Federal Appeals Court Considers Sharia Law
EmailA federal appeals court in Denver is poised to hear arguments regarding the use of Sharia law in state court, a day after the somber ceremonies commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9-11.
A panel of judges from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals will eventually decide whether a lower court judge was correct in blocking a 2010 ballot initiative forbidding Oklahoma courts from considering Islamic laws in the their decisions.
Sharia law is broadly defined as a body of law based on Islam and its central religious text, the Quran.
The ballot measure passed by a 70 percent margin but was immediately challenged by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The group argued the measure violates the Establishment Clause of the Constitution forbidding the government from favoring one religion over another.
U.S District Court Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange blocked the measure in November 2010, ruling that any harm that would result from a delay in certifying the election results is “minimized” because the defendants were “not aware of any situation where Sharia Law has been applied in an Oklahoma court.” Judge Miles-LaGrange said that the challengers were likely to succeed on the merits of their case going forward.
In court documents defending the constitutionality of the measure, lawyers for the Oklahoma Attorney General said its “principle purpose” was to ban the Oklahoma courts from looking at the “precepts of other nations or cultures.”
They argue in court papers that the measure does not single out Sharia law. “The measure bans, equally, all laws from other nations or cultures, including, but not limited to international law and Sharia law,” according to the court papers.
But opponents of the measure say it “stigmatizes Islam.” In court briefs, lawyers for CAIR, joined by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), write, “The State of Oklahoma makes no attempt to defend the practice of singling out one religious faith for official condemnation and disability.
“The measure tramples the free exercise rights of a disfavored minority faith and constrains the ability” of Muslims in Oklahoma to “execute valid wills, assert religious liberty claims under the Oklahoma Religious Freedom Act, and enjoy equal access to the state judicial system,” they argue.
They point out that Sharia Law is not outlined in any single document but is subject to “individual and communal” interpretations that differ across denominations among Muslims.
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It was crazy of the Republicans to try to get such concepts as “International Law” and “Islamic law” to be made inadmissible in US courts in the first place.
We’re not ADOPTING those laws, just learning from them – but the Republicans are spinning it to play into the fear and hatred of their racist and isolationist fringes.
That’s wildly and dangerously irresponsible. It’s not as bad as gunnimg down doctors in church or blowing up federal buildings – but it’s along the same lines.
Posted by: Sanders Kaufman | September 12, 2011, 11:14 am 11:14 am
We as Americans had better wake up to what some people are trying to do to this country. Islam is a religion & a state combined. Look at the middle east. There are no real freedom in those countries. America had better wake up and go back to their christian roots and keep freedom alive here while we still can. Do we want what has happened in Europe to come here? Do we want to go the way of the world or do we want the Living God of the universe to rule our lives. America make up your mind which way to go. Islamic law is not freedom, God’s way is and has worked in this country since the beginning of the USA. Do we want to throw that away? It is a choice that must be made. Be sure you are right because if you are wrong our kids will pay the price.
Posted by: Denver | September 12, 2011, 11:28 am 11:28 am
“its “principle purpose” was to ban the Oklahoma courts from looking at the “precepts of other nations or cultures.””
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Well if that was the purpose – then most of the laws in this country would be invalidated by that very purpose.
OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM OF LAWS IS BASED ON WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES DID FIRST.
So, if we want our entire basis for our legal system to be invalidated – support this purpose.
I guess people in Oklahoma are idiots – they don’t realize that our US Constitution already prevents religious rules from being enshrined into law. I guess that they think this way because they think it’s ok to force Christian rules into American law.
Posted by: FormerMarineSgt | September 12, 2011, 11:31 am 11:31 am
Where does it say anything about Republicans? We should go according to our law, not Islamic. This Sharia law needs to go bye bye
Posted by: irishrose | September 12, 2011, 11:36 am 11:36 am
WRONG, sanders. this is the united states. it is a sovereign country with it’s own basis for it’s laws. and that basis does NOT include adherence to ANY religion.
[and for the record, i’m not a republican, or a conservative. i’m liberal and RATIONAL. including specific religious views in the formation of our laws is counter to everything this country stands for.
