It depends , if the crime involves both a Christian perpetrator and a Muslim victim then in this case there is a possibility that the Christian will be tried under the shariah . Overall though , in legal and civil disputes they have the choice to choose whichever legal system they want to be tried under . The jurisdiction of the qadi Islamic Judge extended only to Muslims , while nonMuslim populations retained their own legal institutions . wikipediaSource am Muslim , took a couple of courses in Islamic jurisprudence <| sep |> I mean , we ' ve only heard your side of the story , but for the sake of your question I ' ll assume things happened exactly as you ' ve described . It that case , I say fuck ' em . I hate it when people say , Oh , it ' s your family , you should love them no matter what . Fuck that . If my own mother ever starts being a toxic bitch or something , I would have zero regrets about cutting her out of my life and never speaking to her again . It sounds to me like they ' re being a bunch of assholes . Life ' s too short to deal with people like that . Maybe they ' ll eventually come around and apologize .