الولايات المتحدة: سياسي يشبّه الشريعة الإسلامية بشلل الأطفال

في مناقشته البرلمانية أكد "دون ويلز" - عضو الحزب الجمهوري اليميني بولاية "ميسوري" - أن الشريعة الإسلامية تشبه المرض الذي سريعًا ما سينتشر مهددًا بدن النظام القضائي بولاية "ميسوري"، وأنه لذلك تقدم بمذكرة تطالب بحظر اعتبار الأحكام الشرعية الإسلامية.

وقد شبّه "دون ويلز" في حواره مع "جيسون كندر" عضو الحزب الديمقراطي عن ولاية "كانسس" الشريعة الإسلامية بمرض شلل الأطفال، وذكر أن مذكرته القانونية المطالبة بحظرها تمثل "لقاح" لعلاجها، مشيرًا إلى أنه ينبغي عدم السماح للحاكم باعتبار قوانين وثقافات الأمم الأخرى بما يخالف القانون والدستور الأمريكي، وخاصة إذا ما كانت تتعارض مع الحريات والقيم الأمريكية.

وقد لقيت تلك التصريحات انتقادات بعض الديمقراطيين والحقوقيين ممن أكدوا أن تصريحات "دون" العنصرية تؤكد قلة ما يعرفه الأمريكيون عن المسلمين الذين يعيشون بمجتمعهم. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Shariah likened to polio

Representative: Bill is a vaccine.

Shariah, or Islamic law, is like an infection that could quickly spread and undermine Missouri’s judicial system, and a proposed state constitutional amendment is the way to stop it, the bill’s sponsor told a House committee yesterday.

Rep. Don Wells, R-Cabool, said his measure, which has more than 100 co-sponsors, is like a vaccine.

“Did you get a polio vaccine?” Wells asked during an exchange with Rep. Jason Kander, D-Kansas City.

“So Shariah law is like polio; it is a terminal disease?” Kander asked.

“Absolutely,” Wells said.

When making decisions, state courts shall “uphold and adhere to” the Missouri Constitution and laws, the U.S. Constitution and laws, and if necessary, the law of other states when guidance is needed. “The courts shall not look to the legal precepts of other nations or cultures,” the proposal says. “Specifically, the courts shall not consider international law or Sharia law.”

Shariah law guides Muslims in food and moral choices, prayer and, when used as a judicial system, can result in harsh punishments. And radical Muslims want to force it on nonbelievers, Wells said.

“Shariah law is being pushed right now,” Wells said. “A few weeks ago, there was a cleric pushing Shariah law, and he said that is what the law should be throughout the whole world. This is push back. ... It is a statement that we don’t want this in Missouri.”

Under questioning from the outnumbered Democrats on the committee, Wells said he sees no reason why anyone would be offended by his bill specifying that a Muslim form of law was banned in Missouri.

Kander told of his experiences in Afghanistan and the American Muslim interpreter who became his friend there. “It worries me that we are offending someone like” his interpreter. “This would be extremely offensive to him,” Kander said.

“Why would he be offended?” Wells asked.

“You are singling out a part of his religion,” Kander said. “No religion applies in American courts. You are singling out that religion and saying it is bad.”

“I am not anti-Muslim, people, believe me,” Wells replied. “This is a protective law, opposed to an oppressive law. Do you not realize how oppressive Shariah law is?”

To prove his point, Wells placed a phone call. When the connection was made, the man speaking said he was Kamal Saleem and said he was a former Lebanese operative for groups ranging from the PLO and Saudi princes to the Muslim Brotherhood and radical Islamists.

Shariah would undermine all the basic freedoms Americans hold dear, Saleem said. “They are not human mandates; they are Islamic. Shariah law mandates everything: how to eat, how to drink, who to marry, what to think.”

Vanessa Crawford, representing Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates and several other groups, said the bill shows how little many Americans understand about Muslims living in their communities.

“For American Muslims, what Shariah is is a prescription for course of action during daily life,” she said. “They are not trying to subvert the law. This bill does nothing except trying to score political points off of fear-mongering. And that undermines the basic values of American democracy.”

The committee did not vote on the proposal. The chairman, Rep. Stanley Cox, R-Sedalia, said he was “taking it under consideration”.