Sharia

The House of Representatives (DPR) on Tuesday passed a sharia banking bill into law, paving the way for the government to ensure legal certainty in running the sharia banking industry in the country. The passage of the bill into law came after all 10 House factions and the government gave their final views at a plenary session led by House Speaker Agung Laksono. Nine House factions favored the

The Pakistan Taliban (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan or TTP) is in the process of gaining territory and power within Pakistan, as a result of numerous "peace treaties" and agreements to empower the Taliban to enforce an anti-freedom theocracy based on Sharia law in Pakistan. This is a critical American national security issue that requires revisiting the very ideologies that provide the foundation for

A recent study conducted by the Setara Institute for Democracy in Indonesia revealed a confusing picture regarding the attitudes of young Indonesians regarding the meaning and purpose of sharia law. The results of the survey claimed about 56% of young people living in the Jakarta area support the imposition of sharia law, but the overwhelming [...]

More than 56 percent of youths in the Greater Jakarta area support sharia-based bylaws, but almost 80 percent believe in the Pancasila state ideology that protects Indonesia’s diversity, a new survey shows. The survey, designed to capture youths’ views of nationalism and pluralism, was conducted between May 6 and May 30 by the Setara Institute [...]

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Pakistani Taliban fighters have said that the success of a peace deal signed with the government in the northwestern area depends on the complete enforcement of Islamic law in the region.The agreement, signed on Wednesday, ends months of fighting in the Swat valley between troops and fighters loyal to Maulana Fazlullah, a pro-Taliban commander.The Pakistan government has agreed gradually topull ou

Frontpage interviews Janice Gotchet who has had to endure Islamic laws in her marriage to - and divorce from - a Muslim man.I met my former husband, a Muslim, in California, while he was a student. We married in 1979, and eventually relocated permanently to Kuwait in 1984. More...

Another radical Islamist in Britain articulating himself quite clearly… His name is Anjem Choudary and is well known for his “Killing of Non-Muslims is Legitimate” comment that we’ve shown here before and has been seen by thousands on youtube.  Jawa has more on Anjem Choudary… ---Related Articles at Infidels Are Cool:Abbas: Al Qaeda has infiltrated [...]

Justice has been served…Allah’s will be done…the family’s honor has been restored and our brother will be home in 6 months. A Jordanian man was sentenced to 6 months in jail for killing his 16 year old daughter for the purpose of restoring his families honor after she had sex with a man out of wedlock. The [...]

Indonesia: Sharia Law Forcing Non-Muslims to Wear Hijab | Infidels Are Cool:"Jakarta (AsiaNews) - The controversial local laws inspired by sharia are now being applied to non-Muslim citizens. Female students who do not wear the headscarf are suspended, and few have the courage to rebel, because of fear of reprisals from fundamentalists.In Padang, capital of the province of West Sumatra, the atmosphere is increasingly that of an Islamic state. Female students who do not wear the headscarf (hijab) are frequently suspended from school. The requirement to observe Islamic customs, sanctioned by the controversial regional law of 2005, is also imposed on non-Muslim girls, and has generated an atmosphere of strong pressure on religious minorities. The proliferation of local laws inspired by sharia

Sharia at it’s finest. Dhimmitude has no bounds under Islamic Law Jakarta (AsiaNews) - The controversial local laws inspired by sharia are now being applied to non-Muslim citizens. Female students who do not wear the headscarf are suspended, and few have the courage to rebel, because of fear of reprisals from fundamentalists. In Padang, capital of [...]

They say that Mecca is the true center of the earth. BBC Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth. Mecca is the direction all Muslims face when they perform their daily prayers. The call was issued at a conference [...]

When I was married to my ex-Egyptian husband his law ruled. What he said was the dictum and nothing and no one departed from it lest you take his wrath. Many times I quietly went along with things as the status quo to keep peace in the house, to avoid being brow beat [...]

