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Can a Free People vote in a Shar'i Order?
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in response to reader comment: Voting yourself into sharia technically not possible in US
Submitted by Jack Donaldson (United States), Mar 17, 2007 at 12:53
No, because the Shar'i law dictates that the Muslim is under the authority of the local Imam.
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| Voting yourself into sharia technically not possible in US [28 words] | John Paul | Sep 24, 2006 23:05 | 57373 | ||
 Can a Free People vote in a Shar'i Order? [17 words] | Jack Donaldson | Mar 17, 2007 12:53 | 57373 | ||
| not so far fetched [294 words] | Darren | Sep 24, 2006 16:33 | 57346 |
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