>>One of our ministers made a comment that was a case for democracy and not for the sharia. By saying that if 2/3 of our country would vote for implementation of the sharia, it should be implemented, he was saying that even though he would not like to see this happening, democracy has a higher priority.
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>Yes, in a democracy the majority wins EXCEPT (at least in Canada and the U.S. (I don't know about Holland)) if the law infringes on personal rights.
>At least some of the things in Sharia Law contradict constitutional rights and freedoms of individuals.

I think that would apply here as well. BTW, we've seen a decline of human rights in the US lately. Their violations to the geneva convention (torture, guantamo bay, secret prisons) and less respect for private lives (phone tapping) prove that personal rights is a relative term.

walter,