+1 Good discussion, and I think you guys are right on.
On Feb 19, 2008 11:36 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Religious law is and should be voluntary on the part of all parties and > should have the same basic effect as a civil court or the like. I've never > heard of a case brought before a bais din that had the same weight as a > court ruling. Maybe if the same evidence was presented and the court ruled > the same way but not directly. > There have always been community based courts ranging from religious to > tribal to counselors. The difference in the case of Sharia is that there > is > no barrier between civil cases and others. A case between a husband and > wife > may be followed by the killing of a criminal or adulteress. There's also a > certain 'force' involved that does not exist in other religious courts > mentioned. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254447 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
