For critics of Islam,"sharia" becomes shorthand for extremism (Barf)

washingtonpost.com ^ | Aug. 25, 2010 | Michelle Boorstein

[Free ThinkerNY]

Protesters of the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero waved signs there this past Sunday with a single word: Sharia.

Their reference to Islam's guiding principles has become a rallying cry for those critical of Islam, who use it to conjure images of public stonings and other extreme forms of punishment in countries such as Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan and argue that those tenets are somehow gaining a foothold in the United States.

Blogs are proliferating with names like Creeping Sharia and Stop Sharia Now. A pamphlet for a "tea party" rally last weekend in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. asked: "Why do Muslims want to take over the world and place us under Shariah law?" Former GOP House speaker Newt Gingrich amplified that point in a much-publicized speech a few weeks ago exploring what he calls "the problem of creeping sharia."

The fact that the word has become akin to a slur in some camps is an alarming development to many religious and political leaders.

[A_Former_Democrat]

LOL.....oh these journOlists are something else

[Marty62]

From IBB site:

“Sharia Finance
What is Islamic Finance?

The basis for all Islamic finance lies in the principles of the Sharia, or Islamic Law, which is taken from the Qur’an and from the example of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The Islamic form of finance is as old as the religion of Islam itself.

Central to Islamic finance is the fact that money itself has no intrinsic value. As a matter of faith, a Muslim cannot lend money to, or receive money from someone and expect to benefit – interest (known as riba) is not allowed. To make money from money is forbidden – wealth can only be generated through legitimate trade and investment in assets. Money must be used in a productive way.

The principal means of Islamic finance are based on trading – it is essential that risk be involved in any trading activity. Any gains relating to the trading are shared between the person providing the capital and the person providing the expertise.

Islamic Bank of Britain is a stand-alone bank. We are not part of a larger conventional group that combines Sharia banking and conventional banking.”

[BenLurkin]

Who are they trying to kid? Sharia is extremism.

[wac3rd]

Boorstein - whose ethnicity is acknowledged as swine by the Religion of Peace and who rushes to defend her future killers. Libtard insanity.

[madamemayhem]

dick morris just said on oreilly factor that “islam is not the problem, sharia is the problem”. they sure were quick to get into that weren’t they.

[Marty62]

From cfr(I know)

“Honor killings, murders committed in retaliation for bringing dishonor on one’s family, are a worldwide problem. While precise statistics are scarce, the UN estimates thousands of women are killed annually in the name of family honor (National Geographic). Other practices that are woven into the sharia debate, such as female genital mutilation, adolescent marriages, polygamy, and gender-biased inheritance rules, elicit as much controversy. There is significant debate over what the Quran sanctions and what practices were pulled from local customs and predate Islam.”

Oh I think I understand this.

[Minn]

"We are deeply saddened by those who denigrate a religion which in so many ways is a religion of compassion," Peg Chemberlin, president of the National Council of Churches, said in a statement earlier this month signed by 40 national religious leaders.

DHIMMIS FOR SHARIA!

[rickb308]

“Who are they trying to kid? Sharia is extremism.”

Treat my mother or my sister like they treat THEIR women and you will SEE extremeism.THAT you can make book on.

[Julia H.]

The Mosque hasn’t even been built, and the useful idiots are already bleating, “you know, Sharia might not be so bad.”

[Minn]

mam Yahya Hendi, Muslim chaplain leader at Georgetown University and spokesman of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of North America, describes Muslims as being divided into two camps: "Those who see sharia mandating that we live as Muslims did 1,300 years ago, and those who say sharia doesn't have a specific format as to how you live your life, that Islam gives you paradigms."

Speaking that sentence should be a hanging offense.

[denydenydeny]

The History of Sharia Law and Slavery

[rickb308]

“Speaking that sentence should be a hanging offense.”

It is. It’s called apostasy. They just don’t think it applies to them.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Saudi Arabia, and Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Indonesia, and Egypt, and Iran, and Nigeria, and Sudan, and Somalia, and Malaysia, and Yemen, and Niger, and Mali, and Libya, and the UAE, and Kuwait, and Oman, and Chechnya, etc.

In other words, every nation where it is allowed to be practiced, it is abused to oppress people, both Muslims and non-Muslims.

Thus, it is not a legitimate legal system. It is just a tool for control and oppression.

[Interesting Times]

And now we see the leftists openly supporting radical Islam. The Ground Zero Mosque going national was the catalyst.

It's unclear if this is being propelled by jaw-droppingly poor political judgment, or by lots of petrodollars. Quite possibly both.

[himno hero]

I dont like reading....prefer video where possible...here is one for your files

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zM_MzkLKPY
It too is the history of Islam and slaving focusing on the Islamic Red Sea/Sahara.Indian Ocean slave trade and 1400 years of slavery

[expatpat]

I’d say that stoning women to death for adultery and cutting off hands for theft IS extreme, wouldn’t you?

[A_Former_Democrat]

Any sane person would.

But remember who we are dealing with here

[gunnut]

Glad I read that article. Now I know where Obama got the 57 states from. That is the number of Islamic states. Makes sense now.