Sharia Law, Activist Judges and the US Constitution

Sharia Law, Activist Judges and the US Constitution

February 20, 2008


The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has said that the UK must make allocation for the application of Sharia law in the UK. Williams says this is an unavoidable accommodation that promotes social harmony.

Jay Tolson, a senior writer at U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT who has followed the story and written about it on his blog Faith Matters believes that all depends on what is, is: “In some respects, the archbishop is right that it's a pumped up controversy, because technically British law already allows any third-party institution to adjudicate a matter as long as the two parties agree upon this third party. Jewish courts have handled many civil issues for centuries in England. So, in some sense, it's not controversial in that way. But, of course, there are other reasons why people are upset”, Tolson is quoted by Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, dated February 15, 2008.

In response to the observation that Sharia seems quite extreme in many parts of the West, including the United States, especially given the treatment of women, Tolson writes: “Well, that's precisely the issue…..he's really poked a hornet's nest with a stick. … He knows that there is a big debate in the Islamic world itself about what Sharia means - -- Sharia is a very strict set of laws, a code, you might say. There are others who argue that Sharia is a very general set of principles that should inform the laws. It's not a prohibition against women going into the world without a veil, for example. So this debate is really quite sharp right now, and there have been efforts in other Western countries to introduce Sharia”

The Sharia Academy, founded in Florida in 2004 claims to “adhere to the principles of Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jama'ah and the guidance and knowledge contained in the Book of Allah (i.e. the Glorious Qur'an), the Sunnah (way) of His Messenger Muhammad, peace and prayers be upon him, and the applications of his Companions, may Allah be pleased with them”

Omar M. Ahmad founder of CAIR said:"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" he said. "The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America , and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth," he said.

In his blog dated February 9, 2008, Ken McCracken asks a rhetorical question: Afraid Of Sharia In The U.S.? We Already Have It, concluding it is not a big deal, since:

And of course the application of Sharia law was indeed a perfectly normal matter. American courts are governed by American law, but American law has long provided that parties to contracts can provide for alternative dispute resolution mechanisms (such as arbitration). American law has likewise long provided that some contractual disputes would be resolved with reference to foreign law, especially when the law is expressly provided for by the contract. It doesn’t matter whether the arbitration or the foreign law is secular or religious—secular and religious rules are treated basically equally, on the principle that the parties’ contractual choices should be honored unless some extraordinary circumstance makes it unfair to do so.



Not a big deal, unless of course activist judges cite Sharia and other foreign mechanisms to re-interpret the US Constitution!
The Arch Bishop of Canterbury is nuts. Sharia Law allows for the killing/murder of women who disobey their fathers without penalty. JM

Hi Joe:
What does it say about CAIR - when even Senator Boxer denounces them? - Buzz







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