16 States Banning Sharia Law

Today the terrorist group ISIS is holding tens of thousands of people in subjugation to a primitive form of Islamic law. In the United Kingdom, which has a significant Muslim population, there is a huge push to put Shariah law on an equal footing with British law. Here in the United States, Islamic groups are increasingly pressing for concessions on a wide variety of issues. It is not surprising, then, that states are acting to stave off such incursions.

In a recent article, the Conservative Tribune details these efforts:

Any time a state wants to ban Shariah law from being used within its boundaries, Muslim groups — usually led by the Council on American-Islamic Relations — cry Islamophobia. Which usually leads to the question, if the groups weren’t in favor of Shariah law, why would they mind it being banned?

Alabama became the latest state to ban Shariah law when voters passed a measure adding an amendment to the state constitution. CAIR said that the motion was “virulently racist” and “outright hostility towards Muslims.” Alabamans apparently didn’t care what they said.

Either way, Shariah doesn’t exactly have a good brand image. Perhaps it’s the pre-16th century vibe that the stoning of women and chopping off of hands creates.

Perhaps it’s the fact that Shariah has been used in American courtrooms — specifically in Florida, where a judge allowed Muslim law to supersede American law in a dispute over mosque funds.

Or perhaps it’s because voters don’t want America to become like a version of the United Kingdom, where roving “Shariah patrols” bully people they feel aren’t sufficiently Islamic.

A member of one of these patrols said in a video posted to YouTube, “Ultimately, I want to see every single woman in this country covered from head to toe, I want to see the hand of the thief cut, I want to see adulterers stoned to death.”

These are the states that have passed or are considering anti-Sharia legislation:

1. Alabama (two bills)
2. Arkansas
3. Florida (two bills)
4. Indiana (two bills)
5. Iowa
6. Kentucky
7. Mississippi (four bills)
8. Missouri (two bills)
9. North Carolina
10. Oklahoma (seven bills)
11. South Carolina (two bills)
12. Texas (six bills)
13. Virginia
14. Washington
15. West Virginia
16. Wyoming (two bills)

More states may act during 2015.

http://liberty247.net/state-stand-sharia-law/

Comments: Georgia needs to join in.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader