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issuing rulings in Great Britain; and violent revolts and Shariah law is derived from a combination of writings
assassinations over free speech issues like cartoons pok- from the Quran; written practices of Islam’s prophet,
ing fun at Islam in newspapers. Muhammad; and Fatwas issued by Islamic scholars.
Spencer refers those who think he might be hysterical Shariah governs how Muslims should pray, fast, and
to the no-go areas in France and Sweden, where Islamic donate to the poor. It decrees that men and women
communities have formed “states within states.” In France, should dress modestly, which is interpreted by some as
GES journalists and scholars have counted no less that 700 requiring women to wear veils and segregating the sexes.
government-designated “Sensitive Urban Shariah is controversial because, in countries and
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In France, the
Zones” — places where the French author- regions controlled by fundamentalists, it often calls for
number of “Sensitive
ities have no control. brutal punishment, such as stoning women who are
Urban Zones,” where
Unlike Jewish rabbinical courts or accused of adultery or have children out of wedlock, cut-
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Catholic ecclesiastical courts, Spencer ting off the hands of petty thieves, and lashings for the
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no control over
Islamic communities:
says that Shariah also aims to control casual consumption of alcohol.
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A nonbelievers of the faith. Under Shariah law, for example, a woman often is
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“In Jewish or Catholic courts of reli- required to provide numerous witnesses to prove rape
gious law, you’re talking about people who allegations — a near-impossible task.
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have willingly submitted themselves to that Also worrisome to Spencer and others is the practice of
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court — everyone is in agreement,’’ Spencer tells Newsmax. “Shariah fi nance” — banking done according to Islamic
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“The goal in Shariah is rule over everyone who falls into tenets becoming popular among
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OB SPENCER/ its jurisdiction. It doesn’t recognize the law of the land.” American fi nancial institutions seek-
ing to do more business in
the Middle East. It not only
threatens to damage U.S.
commercial law, they say,
but also exposes companies
to organizations that are
required to give funds to Spencer
Islamic charities, some of
which are linked to terrorist groups like Hamas
and Hezbollah.
Under Shariah fi nance, making money from
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money, such as charging interest, is considered
A butcher who sold
usury and is not permitted. The Islamic fi nan-
meat from dead
cial model works on the basis of risk sharing.
animals is beaten.
The customer and the bank share the risk of
any investment on agreed terms, and divide
any profi ts between them. Wealth should be
generated only through legitimate trade and
investment in assets. Investment in companies
involved with alcohol, gambling, tobacco, and
pornography is strictly off limits.
That prompted Spencer and other leading
critics to form a group protesting the use
of Shariah in fi nancing involving U.S.
institutions.
“It’s a seditious program, nothing less than
an effort to overthrow democracy,’’ says Frank
Gaffney, president of the Center for Security
Policy. “It’s aimed right at the heart of the
American economy.”
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