A German judge recently ruled that a Moroccan husband had the right, under Islamic sharia law, to beat his wife. The ruling caused a furor, with many Germans - and Muslim representatives - arguing that only the German Constitution should apply in Germany. Yet European governments have, de facto, for decades allowed aspects of sharia law in immigrant ghettos.
The Scripps Howard News Service ran this op-ed on April 3, 2007. It was picked up by a number of U.S. regional newspapers.