[Avodah] is this muttar?

[Zev Sero]

On 18/07/2011 5:44 PM, Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org wrote:
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> _http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/fbi-u-s-couple-kidnapped-israeli-to-force-him-to-grant-his-wife-jewish-divorce-1.373910_
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> while halacha allows physical persuation, does dina dmalchuta override that practice?

How could it?   What has this got to do with "dina", that you should even
have a question?   *If* this couple was operating on the legitimate orders
of a BD then it was muttar; if they were not, i.e. either they acted on
their own, or the orders they received were illegitimate, as the husband's
web site alleges,then it was assur.

I renew my objection to those who casually step from Shmuel's statement
that "dina demalchusa dina" to a conclusion that there is an obligation
to obey the law, or a prohibition on breaking the law; how do you get
from step A to step C?   Nobody has yet even attempted to demonstrate
step B; every time I raise the issue I'm answered by obfuscation and
assertion and arguments from dubious authority.

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