There are many readers who would like to know options about Islamic investment opportunities. One can chose to invest in : The Amana Funds, which has been around for some time. The Amana Funds (started in 1980, with initial deposits of about $250,000) invest according to Islamic principles, or Sharia. Generally, these principles require that investors avoid interest (riba) and investments in

Eso fue eactamente lo que dijo el representante de Egipto en la ONU cuando se intentó discutir la Sharia en relación a los Derechos Humanos (via Lord Nazh y Velvet Hammer)Un poco de background sobre la cuestión:IHEU has responded to claims that the “Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam” is “not an alternative” to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but “complementary” to it. In a written statement to the UN Human Rights Council, IHEU opposed any resolution that seeks to limit the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration. We now have the official UN publication of the statement available for download — see below. On Human Rights Day, 10 December 2007, the Pakistani Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council claimed that the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights

Sharia court in Egypt./Photo by Stephanie Sinclair for The New York Times It's such a rare thing for the press to give a sober, clear-eyed view of Sharia, so I am posting this New York Times magazine article without further comment.Why Shariah? By Noah Feldman The New York Times Last month, Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, gave a nuanced, scholarly lecture in London about whether the British legal system should allow non-Christian courts to decide certain matters of family law. Britain has no constitutional separation of church and state. The archbishop noted that “the law of the Church of England is the law of the land” there; indeed, ecclesiastical courts that once handled marriage and divorce are still integrated into the British legal system, deciding matters of churc

The BBC is reporting today on an interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams.For those of you who don't know, Her Majesty the Queen is the head of the Anglican Church (Church of England) but the Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the church. (I suppose equivalent to the position of Chief Rabbi, only with a bigger flock).Although he has no legal authority or power, his views certainly reflect the values of the church and may influence governmental policy.Dr Williams thinks that the only way to accomodate the large Muslim population in Britian is to give them legal independence and the option of going to a Sharia court instead of a British court.I suppose in theory this is similar to having a Beis Din, and perhaps the Muslims also have a

“What do a gay hairdresser, an atheist taxi driver, a skincare centre manager, a glamour model and a mixed race couple have in common? They all live in Harrogate and, for three weeks this summer, agreed to discard their normal routines and live as Muslims for a TV documentary series. Under the watchful eye of a team of Muslim mentors, the diverse group were taught to abide by Sharia law while a camera crew followed them around” Make Me a Muslim Episode 1 Can Islam help repair the moral fabric of British society? To test it out, Imam Ajmal Masroor asks six non-Muslims and one lapsed Muslim to follow Islamic teachings for three weeks. The six come from Harrogate, in Yorkshire, a town with very few ethnic minority inhabitants. How haughty is that? These people are beyond belief! As if the entire British society at large are immoral! I find that to be insulting. As I am sure most would. Muslims are the only moral beings to be found in all of Britain? What disingenuous bastard

It’s almost as if I’m living in a nightmare and someone needs to shake me awake. Greed will destroy us all yet if we let it; anything to garner more revenue, even if it means shaking hands with the ghost of Muhammad in order to please his followers and their ideological insanity. Nobody should still believe that Islam is “just a religion” after reading this news; not even the most diehard moonbats among you. From CNN Money: TOKYO, Dec. 3, 2007 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) – The Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday launched a new sharia index of shares in companies that comply with Islamic law to meet growing demand from investors, particularly in the oil-rich Middle East. The index of 79 stocks traded in Japan, jointly developed by the TSE and the US rating agency Standard & Poor’s (NYSE:MHP) , dipped 0.39 points or 0.04 percent to 1,006.51 on its first day, outperforming the benchmark Nikkei-225 which lost 0.33 percent. The index

A young 19-year-old Saudi woman, gang-raped by a group of seven men, was re-sentenced by the Saudi Qatif General Court to 200 lashes and six months in prison. Why the Saudi courts decision to sentence a victim of a heinous crime to the extra punishment of lashes and a prison sentence rather than show compassion?Sharia LawHer original sentence was "only" 90 lashes for ""meeting with an unrelated male, a former friend whom she was retrieving photographs." The "meeting with an unrelated male" provision comes from Sharia Law. Sharia Law is based on morals and their interpretation from the Quran, Islam’s Holy Book. Sharia Law is the basis for all decisions made by the Saudi court.There is no separation of religion (Islam) and state in the Saudi court system or government.Shari’ah is divine in its sources and primary rules, and in Saudi Arabia, it covers all legal aspects: criminal, civil and international.The Shari’ah Courts are the largest court system in the Kingdom. Its judges are

Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor Siti C. Fadjrijah has told local banks not to use their sharia banking units just as a "sweetener" to attract customers."We don't want the sharia units to be mere 'cosmetic lipstick' for the banks, where they say they have such Islamic-based banking businesses but the fact is the units only have an inappropriately small market share," Siti was quoted as saying by Antara newswire at a sharia banking event in Jakarta on Thursday."This is important because the sharia businesses must eventually be profitable for the lenders themselves, and develop into a healthy industry of its own," she said.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com

The following article typifies the heightened arrogance and confidence of the Islamic world. I have noted this change in the wind for several months and I can’t really blame the Islamists for rattling their swords ever louder; there is almost nothing standing in their way. The Muslims are moving against the non-Muslim world by exploiting our own sentimentalities, weaknesses, guilt-complexes, economic and political systems, education, the World Wide Web, bookstores, lobbying, fake charities and more. Now the Islamists are even confident that Israel itself will one day become a new part of the Islamic Caliphate: From Israel Today: A leading Israeli Arab Muslim cleric said at the weekend that the Jewish state will very soon cease to exist and the whole of the country will come under Sharia (strict Islamic) law as another piece in the puzzle to reconstituting the Islamic Caliphate. In an interview with a local Arabic-language newspaper, Sheikh Kamal Khatib, deputy head of northern

O.K. kids, time to stop with the playful kidding around for a bit. I got this comment direct from Afghanistan and I am pleased to learn there are groups like this springing up.It's a comment on the piece I did last week on the Bedouin guy in Israel who had eight wives and 60 or 70 kids. (No one seems to know for sure!) Not everyone reads the comments section so I want to draw attention to this group here and urge you to support them in any way possible.Muslims Against Sharia said...Muslims Against Sharia condemn treatment of women by the State of Israel. Government-sanctioned polygamy is unbecoming of a country that claims to be the only true Democracy in the Middle East. We call on Israeli Knesset to immediately enact a law prohibiting married men to marry more women. No civilized society of the 21st century can permit this medieval practice. No civilized society treat its women as less than human beings.You see? It's not just the Arab States that condone Sharia Law. I replied!Thank

The ever so entertaining subject of islam and it’s sharia driven ways and means. Leading the west straight down the hellish road of dhimmitude. First off I give you another soon to be classic of the engaging & outspoken Pat Condell. A big tip of my hat to Ginro for this one. Okay, let’s ’round them up’! (tongue in cheekish) A round up of the insidious & the inane. Proposed Muslim Cemetery in London Will Relocate 350,000 Christian Bodies @ Doctor Bulldog & Ronin Let’s be honest; this is an attempt to replace Christians with Muslims. Even in death, you just can’t get away from the stupidity… Empire State Ramadan Travesty @ LGF Yes, they really are planning to turn the Empire State Building green for Ramadan. In the city that suffered the worst Islamic terrorist attack in history. And Debbie Schlussel’s cousin is to blame. More Manufactured Muzlim Rage…and it’s time release @ DINAH LORD Sharif don’t like it. This time i

Just received this e-mail from Andrew of the All American Blogger blog. Programming Note: Interview with Khalim Massoud of Muslims Against Sharia On tonight’s “A Field Guide To American Politics” podcast, we will have an interview with Khalim Massoud of the Muslims Against Sharia weblog. It is an interesting look behind the scene at one of the more controversial blogs in 2007. That’s at 10pm EST tonight at Talkshoe. Feel free to call in. All the info is on our podcast page at http://www.allamericanblogger.com/podcast/ Our hope is that you might help us promote this interview with a mention on your blog. Thanks, and keep up the great work. Andrew & Duane All American Bloggers – Andrew Riley All American Blogger

