CAIR: "Sharia Law Is Something For The Judge To Consider..."

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CAIR: “Sharia law is something for the judge to consider…”


Posted on November 9, 2010 by creeping

Terror-linked CAIR’s all too predictable lawsuit to allow sharia law in Oklahoma, and elsewhere, further exposes the terror-linked Muslim groups goals.



CAIR’s Shariah defender dodges questions on terror ties



The leader of Oklahoma’s chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations got into a feisty exchange on air in which he defended the use of Islamic law in state courts while refusing to answer questions about his organization’s national agenda.



CAIR-OK Executive Director Muneer Awad was interviewed today by WND senior reporter Aaron Klein on New York City’s WABC 770 AM.



At one point, Awad grew so heated he accused Klein of lying and asked the blusterous question, “Do you condemn the KKK?”



The discussion began with questions about CAIR’s legal challenge to a ballot initiative passed by Oklahoma voters that bans judges from using Islamic law – known as Shariah – in court decisions.



Awad argued that the voter-passed constitutional amendment is a violation of Muslims’ First Amendment rights, and that “Shariah law has never been used in Oklahoma before this amendment came about.”



Klein pointed out, however, that the amendment was intended to be preventative.



The United Kingdom, for example, now has 85 separate Shariah courts for Muslims that operate in parallel with the Crown courts of the nation, and one judge in New Jersey already has cited Shariah in a defense of a man accused of assaulting his wife, though the judge’s decision was overturned in appeal.



“A religious law can never replace and conflict the law of our land,” Awad countered. “Shariah law doesn’t govern the case; Shairah law is something for the judge to consider in order to come to a ruling.”



Awad insisted that Shariah is compliant with both American values and its Constitution, since the Islamic law is “dynamic” in that it changes based on circumstances, including governing law of land where implemented.



But when Klein then turned to national issues and the history of CAIR and its founders, Awad grew immediately defensive.



Citing FBI testimony and documents linking CAIR to the international terror-backing organizations Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood, Klein asked if Awad condemned the groups.



“I condemn any organization that is involved in any acts of terrorism,” Awad responded.



Awad, however, blasted back that he was “offended” by the questions and challenged, “Do you condemn the KKK?”



“Of course I condemn the KKK, but I’m not part of an organization that was founded by the KKK,” Klein said. “You, on the other hand, are part of CAIR, which, there was a new book put out, ‘Muslim Mafia,’ which brings documentation and that the FBI earlier even testified to this, that your organization, CAIR, was funded by Muslim Brotherhood offshoots, was listed by the Muslim Brotherhood in documents as a like-minded partner.”



“That has no academic basis to it,” Awad answered. “Absolutely not true.”



Deception. Academic basis is irrelevant.