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From: peter@kitty.UUCP (Peter DaSilva)
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Subject: Re: Islam (long but informative)
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Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 10:21:36 EDT
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> 1) Let them do what they believe in.  (literal translation of the arabic
>    "etrukohom wa ma yadeenoon")
> 2) For them what is for us, and from them what is from us.  ("lahom ma lana,
>    wa alayhom ma alayna")
> 
> Applying these principles, non-muslems are allowed to have their own laws in
> marriage, divorce, and the like.  What they don't get to choose, though--and
> have to follow Muslem law in--is the penal code (for crimes) and the laws
> governing financial transactions.

In practice it doesn't quite work that way. Recently a Japanese couple were
stoned to death in one of the Arab countries because they didn't happen to be
legally married, and the woman was pregnant. They were techs of some sort.
At least they waited till the baby was born before executing the woman.

Could someone confirm this? I don't have the article at hand.