Posted by: pj | September 12, 2011, 11:38 am 11:38 am
DENVER there is no need to wake up. We have The Constitution. It supersedes any other law period. The ONLY thing going on here is a pack of republicans wish to use this as another fear-mongering tool to scare their followers. It wastes courts time. It wastes taxpayer money. It’s bogus and needs to cease. Judges can look at other people’s laws all they want and it won’t change the fact we here in the United States of America go by The Constitution.
Posted by: Secondlook | September 12, 2011, 11:40 am 11:40 am
The peodophiles hope Sharia law becomes the law of the land, because then you can marry a 9 year old girl, just like the “prophet” Muhammad did. The “prophet” can do no wrong, as the delusional Muslims believe. You can also have multiple wives, beat your wife, kill the infidels and expect a heavenly reward of 72 virgins. My goodness, what crimes Islam promotes.
Posted by: Benjamin | September 12, 2011, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm
Well, I guess we will know very soon if America has a backbone or it’s just ready to lay down and be trampled on by all the special interests of the world. We have no room for religious law in this country. America was made ‘One nation under God’. Law were created to govern and those laws should be followed or go back to your own country and practice them!
Posted by: john | September 12, 2011, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm
I cannot even believe this is an issue! Aren’t we carrying things just a little too far in not wanting to “insult” a very small portion of the population. What happened to separation of church and state? This is America and when in America, you follow American laws and justice. If they want Sharia law considered, then they need to go back to their own country. Why are they here to begin with? I don’t get it, and I’m tired of it!
Posted by: carole | September 12, 2011, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm
Learning from international law, Sharia law and laws of other nations is correct and wise. Those laws however have no place in American courts until they have been accepted and passed by our legislative and executive branches and are open to the scrutiny of our Supreme Court. Until those laws have been made laws of the United States of America and / or the various states they have no place in any court on American soil. ….. Despite the wishes of some in our government and some of our citizens this is still a semi-sovereign nation. We should seek more autonomy, not allow less.
Posted by: cloud | September 12, 2011, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm
It’s amazing how many liberals flee from the thought of anything Christian in American law but embrace anything OTHER THAN Christian in American law. Reread this story, or let me save you the trouble. Third paragraph “Sharia law is broadly defined as a body of law based on Islam and its central religious text, the Quran.” Now, Google Quran, Surah 9.5. This would “broadly” make a legal defense of a Muslim killing a Christian for no other reason than in the Muslim’s holy book, anyone who is not a Muslim or does not believe and act as a Muslim can be murdered. Now, compare that to the Christian Bible’s 10 Commandments…one of which is, “Thy Shalt Not Commit Murder.”
Posted by: wantingbalance | September 12, 2011, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm
The irony is that the same people who seek to impose extremest versions of Judeo-Christian law on this country also seek to oppose Sharia law – even though there is a lot of commonality between what they oppose and what they seek to impose.
Posted by: Greggw | September 12, 2011, 12:33 pm 12:33 pm
Aren’t we in the United States? My God! That it could even have to come to this. Unbelievable.
Posted by: s | September 12, 2011, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm
Cloud said “Learning from international law, Sharia law and laws of other nations is correct and wise” No, it isn’t. We are an independent nation. We create our own laws. There is no place for laws from other countries in our country.
Posted by: wryview | September 12, 2011, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm
“… opponents of the measure say it “stigmatizes Islam.” In court briefs, lawyers for CAIR, joined by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), write, “The State of Oklahoma makes no attempt to defend the practice of singling out one religious faith for official condemnation and disability. .. “The measure tramples the free exercise rights of a disfavored minority faith and constrains the ability” of Muslims in Oklahoma to “execute valid wills, assert religious liberty claims under the Oklahoma Religious Freedom Act, and enjoy equal access to the state judicial system,” they argue.’ … ” the measure does not single out Sharia law. “The measure bans, equally, all laws from other nations or cultures, including, but not limited to international law and Sharia law,” according to the court papers. ..
When you immigrate to the united States of America you do so voluntarily with the knowledge that Sharia law is NOT the law of our land. And it should not be. Our laws are intended to protect all of us equally – regardless of religious pursuasion. IF they do not, there is a process established to change the law – called our legislative branch of government.
If the judicial branch were to determine our land is driven by our law and Sharia law, there would be a unrest like this nation has never seen since the civil war.
