This post explores how Muslims and Jews, two religious minorities in the United States, have sought to engage their religious marital law with essentially Christian-based American secular divorce law for personal and religious benefit.
“As someone whose interest in secular law grew out of my studies of Jewish law, I’ve always been especially fascinated by the ways in which the two systems of law interact. A recently published article, “How To Judge Shari’a Contracts: A Guide To Islamic Marriage Agreements In American Courts,” got me thinking about some of the parallels and common experiences between Jews and Muslims in interacting with secular American courts…”