@raphjd:
SO, muslims are coming to the west to "escape" sharia.
Now explain why muslims in Texas got extremely butt hurt when Texas passed a law banning the use of non US/Texas laws. If they are escaping the laws of their homeland, they why would they care if Texas bans the use of their homeland's laws in Texas.
If you weren't justifying it, then why did yo do the "but these people do it too".
I didn't mention sharia. But since you brought it up, I looked it up, since I haven't heard about this story. Here's the first article I found about it:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/shariatexas.asp
_An Islamic tribunal does operate in the Dallas area, and has done so for several years. But the imams that run the panel do not usurp state or federal law. What exists is a forum where Islamic scholars help settle business disputes and other non-criminal matters. The rulings are nonbinding and work within the guidelines of U.S. law.
This is explicitly stated on the tribunal’s website: “These proceedings must be conducted in accordance with the law of the land; local, state and federal within the United States.”
Similar religious mediation services exist throughout the U.S. — for Christians, Jews and other devout worshipers — as a way to avoid heading to a civil court. These panels prevent private matters from turning into expensive, public affairs._
Is this what you're referring to? If so, the answer to your question "why would they care?" I would assume is that other faiths have been allowed the same exact right to a tribunal. And we could go back and forth about whether Texas lawmakers even gave a shit about this until bullshit sensationalist news outlets started calling these tribunals "Sharia courts" so they could capitalize from a recipe of fear + ad revenue.
But the real point is: the people I spoke about escaping their homeland are not escaping because they were denied the right to a divorce tribunal. It's probably something closer to not wanting their children used as human shields. And you know this.
I'll repeat for an eighth time. My point was: every group of people has extremist pieces of shit that do really shitty things that no one condones. It would be silly to define every group by its worst. And you don't do that. At least, for the groups you identify with or feel like are a part of your "team". Otherwise, you use it as an excuse to hate.