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Pennsylvania Court Interprets Will "According to Sharia Law",Awards Twice as Much to Each Son
"Now if Prof. Alkhafaji had specified in his will that he was leaving a 1/8 share to his wife, and then 1/8 to each of his sons and 1/16 to each of his daughters, that would be fine, regardless of whether his motivation was religious or secular. (This is subject to any state law that might give his wife the power to get some minimum prescribed share, but apparently this was not argued in this case, perhaps because part of the argument -- which I won't get into here -- was that Prof. Alkhafaji had left his wife certain assets for the duration of her life, with only the remainder after her death to be split between the children.) People are free to discriminate based on sex, religion, race, and so on in their wills, including in their gifts to their children.

But apparently the will had no such specific provision; rather, it called for distribution under religious law."
Discrimination through willed legacies is very different than female circumcision, honour killing, or Shariah-approved child molestation.


Posted by: Uncle Phester 2011-05-01
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=321569