Posted by: Mr. Data | September 12, 2011, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm
Liberals don’t want Sharia law any more than conservatives. Again, this entire thing is hogwash intended to play politics. You guys can’t point to a single liberal politician or lawmaker saying we want this. This is ALL to paint the illusion liberals want it. You guys can be played so easily it’s a joke. The only “liberals” that might think anything about this is a fab idea are so far left they’re in the same boat as your far righties. We have The Constitution. It is the law of the land. This? It’s because there is no need to make a law saying other laws aren’t allowed. They already aren’t.
Posted by: Secondlook | September 12, 2011, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm
Can you imagine what these Oklahoma folks would do if their proposed law were actually *upheld*? It would quickly be expanded to prohibiting the consideration of ANY religious teaching when deliberating legal cases, and that could lead to Seperation of Church and State, something I doubt these Oklahomans would want. lol
Posted by: Jenn | September 12, 2011, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm
Greggw–”The irony is that the same people who seek to impose extremest versions of Judeo-Christian law on this country also seek to oppose Sharia law – even though there is a lot of commonality between what they oppose and what they seek to impose”— REALLY?? Please, give us some examples of the comonality you mention? Where in any version of the Judeo-Christian bible do you find comonality with the Quaran passage that allows the KILLING of non muslims? I have read the bibe more than once and Idon’t remember where it tells us to KILL all Muslims. Where do you find the comonality with honor killings? Where does the Christian bible specify that women can’t drive, can’t speak, or be seen in public without a male escort who is directly related by blood or marriage? Where in the Jewish Torah does it specify that beating your wife is acceptable and recommended to insure religious compliance? How about in the Christian Bible? — And while we are at it… exactly what EXTREMIST views of Christianity are people trying to IMPOSE on everyone else?? IS someone trying to tell you that you have to go to church? That you HAVE to believe in God? Be specific please.. Give some examples of how Chiristians are FORCING any of these things on you?
Posted by: arkie vet | September 12, 2011, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm
Regardless of John Kerry’s “global test” and Justice Sotomayor’s belief that we should consider laws of other nations, we are still a semi-sovereign nation. We have a system for creating and passing laws in the United States. No law should be recognized in any court until it has been accepted by our government. If enough people desire a law to be changed, it should be changed. If enough people want to change the Constitution, it should be changed. It should be done because our people want it, not because it is accepted somewhere else. Including the UN.
Posted by: cloud | September 12, 2011, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm
formermarinesgt–”Well if that was the purpose – then most of the laws in this country would be invalidated by that very purpose.
OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM OF LAWS IS BASED ON WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES DID FIRST.
So, if we want our entire basis for our legal system to be invalidated – support this purpose.”—
Actually thatsw completely INCORRECT.. The majority of the laws in this country are steeped in constitutionality which was created primarily by estabishing a legal system that DIFFERED from the laws of other countries (primarily but not exclusively England).
Our laws wer not based ON what other countries did, they were developed to DIFERENTIATE us from other countries..
Posted by: arkie vet | September 12, 2011, 1:48 pm 1:48 pm
Antidisestablishmentarianism is one of the founding principles of these United States. Admitting any sort of religious laws into practice violates the separation of church and state, prohibited by the Constitution. More evidence that our nation is rotting from the inside.
Posted by: Timothy | September 12, 2011, 2:08 pm 2:08 pm
The laws of Sharia have no place in this country any more than the Catholic Church’s, unless they coincide with the laws of the land – THIS land – and in this land, we have separation of church and state specifically to avoid the imposition of one’s religious beliefs on others, including those of the same faith with different interpretations. If the religious laws in question agree with the laws of the U.S., then the question/argument is moot, and minority status matters not. This pluralistic society is for EVERYONE. For CAIR and the ACLU to use the minority status of Muslims to inflict their religious laws on our court system is manipulative, and manipulation is ALWAYS a lie.
Posted by: Lady Goodman | September 12, 2011, 2:40 pm 2:40 pm
No court in the US has any power to adopt a foreign law or laws other than those passed by their local legislature, the US federal government, the Constitution or an adopted treaty. And note that when it comes to Islam the left is not around screaming ”separation of church and state.”
Posted by: Thomas | September 12, 2011, 2:58 pm 2:58 pm
There is no reason whatsoever for any consideration of Sharia Law in the US. Any court hearing that, needs to have the justices replaced!!!
