Florida Judge Orders Use of Islamic Law in Mosque Case

[salida]

Florida Judge Orders Use of Islamic Law in Mosque Case
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/tampa-judge-islamiccase-mosque/2011/03/22/id/390356?s=al&promo_code=BEA3-1
　
　
http://patriotupdate.com/4557/judge-orders-use-of-islamic-law-in-tampa-lawsuit

There has been a lot of stupid judges making the news.

 

[keith99]

Hardly.

The issue involves being dismissed as trustees for a Mosque. There was also an arbitration agreement. Either of those was more than enough to clearly put it in an area where Islamic law is central to the issue.

 

[salida]

Whatever. Islamic law doesn't apply on american soil.

 

[analogtube]

Whatever. Islamic law doesn't apply on american soil.

What about the Presbyterian Church (PCA) Book of Church Order? Those rules (laws of the church) apply on American soil. Unless we decide that stoning is to be used as punishment, then that part won't be legal in this country.

 

[jayem]

"Nielsen said he will decide in a lawsuit against a local mosque, the Islamic Education Center of Tampa, whether the parties in the litigation properly followed the teachings of the Koran in obtaining an arbitration decision from an Islamic scholar."

It sounds like the judge isn't applying Islamic law to non-Islamic persons. He's being asked to decide if Koranic law was properly applied in a dispute between Islamics. Maybe that's not something a civil court should be deciding in the first place. But if the suit wasn't dismissed, I don't know how he can decide this except by getting expert testimony on what exactly Islamic law says.

 

[Marek]

Whatever. Islamic law doesn't apply on american soil.

Does freedom of contract apply on American soil?

 

[new_wine]

Then Christian law does not apply either as the US is a secular nation and not a Christian one.

Neither does Jewish Law nor any religious law.

What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

Whatever. Islamic law doesn't apply on american soil.

 

[laconicstudent]

Whatever. Islamic law doesn't apply on american soil.

Unless, you know, it is actually pertinent to the details of the law suit.

 

[Wolseley]

What is it that we're always hearing being said to Christians? Oh, yes, that's right: "Keep your religion inside your churches, and don't bring it into the public sphere!"

Okay. Muslims: keep your religion inside your mosques, and don't bring it into the public sphere.

All better now?

 

[Marek]

What is it that we're always hearing being said to Christians? Oh, yes, that's right: "Keep your religion inside your churches, and don't bring it into the public sphere!"

Okay. Muslims: keep your religion inside your mosques, and don't bring it into the public sphere.

All better now?

I'm not sure what's confusing about this, but if two individuals agreed to a contract governed by "Christian law" (if there is such a thing), I don't think anyone would be offended if the courts used the parties' choice of law in resolving the issue.

We don't have all the details in this case, but if two individuals reach a contractual agreement that is based on Islamic law, how is a court suppose to resolve that issue if the law that the contract is based on cannot be considered?