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Originally Posted by Peregrino
Practical question - when the time comes to enforce the decision of the Sharia arbitrator - who does it? The civil authorities they've spurned with their religious court? Or do they get their own enforcers too? Who guarantees justice/equity/etc. in a Sharia court? The civil authorities they've spurned? (Yes, I like spurned - it fits perfectly.) The practical application of Sharia is not a system noted for equality. Pretty quotes from the Koran aside, the Imams tend to interpret and pass judgement however they want.
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First, a judge has to ratify the arbitration to make sure that nothing that contradicts US law has been done (fraud, coercion, etc). Then the civil authorities enforce it like any other contract between two parties. The same way they'll enforce the recent arbitration between Ryan Howard and the Philadelphia Phillies. Again, this is not some new radical idea. This is an established practice within the law and with all proper checks.