Shariamania Sweeps Across Syria, Britain, and... US Treasury Dept
You kind of expect Syria to institutionalize honor killings on the basis of sharia law:
But, but, but, but, honor killings have nothing to do with Islam.....what a sick joke..... "Under Syrian law, men who catch a female family member engaging in adultery or other "illegitimate sexual acts", or even in a "suspicious state", are exempted from the standard punishments for murder and assault.Those convicted of murders deemed to be honour killings face only six months to a year in prison.... Ghalib Inaiz, a member of the parliament’s legislative committee, told the conference that the honour crime law "is derived from Islamic sharia, and we cannot change it"
And of course British sharia law has been a long time coming:
Islamic courts have been cleared to deal with family and divorce disputes. Sharia tribunals will be able to decide how a Muslim couple divide their money and property and who gets the children. The sole proviso from Jack Straw's Justice Ministry is that a formal law court must rubber-stamp the ruling... Muslim ministers have warned that sharia should not have an official role because it accords unequal status to men and women. Giving more weight to evidence from men could hand them a greater share of property and enhanced custody rights.
But I honestly thought that we were still five or six years away from this:
The US government is currently studying the salient features of Islamic banking to ascertain how far it could be useful in fighting the ongoing world economic crisis, Robert M. Kimmitt, US deputy secretary of the Treasury, said at a press conference held at the US Embassy here yesterday... He said that experts in the US Treasury Department are currently learning the important features of Islamic banking.
Naturally, the UK is already taking steps to implement sharia banking. I'm thinking the West should just go the whole way and replace capitalism with sharia the way Middle Eastern clerics say we should. Think of it as one of those "global tests" that the incoming Democratic supermajority is so eager to pass.
References:
* Syria: "Honor Crime law is Derived From Islamic Sharia, and we Cannot Change it".... [Zippers]
* Islamic courts cleared to deal with family and divorce disputes as Government endorses sharia [Daily Mail]
* We're Going To Miss Westminster Abbey - Sharia Courts Established In Britain [MR]
* US studying features of Islamic banking [Arab News]
* British Treasury: Hey, Let's Issue Sharia Bonds So Radical Muslims Can Grab Ownership Of Government Buildings [MR]
* Sunni leader: "Replace capitalism with sharia" [Elder]
Previously:
* OneJerusalem.org Conference Call: Yehudit Barsky on Salah Choudhury
* Abbas Pushes Back Against Hamas By Imposing Sharia In Ramallah
* President Of Israel Vs. Archbishop of Canterbury On Modern Democratic Culture
