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flatbusher
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Apukerma: The law is very clear that if a man gives a woman a kesubah he has agreed to give her a “get” when the marriage ends. It is no more against the “law” to coerce a man to obey the law and give the “get” than it is to coerce a robber not to take your possessions. It is a tremendous kiddush ha-Shem for people to show that they consider Ha-Shem’s law superior to the law of the goyim. A man who refueses to give a a “get” while divorcing his wife under the goyim’s law is a traitor to klal yisrael, and the coercion against him is justified. Dina Malchusa Dina, which protects such men and encourages such behavior, does not apply for laws that require a clear violation of Torah law and are directged tgowards destroying klal Yisrael.

This is a bizarre comment. If a person doesn’t follow halacha, no one coerces another to do so. Please cite the source where halacha encourages physical violence to comply with a halacha. I also think you don’t understand what chillul Hashem means, otherwise you would not have made your comment that physical violence by frum people to force a get that gets widely publicized is somehow a Kiddush Hashem.