{"id":1475,"date":"2015-05-29T17:26:45","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T17:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2015-05-29T17:26:45","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T17:26:45","slug":"religion-values-not-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2015\/05\/29\/religion-values-not-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Religion: Values, Not Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

“For most inhabitants of modern, Western countries, religion is an incubator of values, not the source of binding law,” writes Sheila Kennedy in a meditation on “The Retreat of the Puritans”.<\/p>\n

This realization is at the heart of what’s causing problems for Islam in the United States. The American system of government has disconnected religious laws from civil laws.<\/p>\n

What does that mean for American Muslims?<\/p>\n

You can read more of Kennedy’s commentary here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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