CAIR's meddling in Oklahoma state affairs could actually help in debate on shari'a
1 Comments Published by Avi Green on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 10:15 PM.
Daniel Pipes, writing in the Bulletin, notes that Tennessee and Louisiana have already passed their own laws barring judges from ruling according to Islamic shari'a law. And he notes:
Although applauded by moderate Muslims such as Zuhdi Jasser, passage of the "Save Our State Amendment" alarmed Islamists. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, accurately accused of aiming "to overthrow constitutional government in the United States," nevertheless convinced a federal district judge to impose a temporary restraining order on the state election board from certifying the amendment.By going as far as they did, I'd say that CAIR is only going to stir the debate pot further about Islam and shari'a.
A full court hearing could helpfully stimulate further public debate over applying the Sharia. In this spirit, let's look more closely at the just-passed Oklahoma amendment, State Question 755. It limits Oklahoma courts to relying exclusively "on federal and state law when deciding cases." Conversely, it rejects "international law" in general and it specifically "forbids courts from considering or using Sharia Law," where it defines the latter as Islamic law "based on two principal sources, the Koran and the teaching of Mohammed."
Popular criticism of the amendment vacillates between two contradictory responses, claiming it's either discriminatory or superfluous.
Discriminatory? While the wording is indeed problematic (international law cannot possibly be banned; and the Sharia should not be singled out by name), State Question 755 correctly insists that judges base their judgments solely on U.S. law. Contrary to rumor, the amendment does not ban Sharia outside the court system: Muslims may wash, pray, eat, drink, play, swim, woo, marry, reproduce, bequeath, etc., according to the tenets of their religion. Thus does the amendment not harm American Muslims.
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CAIR, the American arm of Hamas is only showing Americans the real aim of Muslims is not to seek freedom of religious worship, but to impose their rules on the rest of us. Otherwise, Question 755 wouldn't really offend them as courts have no business enforcing religious doctrines upon Americans. But it does and that is very illuminating, indeed.