CIA

Was Raymond Davis Bailed Out By Sharia Law?

Eric Lach | March 16, 2011, 9:58AM

The diplomatic standoff over CIA contractor Raymond Davis ended on Wednesday, after a Pakistani court acquitted and released Davis, who had been held for almost 2 months after shooting two men dead on the streets of Lahore. But the resolution came only after a deal was reached to pay the victims' families what the Punjab Law Minister called "blood money" -- in accordance with Islamic law.

In other words, Davis may have been bailed out by sharia.

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Topics: CIA, Pakistan, Raymond Davis , Sharia

Sharia

Alabama Proposes Constitutional Amendment To Ban Sharia Law In Courts

Melissa Jeltsen | March 4, 2011, 2:10PM

It's been a busy few weeks for Sharia-fearing Americans. Tennessee recently introduced a bill that would ban the practice of Sharia - and perhaps by extension, the practice of Islam itself. Elsewhere, anti-Sharia groups battled for supremacy outside the White House, and Missouri filed legislation to outlaw the use of Sharia law in its courts. Now, it appears Alabama is getting into the game.

State Sen. Gerald Allen (R ) has introduced a constitutional amendment, SB 62, that would forbid the use of Islamic law in the state's courts.

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Topics: Alabama, Islamophobia, Sharia

Sharia

Anti-Muslim Protestor Throws Crosses At Feet Of Man Praying By White House (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | March 3, 2011, 2:30PM

A group of anti-Sharia protestors who planned to counter-protest the planned pro-Sharia rally by the radical provocateur Anjem Choudary in front of the White House on Thursday found themselves without an opponent to debate.

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Topics: Frank Gaffney, Sharia, Terry Jones

Sharia

Show-Me State Says "Me Too" On Sharia Court Ban

Melissa Jeltsen | March 2, 2011, 3:47PM

Missouri is now the latest state seeking to ban its courts from consulting Sharia law. A bill introduced on Tuesday by State Rep. Paul Curtman (R) would bar courts from taking any foreign law, legal code or system into consideration when deciding cases.

From the bill:

Any court, arbitration, tribunal, or administrative agency ruling or decision violates the public policy of this state and shall be void and unenforceable if such court, arbitration, tribunal, or administrative agency bases its rulings or decisions in the matter at issue in whole or in part on any law, legal code, or system that would not grant the parties affected by the ruling or decision the same fundamental liberties, rights, and privileges granted under the constitutions of this state and the United States.

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Topics: Islamophobia, Missouri, Sharia