The following came to me in a comment (twice). So I have decided to give these folks the floor, and post their comment and some information from their site. Muslims Against Sharia praise the courage of Lars Vilks, Ulf Johansson, Thorbjorn Larsson and the staff of Nerikes Allehanda and Dagens Nyheter and condemn threats issued by Abu Omar Al Baghdadi and the Islamic State of Iraq. Muslims Against Sharia will provide a payment of 100,000kr (about $15,000) for the information leading to capture or neutralization of Abu Omar Al Baghdadi. Muslimer mot Sharia berömmer Lars Vilks, Ulf Johansson, Torbjörn Larsson och övriga anställda på Nerikes Allehanda och Dagens Nyheter för deras tapperhet och fördömer hotet från Abu Omar Al Baghdadi och Islamistiska Iraq. Muslimer mot Sharia betalar 100 000 SEK (ca 15 000$) för information som leder till gripande eller oskadligörande av Abu Omar Al Baghdadi. Muslims Against Sharia Defend Freedom of Speech - Support Sweden! OUR GOALS

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Gay Nigerians face Sharia death, from BBC.Eighteen men have been remanded in prison following their arrest for alleged sodomy in northern Nigeria, the state-owned news agency, Nan, reports.The men were arrested in a hotel in north-eastern Bauchi State, which is governed by the Islamic Sharia law.The Sharia punishment for sodomy is death by stoning. I dont have words for it. People being killer for they are loving someone. Stoned to death because they had courage to love someone? Andra bloggar om: mänskliga rättigheter, homosexuella, dödsstraff, stening, Nigeria, bögar, kärlek

The Tao of Islam, meaning the WAY of Islam really consists of four ways (or stations). These four ways are:1. Sharia (sacred laws)2. Tariqa (sacred path)3. Haqiqa (divine reality)4. Marifa (gnosis or certain knowledge of God)According to Prophetic tradition (hadith):. Sharia consists of the words of the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace,. Tariqa consists of the actions of the Prophet,. Haqiqa consists of the state of the Prophet, and. Marfia consists of the secrets of the Prophet.These four ways are very closely linked together and cannot be separated one from the other.The Kalima (the sacred mantra of Islamic faith, La ilaha illallah) has four meanings according to these four ways.According to Sharia the meaning is:"There is nothing in the world that can be worshipped with certainty except Allah."According to Tariqa the meaning is:"There is none that can do a thing except Allah."According to Haqiqa the meaning is:"There is none who is sought after except Allah."According to Marifa t

Map of Nigerian States — Click Picture For Larger Image. Religion, be it Islam or Christianity, is always mis-used by a few idiots to impose their will on others. It happens all over the world, from the genocidal Janjaweed death militia in the Sudan killing Black Africans, to the Republican right-wing zealots in the United States, [...]

Ever since the Taliban were ousted in Afghanistan, there have been no public executions and no chopping off of hands, feet or any other body parts. Afghan clerics are unhappy about that: A group of Afghan religious clerics is demanding the nationwide enforcement of Islamic Sharia law such as capital punishment and stonings for adulterers, a private daily reported on Tuesday. ... The call for the re-introduction of Sharia law came from more than 200 clerics in the western province of Herat on Monday, Arman-e-Millie daily reported. It quoted a resolution from the group urging Karzai to ”earnestly” campaign for implementation of the punishments. The demand comes amid rising crime during an unprecedented period of personal freedom in the deeply conservative country. It coincides with the launch of a UN conference in Rome on promoting the rule of law in Afghanistan. The European Commission said on Monday it would allocate 200 million euros ($272 million) to help reform Afghanis

Jill TreanorThe Guardian23 Apr 2007The government is considering borrowing money through bonds that are compliant with sharia law as part of its attempt to boost the City’s standing as an attractive place for Muslims to do business. Ed Balls, the City minister, has also asked National Savings & Investments to look into the possibility of the government issuing financial products that retail

(Timesonline).- Shiraz Ahmed was tending his music store in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, when a group of 15 bearded young men walked in bearing bamboo poles and a chilling message. Politely but firmly, they instructed him to take down the colourful array of Bollywood and bhangradance tunes on display and to restrict his business to Islamic music. Until last week he might not have worried about these men from Islamabad’s Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). After all, his shop is legal and within walking distance of Pervez Musharraf’s presidential palace. But this was just one of several signs in the past ten days that a creeping campaign to “Talebanise” Pakistan has spread from tribal areas on the Afghan border right to the heart of the capital. More

