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Somebody asked me how do we reconcile going to Western courts

especially in marital or divorce issues when it conflicts with Islamic law. kain larijanai larijana nofriihi. This is a no one

a l'ihi. This is a no one with the glee glee,

gahrievo, too mla t'alla m'a. This is again a very very deep question and perhaps we'll have a longer session about this

however realize that this question one, it is generally theoretical and not practical.

Why?

Because we do not have any legislative power.

It is just talk in the end of the day the legislative

power belongs to the country that you're living in. And number two, generally

speaking, people who go to the courts are not interested in Islamic law.

So a couple is having an argument to issue or two people are having an issue.

They go to the court.

They're not interested in what a fakir or a kaldi or a sheik has to say.

They've already decided it.

Thirdly, this issue is highly problematic as well because the far rights

loves to jump on this and to claim that us Muslims are not patriotic and you probably are

aware a few years ago there was an arbitration court here in Dallas and

national media jumped on it.

Oh, Sharias being applied in Dallas.

There was Fox News, CNN, everybody went berserk.

And what was it?

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