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Islamic law in U.S. courts
- Category: In the Press
- Published on 21 May 2013
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Does Islamic law, Sharia, have a place in American courts? A lot of state legislatures don't think so, and there is a large movement to ban its application in the domestic courts, state and federal.
WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- Does Islamic law, Sharia, have a place in American courts? A lot of state legislatures don't think so, and there is a movement to ban its application in domestic courts, state and federal.
It's one of those national issues that for now is not before the U.S. Supreme Court, but almost inevitably will be before the justices somewhere down the line, even if just in the petition stage.
Sharia, based on the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, is often a consideration in family issue cases involving U.S. Muslims. But its precepts apply to all aspects of life, and its severest critics allege it is a factor in some acts of terror.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/05/19/Under-the-US-Supreme-Court-Islamic-law-in-US-courts/UPI-64481368948600/#ixzz2TwRSuqUl
Legislature sends bills barring Agenda 21, Sharia Law to governor
- Category: In the Press
- Published on 09 May 2013
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Following the Agenda 21 vote Wednesday, the House gave final approval to legislation that targets the use of Sharia and other foreign laws in the United States, which Democrats also questioned.
“We’re talking about the boogey man in Sharia land,” said Rep. Mike Colona, D-St. Louis. “It’s a waste of time. There is no boogeyman out there.”
It's unclear whether Nixon, a Democrat, will sign the bills, quietly let them pass or try to block the bills from becoming law by veto. Both were approved with slight veto-proof margins.
(The anti-Agenda 21 legislation is SB265 and the foreign law bill is SB267)
Missouri Lawmaker’s Email Attacking Muslims Drawing Fire
- Category: In the Press
- Published on 08 May 2013
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KIRKWOOD, MO (KTVI)– An e-mail from a powerful Missouri lawmaker attacking Muslims is drawing fire from Christian pastors in the lawmakers St. Louis County hometown.
State Representative Rick Stream of Kirkwood chairs the house budget committee. He sent out an e-mail from his official state account a week ago, attacking Muslims. Representative Stream has refused to comment, but Christian ministers in Kirkwood are saying plenty.
Representative Stream sent an e-mail from his office to all other Republican representatives, senators, and staff personnel in the general assembly.
Action Alert: Urge Congress to Include Anti-Profiling Protections in Immigration Reform Bill
- Category: Action Alerts
- Published on 22 May 2013
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(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/22/13) -- CAIR is urging voters to contact their members of Congress torequest that they include anti-profiling protections in the immigration reform bill, which was approved on Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Click Here to Send a Letter On-Line
Call Mayor Slay and say Dump Veolia!
- Category: Action Alerts
- Published on 14 May 2013
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For months, hundreds of St. Louis Palestine solidarity activists, environmental and water justice activists, workers, students, business owners, and others have been asking the St. Louis Board of Estimate & Apportionment (E&A) to say NO to a $250,000 city water contract (details below) with Veolia, a French multinational corporation involved in human rights abuses in Palestine, environmental and labor abuses, privatization of public resources, and other misdeeds. In December, St. Louisans packed the E&A meeting, prompting officials to shelve the contract until they could investigate the company. In January and February, hundreds converged on City Hall, prompting officials to call for a public hearing on the matter.
In spite of all this, when the St. Louis Dump Veolia Coalition met with a representative of Mayor Slay last month, Slay’s representative said that the Mayor did not sense much public opposition to Veolia. It’s clear that the Mayor needs to hear from you!
- Please Call & Email TODAY, Tuesday, May 14th for our Tell Slay Call-In & Email Day!
· If you oppose St. Louis contracting with a company that violates human rights, call the Mayor’s office!: 314-622-3201. Then, email him!
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