Sharia, or Islamic law, influences the legal code in most Muslim countries. A movement to allow sharia to set regulations that pertain to marriage, divorce, inheritance, and custody, is now expanding into the United States. All Sharia is derived from two primary sources, the divine revelations set forth in the Qur'an, and the sayings and example set by the Prophet Muhammad in the Sura.
What is Sharia Law?
Also meaning "path" in Arabic, sharia guides all aspects of Muslim life including daily routines, familial and religious obligations, and financial dealings. It is derived primarily from the Qur’an and the Sunna, the sayings, practices, and teachings of the Prophet Mohammed.
Marriage and divorce are the most significant aspects of sharia, but criminal law is the most controversial. In sharia, there are categories of offenses.
The chief elements of Sharia Law are first: a belief that women are deficient in their natural and “innate” potentials and abilities, including their psychological-makeup and intellectual capacity. The Islamic Penal Codes are based on violence in its most primitive forms. These not only authorize organized state violence, but also encourage male violence against women within the family and in society. While precise statistics are scarce, the UN estimates thousands of women are killed annually in the family honor.
While the Islamic Penal Codes have born down a tremendous injustice on the women they are not just second-class citizens, half a man, but at times their very existence is disregarded. It has been pointed out that our women have managed to achieve equality in one field only: equal right to imprisonment, exile, torture, being killed, and now being slaughtered.
Second, a belief in a social and family order where men must be guardians over women, and women must submit.
Third, a belief in an unequal system of rights and consequently, wherever the question of the reproduction of such an order is concerned, of a system of punishment that is also unequal.
1. Islam commands that drinkers and gamblers should be whipped. Sura 5:90-91.
2. Islam allows husbands to beat their wives. Qur’an, 4:34
3. Islam allows an injured plaintiff to exact legal revenge, physical eye for physical eye. Qur’an, 5:45
4. Islam commands that a male and female thief must have a hand cut off. Qur’an, 5:38
5. Islam commands that highway robbers should be crucified or mutilated. Qur’an, 5:33. As an alternative, the convicted may have a hand and the opposite foot cut off while being banished from the land instead of crucifixion.
6. Islam commands that Homosexuals be executed. Abdu Dawud no. 447. Burning to death, stoned while against a wall, or stoned and thrown over a cliff.
7. Islam orders unmarried fornicators to be whipped and adulterers to be stoned to death. Qur’an, 24-6
8. Islam orders death for Muslim and possible death for non—Muslim critics of Muhammad and the Quran and even sharia itself.
9. Islam orders apostates to be killed. Sura 9:11-12
10. Islam commands offensive and aggressive and unjust jihad
Islam commands offensive and aggressive and unjust jihad. This does not allow for the freedom of religion or conscience. People of the Book (Jews and Christians) had three options (Sura 9:29): fight and die; convert and pay a forced 'charity' or zakat tax; or keep their Biblical faith and pay a jizya or poll tax. The last two options mean that money flows into the Islamic treasury.
ACT for America is an organization that provides education about Islam and sharia and is dedicated to stop their encroachment on America.
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Wow, I supposed I could be executed on any one of about four issues.......scary!
Sharia law is unconstitutional. It would likely not be accepted if Muslims were a majority in this country, since most Muslim women are against it.
the fact that any of this happens in the name of any god at anytime is proof of the failure of "god" and all who have givin faith are responsable for the torment and suffering that "god" brings to those who are brave enough to reject it,
Not a failure of God. You have a choice. God or no God. The choice between Jesus and Mohammad is like day and night. Mohammad was a politician and a general of an army. What a model of divine goodness. Mohammad was all about material things and conquest. Women are considered 1/2 a man and their eyewitness testimony in court can be dismissed against hearsay evidence from any man. Women can be stoned to death. Although Jesus is referenced in the Qur'an more times than Mohammad, Jesus is not considered divine nor died on the cross. He was a merely a Prophet. But if Muslims are required to obey the Prophets, how could they go so wrong? Christianity presents a very different Jesus. The opposite of Mohammad. When a woman was to be stoned, Jesus said "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." The woman was saved and sent away to "sin no more." Jesus loves and is forgiving. Choice is yours.
