Khalil and Jasmin sign a prenuptial agreement that provides for any dispute to be arbitrated according to Islamic law.When a dispute arises over the parties' marital property in Iowa, Jasmin files a suit in an Iowa state court to contest the arbitration provision.According to rulings in other states' courts in similar cases, the provision will most likely be
A)enforced.
B)rewritten to remove the Islamic law clause.
C)struck down as outside the common legal framework of our society.
D)suspended while the court considers an equitable result.

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Courts in the United States generally favor enforcing arbitration agreements, including those that provide for religious or cultural-based arbitration, as long as they do not violate public policy or basic principles of fairness. The fact that the agreement provides for arbitration according to Islamic law is unlikely to be sufficient to invalidate it, especially since the law does not require parties to choose secular law or to follow federal laws in order to resolve disputes.

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