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Originally Posted by Big Sarge
There is a big difference between Sharia courts and Rabbinical courts. Sharia courts do not recognize the rights of women. I have seen young girls that were doused with boiling water as punishment for a mother's offense for not showing respect. Plus, I have seen the mutilated/disfigured bodies after a Sharia court ruling of death.
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Womenn have few, if any, rights in a Hassidic Beth Din (rabbinical court). There was a recent case in NYC where a woman was thrown out of her house and lost custody of her children because her former husband thought she was being too "provocative" in public.
Neither these rabbinical courts or Sharia law have any legal authority that extends beyond civil matters.
Freedom of religion in the US, UK, or other western democracies requires acknowledging the worst of those practices as part of that religion as long as they do not violate criminal law and regardless of how other countries act.