All of you who beleive that sharia is seriously coming to america also think obama is al qaeda and that newt gingrich is speaking the truth from his heart, while your entitled to your opinion i'd like to share this quote from comrade gingrich.
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich lashed out today at the current Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, calling the congresswoman unfit to be Speaker of the House "because she's not a good enough liar."
Mr. Gingrich, in an appearance on ABC's Good Morning America, said that the ability to lie seamlessly is the most important qualification for the job of Speaker, adding, "I've been in the job and I should know."
all of you who are buying into this sick anti american islamophobia are not patriots, your simply playing the game that republicans want you to play so that youll vote for them and they can give their rich buddies more money, contracts, and legal tax loopholes
Umm... Am I crazy or does NOTHING in this article state where or why or how or in what way Sharia law is becoming law in the US...
This is just fear mongering.
All of us Confess and can be forgiven. March 3, 2011 is the day Obama will tell us he is Muslim. When he says "god" he means Allah. He will institute Sharia Law instead of being convicted by Imam Choudary. Van Jones will be with the Imam and so will the Clinton's and all the Bilderberg folks, even one Bush. It will be a star studed day. Show up and see how u will fair under Sharia law, good luck.
Well Chrissy, I don't doubt what you say about Obama being a rag head. Little problem with the Constitution getting in the way. How did you pick March 3rd that's today. I'm hear and I fear nothing!
Amazing to me women of Islam don't band together and rise up against the unthinkable acts committed by men who follow Sharia. Who in their right mind would want to live under such opressive & inhumane rule of law?
The reason is obvious. What you are reading is a collection of fanciful fabrications. You should ask a Muslim woman.
Still, I think women, Muslim and non-Muslim have a to continue to fight for equality. I don;t think they achieved that in any society, and under any religion.
No, these are not fanciful fabrications. They are quite real. These extremists also consider those who don't follow Mohammed and the Koran to be no better than a cow to be sold...and if they can't sell them, then they feel justified in killing them. Sharia law is not something you'll want ruling your family in any way if you love them. Watch a documentary type movie called "Obsession The Movie" to get an idea of what will be in store for us under Sharia law. It's beyond disturbing.
Second, a belief in a social and family order where men must be guardians over women, and women must submit.
Well the men are doing a lowsy job of being women's guardians. They are abusive infict unnecessary torture and humiliation on women for no reason. Oh, well I suspect that their reason is they consider women to be no better than an animal to own as property. Like the saying goes, Muslim men don't have a problem with women, they think that they should own at least 4.
Yes, they are so proud of their beliefs, that they hide behind masks, as do the terrorists. And they are also cowards, for beating women.
Can you say you have seen or been told by a Muslim woman that her husband beats her? Or is it just what you imagine...
I think it really is a waste of time trying to undo the damage this article did to us. It is sad. Similar articles led ultimately to the Holocaust. Soon it seems, some would like to see one done to the 1.3 billion Muslims?
"A movement to allow sharia to set regulations that pertain to marriage, divorce, inheritance, and custody, is now expanding into the United States."
of course, we note you provide ~~ no ~~ evidence to support such a claim.
If you doon'r see the evidence you're just a laughing chimp.
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I can not believe how blind you are. I worked in Domestic violence sheltar, Tempory Restraining Office, and out reach shelters to hide women of abuse and yes, they were Muslims. You need to wake up and get an education because you are really lacking.
