Positivist Legal Systems Crumble Before Islamic Enclaves
Western countries long ago gave up the principle that all true law, and due respect for law, relies upon them being grounded in a higher power than the government. In this sense, all Western law is now positivist law--law which is derived from human "bright ideas", derived from human experience and observation. Often, when Western nations are confronted with people who reject "bright ideas" law outright and appeal to a higher power they do not know what to do. They resemble the proverbial deer in the headlights.Such is the tenor of the unease when the West is confronted with Islamic enclaves in their own countries who could not care less about Western law and its legal tradition. The authorities shuffle their feet and don't know what to do. In most Western countries more and more Islamic enclaves are self-governing according to their own traditions and laws. The state authorities don't know what to do.
Denmark provides an example (as published in Jihad Watch).
