SOUTH CAROLINA stepping up measures to ban sharia law from its court system
Posted: February 15, 2012 Filed under: Islam in America 28 Comments »
A long list of S.C. lawmakers plan to send a message to Palmetto State courts: Don’t apply foreign (sharia) laws here. A proposed law, which a House panel will consider later this month, is part of a growing movement in legislatures around the country.
Miami Herald Twenty other states are considering similar measures to ban judges from applying the laws of others nations, particularly in custody and marriage cases. Three states — Tennessee, Louisiana and Arizona — already have added the laws to their books. Oklahoma put it in its state Constitution in 2010, a move now being challenged in federal court.
Proponents say the S.C. measure will ensure only U.S. and S.C. laws are applied in Palmetto State courtrooms, and foreign laws do not trump constitutional rights guaranteed to Americans.
Opponents (Hamas-linked CAIR) say the proposal addresses a nonexistent issue and, while not specifically naming Islamic Sharia law, smacks of anti-Islamic sentiment (Exactly what it’s supposed to do). They say such bills target the practice of Sharia, a wide-ranging group of Islamic religious codes and customs that, in some countries, are enforced as law.
State Rep. Wendy Nanney, R-Greenville, the bill’s sponsor, said she introduced the proposal after speaking with several family court judges around the state about problems with child-custody cases. “It would simplify things to say, ‘We’re in a South Carolina court, and let’s use South Carolina law.’ It’s meant to help our judges not to be pushed and pressured and prodded to enforce other countries’ laws,” Nanney said. Nanney said her bill does not target Sharia law or any other specific foreign code or law. Her proposal has 27 House co-sponsors, including House Majority Leader Kenny Bingham, R-Lexington, and 26 other Republicans, who control the General Assembly.
Liberal groups, including the S.C. Progressive Network, say the proposal is a waste of legislative time. “I’m much more concerned with laws being imposed by aliens from the Planet Oz,” said Brett Bursey, the group’s director. “A stealth-alien invasion of the minds of our legislators is the most plausible explanation for their obsession with fixing things that aren’t broken.” (Not broken? Then why are Muslims fighting so hard against anti-Sharia legislation in every state and putting up billboards like the one below?)
At least one national group, the New Jersey-based (Terror front group CAIR) Council on American-Islamic Relations, which works to promote understanding of Islam, says the intent of the state proposals is devious. “There’s no mistaking the intent of these bills. It’s to provide a mechanism for channeling and cultivating anti-Muslim sentiment,” said council attorney Gadier Abbas. (No it isn’t, Muslims have cultivated the anti-Muslim sentiment in this country all by themselves)
Recent versions of the bills — like South Carolina’s — do not specifically mention Sharia law, but the intent is clear, Abbas said. (Damn right, it’s all about sharia because sharia is the only law that threatens this country)
“There are some misconceptions about Islam in the United States,” he said. “That, coupled with a very vocal and well-organized minority of organizations and figures that have had for their mission, for years now, to ensure Muslims are not treated as equals in the United States, is creating this new effort to bring inequality into the laws. It’s alarming.” (Then leave)
Abbas said there are no valid fears of foreign laws being applied in U.S. courtrooms. “Only if American law allows for it does religious tradition or foreign laws even come into play.” But proponents of the legislation, including the American Public Policy Alliance, point to several court cases as proof that Sharia law is seeping into the U.S. court system.
In one 2009 example, a New Jersey judge denied a Muslim wife’s request for a restraining order after she claimed her husband repeatedly raped her. The court said the man thought it was his religious right to have nonconsensual sex with his wife and, therefore, he did not meet the criminal-intent standard needed to issue the restraining order. An appellate court reversed the ruling in 2010, granting the restraining order.
In a 1996 case, a Maryland appellate court deferred to a Pakistani court in granting custody of a child to her father in Pakistan instead of her mother in Maryland. One factor mentioned in the ruling was an Islamic belief that a father gets preference in custody cases.
I pray they don’t cave into the terrorist organization cair or the communist, socialist, anti-American aclu.
Are there no voices in D. C. crying out truth and demanding an end to anything remotely related to the islamic death cult ??
I would that all of them were in the fema camps awaiting deportation and now would be a good time to start beginning in D.C.
i really don’t think so.
Have to slightly disagree with you BNI on Shari’ah being the only law that threatens us… there is the UN too – all the Agenda 21/ICLEI and UN Convention on the Rights of Children are threatening our country too!! But normally, I am RIGHT there with ya!! And CAIR saying this is meant to treat Muslims inequal is 1) a hoot since they looooove to treat non Muslims as dhimmis and 2)this does the opposite – it treats ALL people equally under the law. What a bunch of dumbass lifters.
Kelly, yes, you’re right. But the only reason the UN threatens the US is because of the muslim scum in the White House.
the agenda 21 stuff was a big hit when HWBush was in office. if I’m corrrect Clinton signed it
you are correct… that is bad stuff!
I want to help to make sure NC passes similar antishria legislation
Shariah law has no place in this country. operiod. if they don’t like that then leave. there are plenty of muslim countries to move to.
DragonFire, the demand of the islamic ideology is world dominance in the name of the shaytanic moon god, allah,,, THAT is the point so many are missing~! The jihad syndrome is all-pervasive and is codified in the kuran, the hadith and the sunnah~! PLUS, the current crop of mullahs, imams, and what all have you are beginning to follow the hard-line Wahhabi doctrine~! That is an EXTREMELY strict interpretation of the shari’ah law, and brooks no mercy whatsoever~!