It should have been rejected, flatly, as not open for discussion.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | September 12, 2011, 4:40 pm 4:40 pm
If you believe the original laws of the USA’s ancestral colonies were fundamentally influenced by English Common Law (hard to argue with that), you might argue we used to consider foreign laws in forming our own. However, we have been an independent nation for over 200 years. I can’t imagine judges try to model our laws after other nations, although obviously anything a person sees as wise or unwise should properly be considered in a decision, even the wisdom or lack thereof was exhibited in a foreign legal system. As for religious considerations, that is already done here as well in the same manner. Still, there is NO formal regard for religion or foreign laws, so we should not need this law. If someone fears we need it, then reasoned and extended debate would be wiser than rapid implementation of a law that reeks of anti-religious sentiment when there is no need to express that sentiment.
Posted by: Bruce | September 12, 2011, 5:04 pm 5:04 pm
So under what pre-text that we need to appease all cultures regardless of they run contary to our current laws? where do we draw the line? are we going to give Child Molsters the right to have their own law as well? Wrap it in a culture it become off limits.. Lets stop wasting our time trying to appease all Cultures… That program hasn’t served us well we have become defragmented. It is ok for every other culture to be accomadated…. when do we as Americans and our culture get some accomadation?
Posted by: James | September 12, 2011, 9:44 pm 9:44 pm
When congress passes shariea law. Then congress will be held acountable for treason against the constition of the united states.!! A penalty of death!! There is no law above the constition ! In the united states !! If they dont want to follow our laws . Then when they took there citizenship oath. They lied ! To fraudulently gain access to our country ! And in doing so , and failing to do so forfeit there right to any attempt at changing our laws !! And there actions are insurrection ay a foreign national. Punishible by death ! If congress wont adhere to our laws . Then the patriot will !!!
Posted by: John | September 12, 2011, 10:32 pm 10:32 pm
scary, i also can’t believe that we have come to this. what is happening to our country!!
Posted by: lindam | September 13, 2011, 12:24 am 12:24 am
How arrogant to think that we in the USA have all the answers.
Look around you. We have all kinds of foreign influences in our daily lives, from autos to food. Our military would not be what it is today without foreign discoveries. Our health care, a lot of our jobs, …
Posted by: raggmopp | September 13, 2011, 7:10 am 7:10 am
If you come to this country you live by the laws of this nation. Sharia law, or any other international law, has NO PLACE in the lives of the free people of the United States. This shouldn’t even be a consideration.
Posted by: GregS | September 13, 2011, 8:43 am 8:43 am
Why dos America not learn? On 9/11 as we grieved the loss of our fellowmen massacred by Islamic radicals, here they are petitioing OUR US govt to impose Sharia law. A sign of their victory? Wake up America. If u decide to stay in our country you abide by our laws, or else fee free to leave our country & spare us the trouble.
Posted by: Morton | September 13, 2011, 8:51 am 8:51 am
When secular liberal jurists are going to realize that the entire basis of sharia law is the Quran, which is mostly consisted of monotheist viewpoints and philosophy of a vile, illiterate sociopath named Mohammed of Mecca? He was certainly not a holy man. Islam is built on lies, violence, forcible subjugation, and deceit. We must reject sharia law and Islam from America. It is not welcomed here. 1.5 billion Muslims need to be free of the largest, most dangerous cult in the world. It’s Jim Jones-type cult manifested a hundred thousand times over.
Posted by: Say NO to Islam | September 13, 2011, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm
Much of our legal system and many of our laws can be traced to Europe. Not all of our laws originated there and not all of their laws were adopted here. We adopted those laws and practices that our founding fathers thought appropriate. Some were modified to suit our needs.
There may be some good ideas in Sharia Law but those ideas and practices have no place in an American court unless and until they are adopted by our legal system laid out by our form of government. Simply put, forget it.
Posted by: oonogil | September 13, 2011, 2:55 pm 2:55 pm
This is the United States of America. We use to be a Christian Nation. Not so much now thanks to our government not wanting to offend anyone. My opinion is just this……. Our Country was built on Christianity. If you don’t like it get out!! If you miss your laws from your country Go the home. If you no do speak our language ( English) This is NOT your home! I say…. Please U.S Government start offending these people so they will go back from where they came from. Just my opinion and I’m surely entitled to it !.
Posted by: JJ | September 13, 2011, 4:49 pm 4:49 pm
What is wrong with these people in the judicial branch. This is America and our laws are what made this country. NO OTHER country allows our laws to be heard in their countries, so why do we have to do it here?
