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Old 12-23-2011, 12:23 PM
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Even in the areas of the USA where there are large populations of Muslims, there is not the most remote possibility that stoning of women, cutting off hands, etc will ever be permitted as law. If those crimes did take place - even under the guise of Muslim law - state laws would take precedence and those parties that did the crime would be punished.

Where I came from in the Washington DC area, there were Hatians who wanted to raise goats in the city limits and then kill them on altars for religiious ceremonies. They tried to say the prohibition of this was a denial of religious freedom. City council struck it down and on appeal, it was struck down by a circuit court. This was for goat killing - people killing for religious freedom would not even be thought of to be tolerated.

Of course, Bill is right. Laws are to be obeyed by everyone and enforced equally.