From ACT! for America: FOR REAL! Judge orders Muslims to follow sharia law!

This is absolute proof of the need to expressly ban Sharia law in American courts.  All critics of such efforts now need to shut up!  --- On Fri, 3/18/11, Act for America <actforamerica@donationnet.net> wrote: Subject: Judge orders Muslims to follow sharia law! Date: Friday, March 18, 2011, 10:16 AM Visit our News page March 18, 2011 Early Bird Registration! 2011 NATIONAL CONFERENCE & LEGISLATIVE BRIEFING OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL WASHINGTON, DC June 22 – 24, 2011 REP. ALLEN WEST WILL BE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE CONFERENCE GALA BANQUET! Florida Judge orders Muslims to follow sharia law! Dear Lee, The eyes and ears of ACT! for America are everywhere. Make sure you're sitting down when you read what we became aware of this week! In Tampa, Florida, a dispute arose over who controls the funds a mosque received in 2008 from an eminent domain proceeding. Former trustees of the mosque are claiming in court they have the right to the funds. Current mosque leaders are disputing that claim. The current mosque leaders want the case decided according to secular, Florida civil law, and their attorney has been vigorously arguing the case accordingly. The former trustees of the mosque want the case decided according to sharia law. Here's the kicker. The judge recently ruled "This case will proceed under Ecclesiastical Islamic law," (sharia law), "pursuant to the Qur'an." You can read the judge's ruling here. Now it's not unusual for a dispute to arise within a religious institution and for a court to order a mediation or arbitration, in order to resolve this without the court having to render its own judgment. But what makes this case unusual, and highly troubling, is that a group of Muslim leaders—the CURRENT mosque leaders—who do NOT want to be subject to sharia law, are being compelled to do so by an American judge! This is reminiscent of the 2009 New Jersey case, where a Muslim woman sought a restraining order, in civil court, against her Muslim husband, who was raping her several times a day. The judge denied the restraining order because, in his opinion, the husband did not commit a crime because he was following his Islamic beliefs. In the New Jersey case, and now in this recent case in Tampa, Muslims found themselves being subjected to sharia law against their will. Last October, ACT! for America aired a radio ad across Oklahoma in support of the referendum preventing Oklahoma judges from using sharia law in their decisions. The referendum won with 70% support. The point we made then, which now bears repeating, is that such legislation protects non-Muslims AND Muslims alike from being subjected to sharia law. When someone claims that opposition to sharia law in America is "anti-Muslim," make sure you tell them about the New Jersey woman and the mosque leaders in Tampa.   Don't forget our EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION for the 2011 National Conference and Legislative Briefing! Register by March 25th and save $40. Gala banquet keynote speaker will be Rep. Allen West. To find out more or register click here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Make sure you receive all of your messages from ACT for America. Add actforamerica@donationnet.net to your address book as an approved email sender. If you found this message in your "Bulk" or "Spam" folder, please click the "Not Spam" button to notify your provider that these are emails you want to receive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT for America P.O. 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