Exhibit 1. for your evidence...there's much more where this came from:
Intro to Islamic Family Law in US Courts
//creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/intro-to-islamic-family-law-in-us-courts/
Ontario Canada came close in voting for Sharia law,fortunately Politicians who rely on the ethnic vote (read Liberal) we disheartened, whipping out the multicultural and diversity race card against Canadians. Canadians started to wake up to what was happening, which resulted in a small Quebec town called Herouxville and it's citizens started a town charter stating all are welcome, but we will not accommodate your culture if it includes treating women like breeding stock,special rules for some and not for others, racism or caste social rules, requesting your own segregated pools, beaches, special foods in Public schools as pork offends you etc, etc,
For more info google Andre Drouin or Herouxville, Quebec
Wake up Connecticut!! If Louisiana can outlaw Shariah, so can we. Call or right our local politicians and ask them to submit a bill in the local house of representatives. Outlaw it now!! and go join your local chapter of Act 4 America.
Need I remind you hand wringing idiots that many of our own laws are based on another religion, Christianity?
Just as corrupted as Islam has become. Just as corrupted as Judaism has become.
You've all been corrupted by that virus called zionism. You're not about God anymore. you're about political power and real estate.
You will be rewarded accordingly...
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Ah! you really stepped on it now. You must be a christian,I'm not. Seems to me though by stating " you will be rewarded accordingly" you must have a direct line. you know your deity might not care for you making his/ her decisions---shame shame.
Shari'ah is codified in Umdat as-Salik, translated as Reliance of the Traveller. Reliance is divided into 20 odd books, each named with a letter.
Book O covers "Justice" including the law of war. Turn to Chapter 9 for a real eye full. Google Reliance O9.0 to find it.
You can find my compiled blog posts on the subject of Shari'ah in the Expanded Library at Crusaders's Armory (co.cc domain, not the blogspot) . Other resources include the Risala and Hideyah.
YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR MIND. WW3 WILL BE AGAINST THE MUSLIMS AND THEIR OPPRESSIVE BULLSHIT.
islamic sharia brings social harmony.and it's the best way to find rights for human
WHAT! It supports a crazy religion that dictates anyone that is not Muslim should die.It does not bring social harmony it destroys social harmony.That's why every country that uses Sharia law is third-world and ruled by a corrupt dictator.
WHAT! It supports a crazy religion that dictates anyone that is not Muslim should die.It does not bring social harmony it destroys social harmony.That's why every country that uses Sharia law is third-world and ruled by a corrupt dictator.
Of course it brings social harmony... all its detractors are killed off.
Of course it brings social harmony... all its detractors are killed off.
Sorry I am aware that muslim's are allowed to lie if it is for the purpose of painting sharia law and Islam into a better light in order to spread Islam and Sharia law to all corners of the world. Nice try..
Then go back to a country that allows it because we will not tolerate it in The United States. That's what so wonderful about this coutry, your free to get on a plane and leave anytime you please and never come back.
For the life of me, I cannot understand why Islam is even allowed in a western democracy, let alone in the USA.
We fought 2 world wars to prevent the spread of dangerously aggressive ideology such as Nazi Fascism and Japanese imperialism, yet we sit idly by and not only allow Islam, the most disgusting ideology ever devised by man, but actively enable it.
Is the world completely insane?
I will oppose Islam with every breath that I breath until the day I die.
There is nothing, I repeat, NOTHING, that anyone could say that would convince me that Islam is anything else other than a disgustingly aggressive ideology of subjugation, oppression and unenlightened backward superstition.
Muhammad was a murdering, rapist megalomaniac and the Koran is the text book which teaches morons how to imitate him. Case closed
I live and breath to Insult Islam and everything that Islam stands for.
So long as there is even one muslim, Islam will continue to be in shame and dishonour,
ISLAM'S GOD IS SATAN, SO WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ! WAKE UP AMERICA ! YOUR ABOUT TO WALK INTO AN OVEN !
I totally AGREE with you,I do NOT shop in ANY muslim buisness for ANY reason! I SAY let them build their mosque, let them ALL go inside,throw ALL known and existing kurans in with them,then.....BLOW IT UP,extermination complete!