People you must get that “radical muslim” out of the White House and do it now. He is taking us down a long bad path we may never recover from. He is so self-centered, him and his CZARS and the people that bought and paid for him to be put in office.
Posted by: Phyllis Boyse | September 13, 2011, 5:44 pm 5:44 pm
This nation was founded on christianity and freedom. Anyone who is trying to change this
belives wants to subvert the message of Christ jesus, emanuel. There are different kinds of terrorist. We must close all the gaps that allow this takeover. One gap is Ignorance, others are
greed, confusion, of several kind. We must stand up and speak out as Jesus Christ did.
Joy Deken
Posted by: Joy Deken | September 13, 2011, 5:53 pm 5:53 pm
This is America. We have a lot of freedoms and sharia is not one of them. I recognize ISLAM as a religion (or faith) even if THEY don’t recognize MY religion. What I DON’T recognize is their LAW. The only LAW of this land is U.S. Law. By the very definition of their name it is sharia law, not religion. Therefore I don’t recognize it as law. U.S. LAW still rules. If they don’t like it then they can recognize our greatest freedom……..the freedom to get the hell out and go back to their country and quit trying to change our country into what they RAN away from when they came here!
Posted by: Rickgyver, Central CA | September 13, 2011, 5:59 pm 5:59 pm
Why are we having to even address this issue (the courts) This is a no-brainer. This is the US of A… you want Shariah. leave… Our laws should never bend for special interests.. or other political ideologies.. ( Oh dear Lord, help us!)
Posted by: A Lil Wacked | September 13, 2011, 6:32 pm 6:32 pm
Why is this a matter for (intelligent?) people to get worked up about? This nation has a standard of laws protected and covered by the Constitution of The United States. Any law CONTRADICTORY to that which is in the Constitution is invalid and therefore inconsequential; whether Christian, Sharia, Hindi, Hebrew or whatever. If someone in this country wants to follow the Quran, Bible, Torah, or Mao’s little red book, fine… so long as they do not abuse the rights of ANYONE in the U.S. under U.S. constitutionally explicit laws.
Posted by: Fred Faris | September 13, 2011, 9:38 pm 9:38 pm
The “PEOPLE” voted this OBAMA into our Presidents set without knowing who or what he’s all about. That is the way it will be for a long time. People of this USA are dumb, just playing games and parties are all thats on their minds. I can almost see the falling of my country, I cry out in a small voice and every little is taken for the truth. I can almost hear the falling of my country, all thats left is the sound. We the people needs to start at school levels and go each step up through our states and vote out everyone that is not for AMERICA and FOR What It Stands For. I pledged my being to the USA when I joined the navy back in 1961 and to this day I’ll die for my country.
Posted by: James E. Tyree | September 14, 2011, 10:46 am 10:46 am
Arkie Vet – There is no ‘separation of church and state’ in the Constitution. All of you, please READ the Constitution before attempting to sway others into believing that you know what you are writing about. Amendment I reads “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof”. That is ALL that the Constitution says about religion. Separation of church and state was a phrase used by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury Baptists, and it has nothing to do with what is written in the Constitution. Children praying before eating their lunch in school is NOT Congress passing a law. Valedictorians referencing Jesus Christ is NOT Congress passing a law. Liberalism is distorting the Constitution and destroying the very fabric of this country, and it’s about time for Americans to stand up and say ‘Enough!”
Posted by: ncmaddogg | September 15, 2011, 7:38 pm 7:38 pm
Every US state has a statute that specifically adopts the British common law system for its starting point. Each state court system has altered that somewhat, but the foundation remains in place. This is fine — it was done properly by elected officials. When Justice Kennedy (with 4 other votes) looks at different countries to decide that the death penalty for a chil rapist is not popular enough to be “consitutional” worldwide, that is a problem. If Islamis singled out, that is a problem in drafting the statute. If it is not singled out and the law is general, that seems just fine. Let American culture determine American law adn let Oklahomans determine Oklahoma law. Courts are made by the society and should follow that society’s norms.
