Bachmann Opposed to Sharia Law, Says It ‘Usurps’ Constitution
EmailMichele Bachmann said Wednesday she was troubled that American judges would cite sharia law in U.S. courtrooms and that the practice would “usurp” the U.S. Constitution.
“It’s very troubling to see some United States justices bring in sharia law,” Bachmann said in a radio interview with WHO Radio in Iowa. “Sharia law … certainly does not have a place in a United States courtroom, nor should it be followed by United States judges.”
Bachmann was responding to a question from a caller who asked the GOP hopeful’s opinion on judges “sneaking sharia law into courts.”
After a New Jersey judge cited the Muslim religious law in a 2010 decision, some conservative activists and politicians have taken a hard line against the idea of recognizing the practice in American courts and warned that the practice growing.
While some prominent Republicans, most notably New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, have condemned the concerns as “crazy,” Bachmann and fellow presidential candidate Rick Santorum have taken firm positions against sharia.
In July, Bachmann became the first candidate to sign the Family Leader pro-marriage pledge that included language opposing sharia law.
“The only thing that United States judges should be bound by is the United States Constitution or state constitutions and the state and national laws of the land,” Bachmann said on the “Mickelson in the Morning” radio show.
Bachmann said judges who cite sharia “usurp” American laws and denigrate the Constitution.
“We surely must realize that [sharia] would be against our Constitution,” she said, “because that would usurp, and put sharia law over the Constitution, and that would be wrong.”
In 2010, a New Jersey family court judge cited sharia when he refused to grant a Muslim woman a restraining order against her ex-husband. Last month, a Florida appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision that litigants in a dispute over a mosque should look to their religious community, not the court, to settle their disagreement.
In the months since the New Jersey case, several states have introduced laws banning sharia law.
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Yes, yes, We know. Michelle is failing in the polls and needs to say something to get her name back in the spotlight. Enter bigotry and manufactured drama. Oh, but let’s not forget she wants HER religion to be exempt. Michelle needs to go back to her Minnesota igloo with her gay husband and hibernate for a few decades.
Posted by: Wayne | November 2, 2011, 6:36 pm 6:36 pm
Sharia law will never be in America………as long as Americans have weapons.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | November 2, 2011, 7:10 pm 7:10 pm
I’m a muslim and *I* myself wouldn’t want Sharia Law in the US! In fact, Islam itself asks its believers to ADHERE to the local laws of the land you are living in! MBachmann is trying to appeal to her base by manufacturing fear in them!
She needs to give up already!
Posted by: Farooq | November 3, 2011, 5:29 pm 5:29 pm
Farooq is a liar (taqiyya)
“Islam itself asks its believers to ADHERE to the local laws of the land you are living in! ”
Qur’an (4:59) – “O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority from among you…”
Oddly enough, this verse is sometimes used in an attempt to make the case that Muslims should respect a non-Muslim civil government. However, a careful reading makes it clear that the rulers Muslims are to obey are from among their own body of believers. This verse commands strict obedience to the leader (even if he steals and flogs them, according to a hadith reported by Sahih Muslim). How can this refer to a non-Muslim leader when other parts of the Qur’an call for violent Jihad against persecution from non-believers?
See also 9:29, which establishes the ideal relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims.
Posted by: vangrungy | November 4, 2011, 11:29 am 11:29 am
We only need to look to countries where Christians & women are oppressed to see that sharia is not compliant with the US constitution. If u want to live under sharia, there r plenty of countries u can move to.
Posted by: bachmann2012 | November 4, 2011, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm
That woman is such a colossal buffoon. A real ignoramus. A dolt. Thank god she will NEVER see the inside of the White House……….
Posted by: Searambler | November 5, 2011, 10:56 am 10:56 am
FInally a presidnetial cantidate to state the obvious, that sharia law is not complaint with the US constitution and any judge who uses it is not following the laws of he states or the nation. Any woman who would submit to sharia law is willing to give up all the rights we all have under the United States laws. I would like to know how many non-belivers have been slaughtered by islamic jihad through the centries in order to force islamic conversion.
Posted by: Donnie | November 5, 2011, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm