Posted on 11/04/2010 2:49:14 PM PDT by lbryce
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma Muslim has filed a federal lawsuit against a state ballot measure that prohibits state courts from considering international law or Islamic law when deciding cases.
Muneer Awad, head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma, filed the lawsuit Thursday, saying it is unconstitutional. The ballot question was approved in Tuesday's election with 70 percent of the vote.
The lawsuit seeks a temporary retraining order to block the results of the election from being certified on Nov. 9.
Joseph Thai, of the University of Oklahoma College of Law, says there is no danger of international or Islamic law taking over the state's court system and the ballot measure is "an answer in search of a problem."
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
“The ballot question was approved in Tuesday’s election with 70 percent of the vote”
It should have been 100% of the vote. What is wrong with people now a days?
It is unconstitutional to use anything but statutory law originating from our constitutions. Banning a foreign law is actually perfectly constitutional and is expected.
Under our Constitution, there can not be one set of laws for some and another set of laws for others. Equal protection under the law........equal rights, etc. Our Constitution does not allow for sharia law in this country.
What happens to society’s as the Muslim population grows in percentage of the total?
In the book, Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat, written by Dr. Peter Hammond, he explores the topic of the impact that an increasing Muslim population has on that society. The lists below illustrate the Muslim population status of countries around the world, and exactly what changes to the societies can be expected according to Hammond.
The book as well as the author are controversial, but the topic is definitely something that needs to be explored and understood. From the book:
As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. This is the case in:
United States — Muslim 0.6%
Australia — Muslim 1.5%
Canada — Muslim 1.9%
China — Muslim 1.8%
Italy — Muslim 1.5%
Norway — Muslim 1.8%
At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs.
This is happening in:
Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%
From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for
Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. This is occurring in:
France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago — Muslim 5.8%
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.
When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris , we are already seeing car-burnings. Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections, in:
Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 15%
After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:
Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%
At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:
Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%
From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and ***ya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:
Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%
After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:
Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
Egypt — Muslim 90%
Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
Iran — Muslim 98%
Iraq — Muslim 97%
Jordan — Muslim 92%
Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan — Muslim 97%
Palestine — Muslim 99%
Syria — Muslim 90%
Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%
100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace. Here there’s supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:
Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 100%
Sometimes typos are funny! I checked, and that’s in the original copy!
“a temporary retraining order”
...there is no danger...
Interesting Freudian slip there in inferring that Islamic Law is indeed, in fact,
The citizens of OK v. Islam and the UN.
Go ahead, lefty blackrobes. Make law. Write a 200 page BS decision that usurps our right to self government.
Rinos and rats got theirs in 2010. Judges are next.
The really sad thing is that the OKC daily paper came out AGAINST this measure, saying it wasn’t really needed. All we need to do is look at a newspaper, or a newscast, or just look at the items on this thread, to realize that these barbarians want to impose their madness on the rest of us. On another thread, several people said that if they want to live under Sharia law, they should go live under it—in some other country. I second that motion.
Correction: ISLAM and the USA cannot co-exist — some time in the future it will have to come to a head or we will become just another Europe.
The new Congress must take a cold, hard look at the Muslim/US situation and draw a line in the sand. This is unprecedented — no group, outside of Islam, has ever tried to introduce their own laws.
I thought that was intentional.
Re-training would be in order.
He should learn the law of OUR land before doing stupid stuff like that, IMHO
Thanks for that info. Excellent post.
IBTZ
An Oklahoma Muslim has filed a federal lawsuit against a state ballot measure that prohibits state courts from considering international law or Islamic law when deciding cases. Muneer Awad, head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma, filed the lawsuit Thursday, saying it is unconstitutional.Shariah law isn't law anywhere -- but it isn't part of the Constitution or US law, regardless. If the courts uphold this ludicrous lie, it's going to get ugly, and fast. Thanks lbryce.
Joseph Thai, of the University of Oklahoma College of Law, says there is no danger of international or Islamic law taking over the state’s court system and the ballot measure is “an answer in search of a problem.”
What a dope Thai is. Of course there is no danger, the Oklahoma Constitution has been ammeneded to keep it from ever happening. We need such an ammendment to the U.S. constitution.
I get uncomfortable wheneven I am even contemplating the BS complaint of Muslims.
Oh, my God, now I’m gong to be fired by National Public Radio.
I’ve always thought that they meant “regarding” when they wrote “disrespecting.” YMMV!
However, this is not a situation of religion; it is a simple declaration that we have our own Law (the Consitution), and no other system of law applies in our country -- no matter what ignorant bunch of 7th century ragheads wants to try to drag their religion in as "law".
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