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America Faces ‘Stealth Jihad’
Is your bank now Shariah compliant?
ingly important part of the global fi nancial industry,” a
news release said. Last year, Citibank launched a suite of
A new movement is pushing for it. Shariah-compliant investment products.
Spencer also points to a series of incidents around the
By Tim Collie United States in which Islamic groups or communities
have pressed to ban alcohol, certain types of clothing,
I
T’S LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A SCIENCE-FICTION FILM, A and work practices because they interfere with Muslim
vision of a future American dystopia ruled by religious jurisprudence rooted in the seventh century.
fanatics: Though Spencer stresses that many Muslims reject
Large cities and urban enclaves are deemed “sensitive” these practices, he and other thinkers fear that America
zones where secular law isn’t recognized, and local police may be facing a future similar to Europe, where France,
cannot enter. Italy, Great Britain, and other countries are contending
Women are chattel, allowed to divorce only if permit- with Islamic radicals seeking to alter laws governing not
ted by their husbands, and receiving only small portions only Muslims, but all citizens.
of their inheritance. He points to such disturbing issues as the fi ght over
Adulterers and gays are put to death, or imprisoned children wearing veils in French schools; Islamic courts
for lengthy sentences.
Alcohol is forbidden even to nonbeliev-
Islamic law ers, and business contracts can be entered
and fi nance —
only on the terms of the faithful.
That’s the nightmare scenario of some
dramatic leading thinkers who believe that America
departures
and the West are succumbing slowly to a
“stealth jihad” by radical Islamists infi ltrat-
from what we ing communities, courts, and schools in
traditionally
Europe and the United States.
The experts point not only to a series
practice in the of decisions and decrees across Europe
West — are
permitting Islamic law, or Shariah, to
govern marriage and other family law, but
gaining a the increasing implementation of Islamic
foothold in
practices in banking and fi nance.
“We’re talking about nonviolent efforts
Europe. Can to spread the hegemony of Islamic law to
the U.S. resist
the West,” says Robert Spencer, author of
the new book, Stealth Jihad: How Radical
their incursion? Islam Is Subverting America without Guns
or Bombs. “The aim is to insinuate Islamic
law into the United States so that Islamic law takes prec-
edent over American law where the two confl ict.”
Sound far fetched?
Last year, the U.S. Treasury Department hosted a
controversial seminar to train government employees on
Shariah-compliant fi nance.
It was “designed to help inform the policy community
about Islamic fi nancial services, which are an increas-
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