David Yerushalmi has this commentary on First Things:
. . . why should it? Defenders pointed out that Shari’a has already gone mainstream in London’s financial district, where Western banks employ Shari’a advisory boards to tell them how to structure their financial products to appease the Shari’a faithful. Libertarians will tell you there is nothing unusual or untoward about private parties agreeing to arbitrate their own disputes using their own rules and regulations. And, once an arbitration decision is rendered, it is quite the norm that the secular courts of the state enforce it . . .
This is already taking place in the United States. So what’s the fuss all about?
The fuss is about the elephant in the room, or, better yet, the wolf in sheep’s clothing that some Americans fail to acknowledge. Put simply, not all foreign or religious laws are equal. . . . should a society lend legitimacy to a legal system whose raison d’être is the destruction of that society?
