If adopted, the referendum would force state courts to make religious rulings on what is and isn't shariah, which is unconstitutional. From Wordnik.com. [Judge Maintains Ruling Against Oklahoma Shariah Ban] Reference
Unlike the UK's civil court system, the so-called shariah courts derive their power from the consent of those who voluntarily seek their judgement or arbitration. From Wordnik.com. [Austrolabe] Reference
The decision by the North West Frontier Province to enact Islamic law, known as shariah, in the Malakand region means yielding to a major demand of the Taliban fighting in Swat. From Wordnik.com. [Missile Strike Kills Taliban Militants in Pakistan] Reference
The country is littered with their shariah courts. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It is these people who are pushing for shariah law. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
This is the core of shariah -- these six principles. From Wordnik.com. [Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Who's Afraid of Shariah?] Reference
This violates shariah, which I defined in a previous blog post. From Wordnik.com. [Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Muslim Cleric Loses His Head] Reference
We don't want primitive shariah practitioners in advanced Britain. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Forty-two percent of "British" muslims want shariah law in Britain. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Goes to Birmingham] Reference
Hasn't the whole notion of shariah in America gotten a bit out of control?. From Wordnik.com. [Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Who's Afraid of Shariah?] Reference
For most of the people in Swat, the shariah means law and order and justice. From Wordnik.com. [Akbar Ahmed: Why Obama Must Save Pakistan] Reference
All Islamic religious rules must be in line with these six principles of shariah. From Wordnik.com. [Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Who's Afraid of Shariah?] Reference
We need to tackle the whole ethos of islamic expansion and shariah creep in Britain. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Both PAS and UMNO, he argues, are pushing for the wider use of shariah law in Malaysia. From Wordnik.com. [Severity of Islamic Law Fuels Debate in Malaysia] Reference
The term "shariah law" is a misnomer, because shariah is not law, but a set of principles. From Wordnik.com. [Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Who's Afraid of Shariah?] Reference
Apparently "senior muslims" whatever that might be, are "offering shariah law" for Britain. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
If we were living under the shariah there would be free food, clothing and shelter for all. From Wordnik.com. [Under Sharia Law everything is free! « Anglican Samizdat] Reference
With tweedledum and tweedledumber to guide us, our way to a "paradise" of shariah will be assured. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The rule in the kosher case applies equally to shariah: civil courts cannot decide religious questions. From Wordnik.com. [Asma Uddin: Caliphate on the Range? The Shariah Precedent in American Courts] Reference
Today with the shariah imposed on Swat it appears as if the pendulum is swinging toward the literalists. From Wordnik.com. [Akbar Ahmed: Why Obama Must Save Pakistan] Reference
This is the "understanding" we must take from petro-dollar fueled infiltration by shariah-promoting Saudis. From Wordnik.com. [Ken Blackwell: Mr. President: Don't Join the Dhimmicrats] Reference
He points out the criminal folly involved in the vulpine so-called 'shariah-compliant' investment bamboozle. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Women getting a divorce sometimes choose to arbitrate under shariah law in order to enforce the payment of the mahr. From Wordnik.com. [Asma Uddin: Caliphate on the Range? The Shariah Precedent in American Courts] Reference
That will create a vacuum and shariah will flood in via the foot soldiers who have already secured positions in the West. From Wordnik.com. [My Stance on Climate Change & Why I Remain a Tory] Reference
Commercial lawyers are particularly keen to get whitewashing because of all the money to be made with shariah investments. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Seventy percent of Oklahoma voters Tuesday approved State Question 755, which bans the use of shariah law in state courts. From Wordnik.com. [Muslim Advocacy Group Sues Over Okla. Shariah Ban] Reference
As these cases show, for decades state courts have been policing shariah arbitral awards for compliance with public policy. From Wordnik.com. [Asma Uddin: Caliphate on the Range? The Shariah Precedent in American Courts] Reference
"Our whole struggle is for the enforcement of shariah," Swat Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said, according to the Associated Press. From Wordnik.com. [Missile Strike Kills Taliban Militants in Pakistan] Reference
And of course going on here where they immigrate quite happily for economic reasons, only to decide later they want their own shariah. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
However, moaning about the shariah in the West does not find a resonance in Pakistani ears, except among the Western elite in the cities. From Wordnik.com. [Akbar Ahmed: Why Obama Must Save Pakistan] Reference
The Empire has gone and Britain will follow pretty sharpish unless we get a handle on this escalation of shariah and islamic infiltration. From Wordnik.com. [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference
And best of all a thorn in the side of the shariah seeking islamists of Britain who together with this Quisling government had an easy run. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
How many of those anti-Islam protesters holding "NO SHARIA LAW" signs (as if anyone were advocating shariah law in the U.S.) actually know what the word means?. From Wordnik.com. [Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Who's Afraid of Shariah?] Reference
We had had a last-minute wrangle over shariah law and his (ridiculous) assertion that Muslims want to subvert U.S. democracy by making shariah the dominant system. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Marshall: Apres Hannity, Le Deluge] Reference
A dhimmicrat is a Western official who uses his position of power and influence to clear the pathway for the spread of shariah -- the law they have in Saudi Arabia. From Wordnik.com. [Ken Blackwell: Mr. President: Don't Join the Dhimmicrats] Reference
They falsely claimed, of course, that he had become "a maniac" and "a dictator" -- unlike, say, their murderous shariah-law enforcing ally, the King of Saudi Arabia. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: How Our Governments Snuffed Out a Democracy And Kidnapped a President: A Modern Parable] Reference
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