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If the Islamicists are allowed to have their own law, then I think we all should be able to have our own law.

If the Islamicists are allowed to have their own law, then I think we all should be able to have our own law.

That strikes right to the root of issue.

4 posted on 04/01/2006 3:29:44 PM PST by sourcery (Either the Constitution trumps stare decisis, or else the Constitution is a dead letter.)

The question raised to me by this article is how would a Muslim enclave be different from any other religious community? For example let us use the Amish: are they at all exempt from American law? Or, rather, do any laws that they hold trump those set forth by our government and more importantly our constitution? Being somewhat familiar with the Amish, I would say no. The extra laws they live in their own life are in tandem with American law, but if anyone can shed some light on this I think it would be a good precedence to work with when considering extending such liberties to Muslims.

13 posted on 04/01/2006 4:20:26 PM PST by SouthJrzReaganite18 (Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. -Optimus Prime)