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sharia law is possible if good people do nothing to prevent it. all i was trying to say. it's unlikely, but then again so are lightning strikes killing babies, doesnt mean it doesnt happen from time to time.
Sharia Law, as I understand it, is a body of rules that (at least some) devout Muslims follow in an effort to be faithful to Islam. I doubt many non-Muslim Americans are going to be converting to Islam anytime soon, and I am not concerned with most of these rules. "What to eat" rules may actually help make a family healthier. "Whom to marry" rules offend me -- especially arranged marriages, but I disapprove of many marriages and as long as both parties are adults, I don't feel any need to step in. Polygamy (assuming that Sharia Law blesses this) is illegal everywhere in the US, as is child abuse. I don't care (and actually approve) if two parties to a contract want to agree in advance that any dispute they may have will be resolved by arbitration, whether the arbitrator is a religious leader or not.
So, what is it we need to worry about? Law-breaking. Honor killings and the like. But we address this by insisting on justice for all Americans, not by silly, unconstitutional laws that "outlaw" an honor killing defense in a murder case -- a defense that has never and will never and could never succeed in any American court.
I'm not sure what you're worried about -- as for social ills, I can think of worse ones than having a few more Muslim neighbors. I see such ladies out shopping occassionally, and they seem scared to me. THAT is a social ill I really can't abide -- no woman should be afraid to shop in my neighborhood just because she has a hijab (head scarf) on, and no woman should be afraid to wear the garments of her faith in my neighborhood.