"Sharia is not a foreign legal system to be banned, it is a moral and spiritual path that calls on American Muslims to pray, give charity, treat others honestly, and stand up for what is right." CAIR
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You can argue that is is neither, or that it is both.
I think that from the point of view of the actual legal systems in most countries Sharia is, to some extent and in principle, a system for arbitration. The problem is that the parties to it are not all of equal power.