I wonder if you will pay the jizyah tax if you don't have your patooti up in the air five times a day, every day, or else.
You mention ZAKAT as a 'charity' tax. Not really: Koran 9:60 lists the recipients of this ZAKAT and also its purposes and the primary use of ZAKAT is "For Allah's Cause": that expression appears in hundreds of verses in the Koran and the Hadiths and it always means warfare (Jihad) to establish Islam as the only 'religion' (political ideology, really). ZAKAT is an obligatory tax on all Moslems, so the idea has been constant throughout Islam's history that monies are always to be contributed to fund warfare. That's why quite a few so-called Islamic 'charities' (Holy Land Foundation) turn out to be conduits for massive funding of terrorists. That means that every Moslem who pays ZAKAT (usually to his/her mosque or local Islamic 'charity') knows full well that it can be used for Jihad. Islam is a SEDITIOUS political ideology. It ought to be proscribed and certainly denied the classification of a 'religion' (that would mean no more ZAKAT, no more Islam really).
Islam is not only a fake religion based not on our Lord Jesus but a pagan moon god but also a political system bent on destruction of the western world but liberals are too stupid to know that.
and your fake religion is any different?
@PodMember: Similar to members of any cult, part of the successful control over people is their fear that rising up against their leaders is rebelling against their God.
Where the beliefs and practices do not violate U.S. law, they can be protected under freedom of religion, no matter how strange or offensive to others. However where Islam believers are changing law to accommodate them and/or the practices
violate existing law, it is the duty of people in leadership and the communities to resist them.
I wonder where are N.O.W. and GLBT groups on this? Why are they not protesting against organizations that promote and spread Shariah Law?
Thank you for this most informative article
If they are so concerned about living a life with Sharia Law, then the best thing for these people are to stay in their own countries where this kind of crap is welcomed and allowed. I say never in America. Wake up America!
when hell freezes
It's things like this where I am so unbelievably happy to be Christian (one of the good ones anyway) and our God (the only one) it tolerant and forgiving. Islam is death, torture, and more death apparently and I've read a lot on it already and my opinion hasn't changed. Peace loving Muslims? Non-exsistant.
when "2012" starts to kick its heels and u find urself cold hungry and seeking a handout, i will shoot your cold hungry ass out of pitty and t-bag your still warm carcass for fun,,,lock n load,,,
if jesus was able to come back hed be here, on late night infomercials selling "how to walk on water" lessons and turn it to wine for fun and partys,,he was a jew after all...
Christianity just as bad as Islam? I don't think so. Where are they cutting off the hands of thieves? Where are they beating women as part of the tenets of their faith? Where are they stoning homosexuals and throwing them over cliffs? Where are they forcing non-believers into their faith, today? (PLEEEZ - don't bring up the Crusades of eons ago! Everybody was ignorant then). Fact is, America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. America, more than any other nation, has promoted the cause of individual freedom. Sharia Law would completely change that.
Just because you're not doing it, doesn't mean Christianity doesn't say you're supposed to. You may want to actually read the Bible instead of using it as a paperweight. There are words in it.
While in search of an accepting window for Islam I find a slab of concrete shielding me from its horrors. As someone above wrote terrorists and gang thugs in Mexico are the most cowardly mice in the universe. They cannot stand alone. In 732 AD Charles Martel crushed the Moslem hordes that invaded Southern France. Lets finish the job. Abolish this sickening treatment of women.
A few months ago a woman of muslim faith and her husband appeared in court- here in America- he was accused of raping her on 4 different occasions. An American judge sided with the husband under Shariah Law- he walked away a free man. It's not coming ... it's already here. There are some muslim women who feel they have rights here in America or this case never would have made it to court. But, they have been taught for generations that they are lower than men and that is why you dont see more of them speaking out. God or no God there should be equality for all people no matter what race or sex they are.
Sharia is already outlawed by our Constitution.
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