Steve King: Even Muslims In Congress Won't Renounce Sharia Law

TPM ^ | December 9, 2015 | Lauren Fox

[george76]

Rep. Steve King (R-IA), who's previously made clear that he doesn't believe immigrants from the Middle East want to assimilate into American culture, wants Muslims who come to the U.S. to reject Sharia law. King made the comments when TPM asked him on Wednesday whether he supported Trump's proposed ban on Muslims entering the U.S.

King said he wasn't confident any immigrants from the Middle East would do so, citing what he said was the failure of the only two Muslim members of Congress to renounce Sharia.

Sharia law is incompatible with the United States Constitution and so if they want to demonstrate that they are open to being Americanized, the first thing they should do is renounce Sharia law," King told TPM. "You won't get Keith Ellison or Andre Carson in this Congress to renounce Sharia law, let alone somebody that's just come out of the Middle East that is someone who has been steeped in Islam for a lifetime."

[henkster]

It’s a good time to sponsor a resolution in Congress renouncing sharia law as incompatible with the Constitution of the United States. Let’s see who votes against it.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Good idea if they have the guts. And Good for King.

But in reality, the opposite is happening:

This needs EMPHASIS!

[OBAMA] Regime Turns Away Christian Refugees - The Rush Limbaugh Show

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2015/12/08/regime_turns_away_christian_refugees

Just 0.4 Percent of Syrian Refugees Admitted to U.S. Since Paris Attacks Are Christian

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/08/just-0-4-percent-syrian-refugees-admitted-u-s-since-paris-attacks-christian

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Obama HATES Christians. He called us bitter clingers, and he HOPES that Syrian Christians are slaughtered wholesale.

And what is Congress saying about this?

[muir_redwoods]

A muslim that renounces sharia has left islam and is an apostate. sharia is islam.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Then it is in direct conflict with the oath they took and they should be removed from office.

[PIF]

Probably a straight party vote - all Dems against renunciation. Sharia and the Dem party have too similar aims, plus there is the large muslim Dem vote and contributions to consider.

[ThunderSleeps]

Exactly. Don't congress-critters have to swear an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic? That's part of the oath of office for the President; as I understand it part of the oath military officers take; and it is part of an oath you take when you apply for a security clearance.

If congress-critters don't have to take such and oath, I propose they immediately do or resign. Part of that should be a sworn rejection of all faith and/or legal systems (ie. Sharia) incompatible with the Constitution and principles set forth in it. Any congress-critter that cannot or will not swear such an oath should resign or be removed from office. If that means Muslims cannot serve, too bad. This is our Country and it is our Constitution if you can't support it, you cannot represent us nor govern us. We choose to be governed by out Constitution not by Sharia. You don't like it, leave.

[envisio]

So I’m sure the feminists will march on Washington and hold protests on how muslims treat women... no?.... nothing?
(crickets)

Oh, I see, they only protest against EVIL republicans... preferably Christian white males.

Yep, the Christian white males are the REAL oppressors.

[Carl Vehse]

"Even Muslims In Congress Won't Renounce Sharia Law"

They wouldn't be faithful islamoterrorists if they did.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Of course they won’t. It’s a rallying cry, and Sharia wouldn’t significantly affect them.

Sharia, in all its glory, doesn’t seem to be applied as strictly to the Islamic ruling class.

It’s a lot like our laws, which of late, have been enforced differently for those at the top than for the rest of us.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Any muslim that takes any oath, for citizenship or office, is lying, which is sanctioned by the koran.

[henkster]

Every elected official in the United States swears and oath of office to uphold the Constitution of the United States.

But oaths don’t mean what they used to.

[exit82]

I cannot believe we are finally having this discussion by people in DC.

thanks to the Trump effect.

[rlmorel]

Because of Taqiya, any legislator would be free to vote with it and approve of a ban on Sharia Law if they felt it would advance the cause of Islam...even if they disagreed vehemently.

Basically, a license to lie.

[Maceman]

Seems to me that every naturalized U.S. Muslim citizen who refuses to renounce Sharia has violated his or her oath of citizenship.

So why shouldn't their U.S. citizenship be voided, and why shouldn't they be fined and deported?

Oath of Citizenship

"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."

[Arlis]

Yes. A law needs to be passed that every immigrant signs an agreement that upon entering the US they agree that US Law supercedes Sharia.

And not admitted unless they sign it.

If we admit those who believe Sharia supercedes US Law, we admit those who have as their stated purpose to overthrow US Law, and cannot be admitted under the law passed in 1952.

But even in saying this, I, as a serious Christian, must admit that God’s law supercedes US Law. The problem is that when our country was founded, its laws were derived from divine law.

Now, with facist liberals ruling, many of our laws are in direct conflict with divine law. We Christians too must make the same decision.

[Arlis]

Need to add that our Constitution, which we indeed support, is fully in harmony with divine law.

The laws that contradict divine law are mostly from the last 10 - 20 years - that almost always actually are in conflict with the Constitution itself.

[Vic S]

They should pass legislation making Sharia illegal in the United States as it is incompatible with the Constitution.

Let’s see Barry try to veto that !

[FerociousRabbit]

I cannot believe we are finally having this discussion by people in DC.

thanks to the Trump effect.
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I am no Trump supporter but I will give him this — he is shining a bright flashlight on unspeakable PC topics that is beginning to make the cockroaches scurry.

[rlmorel]

Here is the problem: A Christian can take an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, and they don’t have to worry about their religion getting in the way because Christianity is generally not incompatible with a Constitutional Republic, at least not the way our Constitution is set up.

The same cannot be said of Islam. If a Muslim takes an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, they can and will run afoul of the Koran and Islam, because Islam is fundamentally incompatible with the principles of the US Constitution.

If a Muslim takes an oath to uphold the Constitution, and obeys that oath when it conflicts with Islamic doctrine as outlined in the Koran, that makes them an apostate, a far more serious crime against Islam than being an unbeliever.

Unbelievers can be converted to Islam. Apostates have seen the truth and rejected it, and the punishments for that are more serious and unforgiving (in their eyes)