Correction: Study says U.S. Muslims don’t want Shariah, either

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By Omar Sacirbey| Religion News Service, Published: January 31

North American Muslims are more than satisfied with the secular legal system and do not want a set of parallel courts for Islamic law, according to a new study of U.S. and Canadian Muslims by a Washington-based think tank.

The study, by University of Windsor law professor Judy Macfarlane for the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, would seem to refute critics’ claims that American Muslims want to impose Shariah, or Islamic law.

In fact, the study indicates that Muslims are just as unwilling to accept Islamic law as non-Muslims.

Macfarlane interviewed 212 Muslim Americans, including 41 imams and 70 community leaders who used aspects of Shariah in their daily lives. The other 101 interviewees were divorced Muslim men and women. About a quarter of the interviewees were from Canada, and the rest from the United States.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/correction-study-says-us-muslims-dont-want-shariah-either/2012/01/31/gIQAB3H0fQ_story.html

[rfranklin]

1. A clever ruse!

Fox News knows what it knows!

[Jim__]

2. That doesn't sound like a random sample.

Macfarlane interviewed 212 Muslim Americans, including 41 imams and 70 community leaders who used aspects of Shariah in their daily lives. The other 101 interviewees were divorced Muslim men and women. About a quarter of the interviewees were from Canada, and the rest from the United States.

I'm curious as to how these people were selected and how their demographics compares to the Islamic community in general.

[MarkCharles]

3. It sort of stands to reason that adults who choose to...

live in nations where Sharia law is no part of government would NOT be in favor of Sharia law.

[libinnyandia]

4. It is funny that a lot of Republican lawmakers who oppose Shariah law support imposing laws

based on Christian belief.

[dmallind]

5. Shouldn't that be SOME US Muslims

Wouldn't want to blanket/mass broadbrush an entire group by not using a qualifier now would we?

[darkstar3]

6. I'm going to have far too much fun watching you do that.