Posted by: ratkellar | September 16, 2011, 3:30 pm 3:30 pm
If Iran executes the Christian Pastor by hanging because he refuses to renounce his Christian faith according to Sharia Law, then how is Shiria Law beneficial to all of the believing Christians here in the U.S.? Can our govt., then; under the concept of Sharia Law( which some argue we should be compliant with), then require an Imam to renounce his Muslim Religion? If he refuses to do so, can our govt. then hang him? If we are better than that, then whose religion is peaceful? Faith comes by hearing and reading God’s word, There is only one God and His word is in the Bible. I have read the book, God (the God of Israel) wins and we all, whatever our current beliefs, our eternity depends upon our faith in Jesus Christ.
Posted by: Pete Fleming | September 30, 2011, 8:47 pm 8:47 pm
As much as I believe freedom of religion, it has no place in our government, whether Christian or Islamic. I completely disagree with this law, but what bothers me more is the responses. Many (what I would almost call radical) Christians here go on about how Islam has no place in our culture, yet go on about how Christianity should be. We are not a Christian nation. We are, and have always been a secular nation. It’s one of the many reasons we LEFT England. Religious intolerance. I don’t have a problem with religion, until you start making laws forcing me to adhere to your religious laws because you believe they’re right. Sounds like religious intolerance to me.
Posted by: Our country is full of ignorance | October 21, 2011, 5:22 pm 5:22 pm
People wake up and open your eyes. The United states is a NATION OF LAWS. The ONLY LAWS that are LEGAL in the US are those SUPPORTED by the US Constitution. This means that the must first be written as a bill, debated and passed on to be signed into law. PERIOD. The consideration of any law that IS NOT written, passed and signed WITHIN the political structure of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS NOT LEGAL, The Judge who blocked the voted on bill was in direct violation of the Constitution. Sharia law is a direct violation of our laws on two separate levels, the first being that it is Foreign Law not US law and the second the ACLU should be championing bur proves that the organization is totally hypocritical, Sharia Law violates the seperation of church and state as it requires all followers to pay homage to Allah and Mohammad. There is no excuse for the actions on the behalf of the first judge who should be removed from the bench on charges of Judicial Malfease over this matter. It is a direct Constitutional Violation. Any Muslim that wants to live under Sharia Law nedds to get the hell out of the United states and any other non-islamic country.
Posted by: Cov Nomen | November 11, 2011, 7:27 pm 7:27 pm
I am a third year law student, and I just had a moot court competition where the fact pattern was based off of this case. I am quite shocked at some of the posts I am seeing on this article. The posts show that many people in this country are bigots, ignorant, lack intellect, and don’t really understand anything about our laws. The first misconception is that when a judge considers Sharia law he/she is not enshrining it as law, but rather using it as a guide post. For example most muslims probate their wills according to Sharia precepts, thus under the Oklahoma law a practicing Muslim could not probate his will. This would violate the Free Exercise Clause because the law targets only one religion, Islam. Another example, some private parties like to design their contracts so that they may be arbitrated according to other laws or religious laws. These things happen all the time. It is only now that politicians are trying to stir up populous fear to work their own agendas. These uses of religious law do not offend the Establishment Clause, because the state is not adopting the law nor are they establishing a religion. And obviously if any religious law violates other laws or public policy then they will obviously be struck down. For example, a Muslim could not use the defense of an “honor killing” in this country because that is not a recognized defense in the U.S.. If you really want to educate yourself look at the ACLU’s amicus brief filed with the 10th Circuit. There is too much to this. I hope for a day when more of my fellow citizens post more intelligent comments on these boards. I am slowly losing hope.
Posted by: Jdoc2012 | November 16, 2011, 11:46 pm 11:46 pm
Do not allow this Sharia Law to even get its foot through the door! Once they get in, your human rights will be taken away! They are just using the excuse of human rights and psyching you to think that you are discriminating against them! Once they get their way, the non-believers of Islam will be the ones who have no more human rights! Even in their Koran, they are allowed to lie to non-believers to do whatever means necessary to gain control.
@JDOC2012, it is definitely not a guide post for the muslim people, they just want you to believe it is. Making it a guide post would be like giving them an “OK” signal to start trying to get their way even more. If they want tolerance from others and to be accepted, then why are other religions NOT accepted or tolerated within the Middle East? Whatever the West assumes these laws to be, the bottom line is that Islam is bent on dominating or destroying non-believers and they will make all sorts of slogans and wordings to deceive people.
Posted by: Edk | November 22, 2011, 3:48 am 3:48 am