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===The penalty for adultery===
 
===The penalty for adultery===
 
*In accordance with hadith, stoning to death is the penalty for married men and women who commit adultery. For unmarried men and women, the punishment prescribed in the Qur'an and hadith is 100 lashes.
 
*In accordance with hadith, stoning to death is the penalty for married men and women who commit adultery. For unmarried men and women, the punishment prescribed in the Qur'an and hadith is 100 lashes.
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== Sharia in the United States ==
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Many financial institutions in the United States are using [[sharia-compliant finance]], or SCF.  Problems presented by SCF include that it enables racketeering, antitrust activity, securities fraud, consumer fraud and material support for terror.<ref>David Yerushalmi, Esq., [http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/Modules/NewsManager/Center%20publication%20PDFs/Shairias%20Black%20Box%20(D%20Yerushalmi).pdf Civil Liability and Criminal Exposure for
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U.S. Financial Institutions and Businesses Engaged in Shariah-Compliant Finance] (Caution: large file).</ref> There is a growing population of polygamist Muslims in the United States.<ref>Pauline Bartolone, ''[http://newsinitiative.org/story/2007/07/27/for_these_muslims_polygamy_is For these Muslims, polygamy is an option]'', San Francisco Chronicle, August 5, 2007.</ref>
    
== Sharia in the United Kingdom ==
 
== Sharia in the United Kingdom ==
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