So, once the muchits have established a foothold, they’ll hold it to the death,,, and count on those mythological 72 or whatever Virginians on the other side, waiting with all kinds of unexpected “goodies”,,, but sans Virgins ~!
Abbas said: “There are some misconceptions about Islam in the United States.”
No. There are fewer and fewer misconceptions all the time thanks to websites like BNI!
Americans are learning the revolting truth about this evil DEATH CULT.
Sharia destroys freedom.
Can we say that the women of power are leading the way???
State Rep. Wendy Nanney, R-Greenville, Ms BNI, Pamela Geller, Anne ( last name escapes me – Help, Please ), and many many hundreds of others pushing their men, and standing right along with ‘em,,,
AS TO THE ISSUE – NO law, dogma, doctrine nor regulation NOT a bona fide part of the American legal system has any part of influence in our judicial system~! Simple as that,,, Screw cair, the hezbollah lackey, in bed with the moshit brotherhood~!
GF, I think you mean Ann Barnhardt?
Yes, Ma’am,,, and thank you~! I’ll try to regain what I’ve lost as quick as possible,,, may take some time~!
There are many cultures that have tried to impose their values on us from the get go.
If the Constitution of the United States Of America was used to adjudicate each law that comes before judges we wouldn’t be talking about having to pass a special law keeping foreign law out.
This means all local law as well. What a difference it would be. Freedom lost is very difficult, if not impossible, to retrieve.
But with Precedent Law it is a slow erosion of the true meaning of the Constitution.
Thus Precedent Law is supposed to streamline the Adjudication process, but it instead complicates it, and makes it more burdensome.
Regardless of his Political Baggage, This is THE ONLY MAN who stands for the USA against the Muslims and Sharia; whereas, Romney stated that (paraphrase) “Islam is NOT inherently dangerous”.
GO NEWT!!
In 4 years there will be no America if people allow all the money donated to his campaign by the middle east.We have to vote for Newt or anybody but obummar or Romney. Newt has sworn to first to eliminate sharia law out of this country and maybe obummer slime and all his relatives will follow and America will be free again!He is cutting down on our wepons to defend ourselves < why don't we eliminate these judges one way or another! VOTE FOR THE MAN (Newt) AND NOT THAT MUSLIME SLIME!!!!!!
You say no, but again it seems that I have been censored a comment, I put it on the same day that appeared this post and not see it.
If what happens is that I am not well received, says frankly that’s all.
It has happened to MANY of us, ramses,,, Ms BNI will censor where needed, but ~! She doesn’t censor many, only those that can inflame or be used against the poster or Ms BNI herself,,,
MANY comments hit her spam, also,,, When that happens, they’ll sit there, until she gets time to go through and audit her spam folder,,,
I hate to say it, but you sound like a whiny two-year old,,, Grow up, eh?
Ok.
Anyway, something strange happens, right now, for example, I can not get into the blog from the notification reached me via “e-mail” because it gives me “ERROR 404, NOT FOUND” and have had no choice but to put “http://barenakedislam.com” to enter and then look one by one to reach this particular post.
And last night, between 00.00 and 03.00 h. (Madrid-Spain time) could not be accessed in any way to the blog, this not only happened to me but also to other colleagues, also followers of the blog and it is possible that you may know, the people of the blog “NEW EUROPE-New Eurabia. ”
We all tried in different ways, with IE9 with GOOGLE CHROME and MOZILLA FIREFOX and there was no way. The thing is back to normal tomorrow morning.
Greetings, good weekend.
Ramses, there was a server problem that shut down this blog for 4 hours yesterday. Nothing I can do about that.
Ok, understood and if you can serve, now having problems again, I’ll try to explain as best I can:
I have reached my personal email a notification of a new blog post
Well, since I can not go directly, after waiting over a minute, get this:
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404 Not Found
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nginx/0.8.53 ”
We notify the intent to help as I am convinced that this not only happens to me.
And … may be that I am paranoid but is it not that “we can all imagine,” are doing some kind of sabotage?.
Good evening.
Ramses, try deleting all cookies from your computer.
ramses, MANY of us, both in Europe and in the United States, and I imagine in Australia and other parts of Asia, are having the same problem(s) you are, and Ms BNI is aware of it, and is working with her webmasters to correct the problem~!
A work-around is as follows,,,
1. Enter the site by clicking on the main banner, BARE NAKED ISLAM
2. Look for a current post in the comments to the right column ,,,, O R ~!
2a. Enter the first few words of the article title in the search box, and click on “Search”
3. When the article you wish comes up, click on that title to open it
4. Enter your comment as normal
Ms BNI is busting her butt to get the bugs out of this system.
IF you have any further problems,
email her at:
CONTACT: barenakedislam@me.com,,,
PLEASE be patient,,, The rest of us are~!
THANKS GF.
To hell with sharia, to hell with islamic extremist thinking freaks…it will be banned nationwide soon I’m sure…everywhere in the west and Europe.
M. F, not as long as liberals are in power it won’t be. Obama sics the Justice Dept on every state that tries to ban sharia and the states usually lose.
I really can’t believe we are even talking about this bs law in America after all the people who have died for the freedom of America and liberty. Militias up 250% I recommend they ban the law!