Powerline News article linkWhy is it that Minneapolis, of all places in the United States, faces the eruption of controversies over Sharia law? From the Somali taxi drivers who refuse to transport passengers carrying alcohol to the Target cashiers who refuse to ring up pork products and the flying imams testing airport security, something's happening here. In today's Wall Street Journal Cross Country column, Star Tribune columnist Katherine Kersten draws the connections (subscription required): What's going on? It appears that both local circumstances and activists with a big-picture agenda play a role. Take the taxi drivers. Minnesota is home to tens of thousands of Somalis, most recent immigrants. Behind the scenes, moderate local Somali leaders are engaged in a power struggle with national Muslim organizations that seek to exploit this vulnerable population. Islam prohibits the consumption of alcohol but not its transportation, say Somalis who reject the taxi drivers' stance. Ye

Times Online: WHEN people around the world sent millions of pounds to help the stricken Indonesian province of Aceh after the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, few could have imagined that their money would end up subsidising the lashing of women in public. But militant Islamists have since imposed sharia law in Aceh and have cornered Indonesian government funds to organise a moral vigilante force that harasses women and stages frequent displays of humiliation and state-sanctioned violence. International aid workers and Indonesian women's organisations are now expressing dismay that the flow of foreign cash for reconstruction has allowed the government to spend scarce money on a new bureaucracy and religious police to enforce puritan laws, such as the compulsory wearing of headscarves. Some say there are more "sharia police" than regular police on the local government payroll and that many of them are aggressive young men. "Who are these sharia police?" demanded Nu

The Telegraph: Islamic sharia law is gaining an increasing foothold in parts of Britain, a report claims. Sharia, derived from several sources including the Koran, is applied to varying degrees in predominantly Muslim countries but it has no binding status in Britain. However, the BBC Radio 4 programme Law in Action produced evidence yesterday that it was being used by some Muslims as an alternative to English criminal law. Aydarus Yusuf, 29, a youth worker from Somalia, recalled a stabbing case that was decided by an unofficial Somali "court" sitting in Woolwich, south-east London. Also on topic, LGF: British Shari'a Watch Britain's grand social experiment with multiculturalism: The end of one law for all? Dhimmi Watch: "Parallel" Sharia legal system on the rise in UK

A recent poll of UK Muslims' views has the following alarming - though not surprising - findings.The Daily Mail: The doctrine of multi-culturalism has alienated an entire generation of young Muslims and made them increasingly radical, a report has found. In stark contrast with their parents, growing numbers sympathise with extreme teachings of Islam, with almost four in ten wanting to live under Sharia law in Britain.[...] 13 per cent of young Muslims said they "admired" organisations such as Al Qaeda which are prepared to "fight the West".[...] While only 17 per cent of over-55s said they would prefer to live under Sharia law, that increased to 37 per cent of those aged 16 to 24.[...] If a Muslim converts to another religion, 36 per cent of 16-to-24-year-olds thought this should be punished by death, compared with 19 per cent of 55s and over.[...] According to the poll, 74 per cent of those aged 16 to 24 prefer Muslim women to wear the veil, compared with only 28 per cent of over

This article is a real eye-opener over the so-called "Religion of Peace" and is well worth a read.Daily Mail: Disaffected, raging, and hungry for the harsh finality of Sharia law[...] On the streets of Sparkbrook yesterday, angry young Muslims denounced British culture and said we would be all better off living under Sharia law. "What are your Western values?" said one young man in traditional Islamic dress. "Your youngsters get drunk and fight outside the bars in the city centre. Even the women do it." "I don't want to live a Western lifestyle," added a woman whose face was covered by a veil. "I would like to live by Sharia law. That is my choice." [...] Earlier this week, a survey revealed that nearly four in ten young British Muslims aged 18-24 would prefer to live under Sharia law than British law. The study, commissioned by the Right-wing think-tank Policy Exchange, identified significant support for wearing the veil in public, Islamic schools and even punishment by death for M

Last Thursday , the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams stated that "sharia law is unavoidable in UK" and some elements of the law should be acknowledged , alongside the British Legal system. I totally disagree that some elements of the sharia law should be adopted in the UK. The British ...