Greece Abandons Sharia Law Resolution of Muslim Family Disputes

by Eugene Volokh
Volokh Conspiracy Blog
August 25, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1612/greece-abandons-sharia-law-resolution-of-muslim

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I came across a story about this (thanks to InstaPundit for the pointer), and I asked Prof. Robin Fretwell Wilson (Washington & Lee) for her thoughts, since she has written on this Greek practice. (Note that the old Greek regime didn't just enforce religious arbitration agreements entered by the parties. Rather, it specifically routed Muslim family law questions to Sharia courts, regardless of whether the parties had agreed to this.) Here's Prof. Wilson's comment:

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