Ranting Screeds posts another angle on what I talked about in my essay, Western Law, Islamic Law and the Ordering of Society: What's at stake in the struggle with Arab-Muslim terrorists.
Ranting Screeds cites a Bruce Bawer article in Partisan Review:
Citing universal Muslim belief in "the shariah, the body of laws defining our faith" - which he described, a bit unsettlingly, as "a sharp sword capable of cutting through the generational and cultural divide" - [British Muslim Faisal] Bodi argued that British authorities must recognize the Muslim community "as an organic whole" and thus accord it a larger role in resolving conflicts over forced marriage. Bodi’s plaint was phrased with extreme delicacy, but the point was clear: when Muslim girls or women flee the tyranny of father or husband, the government should essentially hand them over to a group of Muslim men. In short, British law should effectively be subordinate to Muslim law. Group identity trumps individual rights.
I'll probably post more about this another time. It is a crucial issue for our future.
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