My Sharia Amour
President Obama has spoken more glowingly of the Muslim world than he has of his own country. He has extended his hand to Iran and bowed his head to Saudi Arabia. He has fasted and feasted on Ramadan, and slaughtered a buffalo according to halal principles (okay, maybe not).
His adviser on Muslim affairs (Did Kennedy have one? Polk? Lincoln? Madison?) even says sharia law is misunderstood—and no I’m not kidding:
President Barack Obama’s adviser on Muslim affairs, Dalia Mogahed, has provoked controversy by appearing on a British television show hosted by a member of an extremist group to talk about Sharia Law.
Miss Mogahed, appointed to the President’s Council on Faith-Based and Neighbourhood Partnerships, said the Western view of Sharia was “oversimplified” and the majority of women around the world associate it with “gender justice”.
The White House adviser made the remarks on a London-based TV discussion programme hosted by Ibtihal Bsis, a member of the extremist Hizb ut Tahrir party.
The group believes in the non-violent destruction of Western democracy and the creation of an Islamic state under Sharia Law across the world.
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They called for Sharia Law to be “the source of legislation” and said that women should not be “permitted to hold a position of leadership in government”.
Miss Mogahed made no challenge to these demands and said that “promiscuity” and the “breakdown of traditional values” were what Muslims admired least about the West.
She said: “I think the reason so many women support Sharia is because they have a very different understanding of sharia than the common perception in Western media.
“The majority of women around the world associate gender justice, or justice for women, with sharia compliance.
“The portrayal of Sharia has been oversimplified in many cases.”
But I don’t think even this obeisance will be enough to raise the profile in the Muslim world of President Limp Wrist.
You think they take his Nobel any more seriously than we do? Check out these editorial cartoons:
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Those are awards for talking and acting in the first two cartoons, and a blindfolded Nobel in the third. He says “Aasalaamu Aleikum” to them, and they say “bite me” to him.
Buck O'Fama said,
October 13, 2009 @ 4:48 pm
For once, I agree with the Muslim world on something.
Saul Levy said,
October 13, 2009 @ 5:07 pm
I NEVER agree with anything Muslims say.
Sharia law is PURE EVIL. It’s the same HATE that is the basis for everything they do.
I’m not fooled by such lies.
Carol said,
October 13, 2009 @ 7:47 pm
What Saul said. The only way you can think that Sharia is an improvement for women is if you truly came from the stone age and never encountered any Enlightenment ideas. Any woman who supports Sharia has a political reason for doing so, and it isn’t to advance freedom women. Miss Mogahed is a monster.