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Shariah: The Threat To America: An Exercise In Competitive Analysis is a 2010 book published by the Center for Security Policy (CSP).. The report, written by "Team B II", is co-authored by William G. Boykin, Harry Edward Soyster, Henry Cooper, Stephen C. Coughlin, Michael Del Rosso, Frank J. Gaffney Jr., John Guandolo, Clare M. Lopez, Andrew C. McCarthy, Patrick Poole, Joseph E. Schmitz, Tom ...
Muslims are required to use Sharia law for cases regarding marriage, divorce, maintenance, guardianship of minors (only if both parties are Muslims). Also included are cases concerning waqfs, gifts, succession, or wills, provided that donor is a Muslim or deceased was a Muslim at time of death. [44]
Debating Sharia: Islam, Gender Politics, and Family Law Arbitration is a 2012 book edited by Jennifer Selby and Anna C. Korteweg in which the authors focus on the legal ramifications of Sharia law in the context of Western liberal democracies and examine the issue from different methodological perspectives.
A ban on sharia law is legislation that prohibits the application or implementation of Islamic law in courts in any civil (non-religious) jurisdiction.In the United States for example, various states have "banned Sharia law," or a ballot measure was passed that "prohibits the state’s courts from considering foreign, international or religious law."
By Dana Feldman BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - The City of Beverly Hills voted unanimously on Tuesday to pressure the government of Brunei to divest the Beverly Hills Hotel, the pink-hued ...
Unlike common law, judges' verdicts do not set binding precedents [225] under the principle of stare decisis, [226] and unlike civil law, Sharia is left to the interpretation in each case and has no formally codified universal statutes. [227] The rules of evidence in Sharia courts traditionally prioritize oral testimony, and witnesses must be ...
However, Sharia law can exist as a source of inspiration for individual Muslims, in line with the Quran, and that application of Sharia principles does not necessarily entail a radical legal system. [1]: 696–697 A few cases in the 2000s in the United States where Sharia law played some role were also cited by opponents of Sharia law.
North Texas lawmakers seeking reelection to the Texas House of Representatives are being targeted with anti-Muslim mailers. Versions of the mailers, sent by the Texas Family Project, have gone out ...