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Representative Tom Tancredo Introduces Anti-Shari'a Legislation, The Jihad Prevention Act

September 24, 2008

Representative Tom Tancredo Introduces Anti-Shari'a Legislation, The Jihad Prevention Act

"Jihad Prevention Act" would deny U.S. visas to advocates of 'Shari'a' law, expel Islamists already here

By WILLIAM MAYER and BEILA RABINOWITZ

September 24, 2008 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - Moving against the dangerous backdrop of the UK having legitimized as legally binding, the decisions by Shari'a [Islamic religious] courts, Representative Tom Tancredo [R-CO] has introduced legislation designed to preclude a similar development in the United States.

According to Mr. Tancredo, "...a new network of Shari'a courts in a half-dozen major cities in the U.K. have been empowered under British law to adjudicate a wide variety of legal cases ranging from divorces and financial disputes to those involving domestic violence."

This decision within the UK has also served to recognize polygamy, seen as a historically significant and injurious cultural development.

Tancredo further stated, "This is a case where truth is truly stranger than fiction...Today the British people are learning a hard lesson about the consequences of massive, unrestricted immigration."

Pushing for a recognition of Shari'a is now the cutting edge of Islamism which proves to be a significant component in the stealth jihad envisioned by the Muslim Brotherhood, as the Representative noted, "Shari'a law, favored by Muslim extremists around the world, often calls for brutal punishment…Under Shari'a law, a woman is often required to provide numerous witnesses to prove rape allegations against an assailant - a near impossible task."

As these writers set forth in "Deeply Alarming" Study - Nearly Two Thirds Of UK's Activist Muslim Students Justify Violent Jihad

"A study released today which calls into question some of the most basic and prevalent attitudes in the West regarding the possibility of reaching accommodation with fundamentalist Muslims Executive Summary, Islam on Campus: A survey of UK student opinions shows that 60% of students active in university based Islamic societies believe that, "killing in the name of religion can be justified," 40% support the introduction of shari'a into the legal framework and 33% favor the establishment of the Caliphate, a world-wide Islamic theocracy."

Taking note of that study, "Tancredo pointed to the results of a recent poll conducted by the Centre for Social Cohesion…The poll found that some 40 percent of Muslim students in the United Kingdom support the introduction of Shari'a law there, and 33 percent support the imposition of an Islamic Shari'a-based government worldwide."

The introduction of Tancredo's proposed legislation draws a much needed line of defense against the stealth jihad, stating that this society was not simply going to roll over as Europe in large part has. Failure to take note of the shifting strategies employed by the jihadists would play to their advantage. In a larger sense, recognition of Shari'a or components thereof in America would represent a capitulation in the war on terror. It would signal to the enemy that this culture has lost its will to resist the incessant attack undertaken by the Islamist enemy and that the country was being surrendered without any resistance. http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=tancredoid=9.24.08%2Ehtm

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Press Releases :: September 18, 2008

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Tancredo Proposes Anti-Sharia Measure in Wake of U.K. Certification of Islamic Courts

"Jihad Prevention Act" would deny U.S. visas to advocates of ‘Sharia' law, expel Islamists already here

( WASHINGTON, DC ) – Amid disturbing revelations that the verdicts of Islamic Sharia courts are now legally binding in civil cases in the United Kingdom, U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) moved quickly today to introduce legislation designed to protect the United States from a similar fate.

According to recent news reports, a new network of Sharia courts in a half-dozen major cities in the U.K. have been empowered under British law to adjudicate a wide variety of legal cases ranging from divorces and financial disputes to those involving domestic violence.

"This is a case where truth is truly stranger than fiction," said Tancredo. "Today the British people are learning a hard lesson about the consequences of massive, unrestricted immigration."

Sharia law, favored by Muslim extremists around the world, often calls for brutal punishment – such as the stoning of women who are accused of adultery or have children out of wedlock, cutting off the hands of petty thieves and lashings for the casual consumption of alcohol. Under Sharia law, a woman is often required to provide numerous witnesses to prove rape allegations against an assailant – a near impossible task.

"When you have an immigration policy that allows for the importation of millions of radical Muslims, you are also importing their radical ideology – an ideology that is fundamentally hostile to the foundations of western democracy – such as gender equality, pluralism, and individual liberty," said Tancredo. "The best way to safeguard America against the importation of the destructive effects of this poisonous ideology is to prevent its purveyors from coming here in the first place."

Tancredo's bill, dubbed the "Jihad Prevention Act," would bar the entry of foreign nationals who advocate Sharia law. In addition, the legislation would make the advocacy of Sharia law by radical Muslims already in the United States a deportable offense.

Tancredo pointed to the results of a recent poll conducted by the Centre for Social Cohesion as evidence that the U.S. should act to prevent the situation in Great Britain from replicating itself here in the United States. The poll found that some 40 percent of Muslim students in the United Kingdom support the introduction of Sharia law there, and 33 percent support the imposition of an Islamic Sharia-based government worldwide.

"We need to send a clear message that the only law we recognize here in America is the U.S. Constitution and the laws passed by our democratically elected representatives," concluded Tancredo. "If you aren't comfortable with that concept, you aren't welcome in the United States."

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