Originally Posted by djplong

Never mind the fact that all the sharia hype is overblown.

http://www.politifact.com/texas/stat...born-michigan/

In a nutshell, the only time a judge can consider sharia law is for CONTRACT law when both parties sign a contract stating that sharia law is to be used AND when those clauses don't clash with civil law.

In other words, it's pretty much the same as if two Orthodox Jews entered into a contract and wrote into the terms that they would be bound by the kashrut. If someone were contesting the contract, the judge would have to take into consideration that the kashrut was written into the contract. ...just like any other kind of clause.