunal) and the latter refuses, all the other Hassidim are supposed to shun him. Nonetheless, U.S. courts routinely enforce the decrees of these Rabbinic tribunals.

30 posted on 04/28/2004 4:57:05 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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