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Islamic law in U.S. courts

By Alliance Alert

Eugene Volokh writing at The Volokh Conspiracy: "I just came across an interesting case, Rahman v. Hossain (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), which was apparently handed down June 17, but which just appeared on Westlaw. An ex-husband was demanding the return of a $12,500 'mahr' payment that was made at the time of the marriage. The parties had apparently agreed to be married 'under the law of Islam,' so the court heard evidence from an expert about whether Islamic law called for return of the mahr under certain conditions, and concluded that it did; therefore, the ex-wife was required to return the money."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on October 21, 2010 (boomark / email).