Re: Banning Sharia Law in US is offensive to Muslims

House Bill 2029 *would ban Pennsylvania courts from considering any
foreign
legal code or system that isn't identical with the
Constitution<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution>

>>>I don't care if another country's law IS identical. If ya like that legal code or system better, go there.

*. Muslim activists say that it is specifically targeted against the
practice of Sharia Law--a religious code for Muslims that has the
power of
law in some countries.

>>> Not this one! Duh! What a waste of time

On Dec 15, 10:23 am, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Great.  "Offending Muslims" is almost as good a hobby as "Cussin'
> Politicians".
>
> **
>            New post on *Fellowship of the Minds*
> <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/dcgere/>  Banning Sharia Law
> in US is offensive to
> Muslims<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/banning-sharia-law-...>by
> DCG <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/dcgere/>
>
> Opponents in Philadelphia say bill on Sharia law unfair to Muslims
>
> Newsworks <http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/31320>:  A bill in
> Harrisburg that opponents say is targeted against Muslims has followers of
> that faith upset.
>
> House Bill 2029 *would ban Pennsylvania courts from considering any foreign
> legal code or system that isn't identical with the
> Constitution<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution>
> *.  Muslim activists say that it is specifically targeted against the
> practice of Sharia Law--a religious code for Muslims that has the power of
> law in some countries.  Council on American-Islamic Relations
> (CAIR<http://www.cair.com/>)
> Attorney Amara Chaudhry says *this would block freedom of religious
> expression*.
>
> "This is not a new faith we are not a foreign faith and yes this dangerous,
> clearly stated discriminatory purpose on a publicly circulated document,
> you just don't get any more troubling than that," said Chaudhry.
>
> *Professor Khalid Blankinship of Temple University
> <http://www.temple.edu/>compares
> following Sharia to the Catholic teaching that divorce is not allowed.  *"That
> would be like going into the Catholic Church and telling them that you
> can't marry people the way you want or saying you have to allow divorce of
> people even if the Pope ruled otherwise," said Blankinship.
>
> State Representative Rosemarie Swanger of Lebanon County, who authored the
> bill, says *it is designed to preserve rights of liberty that do not exist
> in some foreign legal systems.  She has said recognizing foreign laws could
> allow women to be treated as second-class citizens.*  In a letter she sent
> to colleagues, Swanger called Sharia law "inherently hostile to our
> constitutional liberties."
>
> I'm no legal scholar but I'm pretty sure that the US Constitution is the
> supreme law of this country.  And I'm pretty sure that "freedom of
> religious expression" doesn't include
> <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/islam/>stoning of women, child
> rape, and honor killings - at least not here in the US (yet).
>
> No doubt CAIR is on a mission.  If the politicians cave to this PC baloney
> under the guise of "religion" in Pennsylvania, don't be surprised if CAIR
> challenges this type of legislation in every other state.  You know they
> will.
>
> DCG
>  *DCG <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/dcgere/>* | December
> 15, 2011 at 6:11 am | Tags: Sharia
> law<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=sharia-law>|
> Categories: Culture
> War <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=20812>,
> Islam<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=420>,
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