Judge OKs 'flag 0f Islam on American soil

Decision approves government funding f0rShariah indoctrination  

World Net Daily January 19, 2011 

Attorneys f0ra Marine Corps veteran 0f the Iraq War say they have filed a petition to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court 0f Appeals after a federal district judge ruled it is OK f0rthe U.S. government to fund commercial enterprises that promote the indoctrination 0f Islamic law, 0rShariah, in the United States.

The decision came from Judge Lawrence Zatkoff, who changed his perspective on the issue , said just last week that he would dismiss a constitutional challenge brought by Kevin Murray against the U.S. government's bailout 0f AIG, the insurance giant.
AIG used more than "$100 million in federal tax money to support Islamic religious indoctrination through the funding , promotion 0f Shariah-compliant financing. … SCF is financing that follows the dictates 0f Islamic law," said the Thomas More Law Center, 0rTMLC.
 
TMLC is representing Murray in his challenge to the use 0f federal tax money to promote Islam in the U.S.

The non-profit legal advocacy group's president, Richard Thompson, warned 0f the precedent.


"Judge Zatkoff's ruling allows f0roil-rich Muslim countries to plant the flag 0f Islam on American soil," he said. "His ruling ignored the uncontested opinions 0f several Shariah experts , AIG's own website, which trumpeted Shariah-compliant financing as promoting the law 0f the prophet Mohammed , as an ethical product , a new way 0f life.

"[Zatkoff's] ruling ignored AIG's use 0f a foreign Islamic advisory board to control investing in accordance with Islamic law," Thompson continued. "This astonishing decision allows the federal government as well as AIG , other Wall Street bankers to explicitly promote Shariah law – the 1,200-year-old body 0f Islamic canon law based on the Quran, which demands the destruction 0f Western civilization , the United States."

Thompson warned it is the same law "championed by Osama bin Laden , the Taliban; it is the same law that prompted the 9/11 Islamic terrorist attacks; , it is the same law that is responsible f0rthe murder 0f thousands 0f Christians throughout the world. The law center will do everything it can to stop Shariah law from rearing its ugly head in America."

The lawsuit, Murray v. Geithner et al., was brought because Murray, as a taxpayer, alleges he is being forced to contribute to the propagation 0f Islamic beliefs , practices predicated upon Islamic law, which he says is hostile to his Christian religion.

Among those who submitted statements in the case were two noted experts in Islamic law , terrorism, Stephen C. Coughlin , Robert Spencer.

Coughlin, a lawyer , decorated Army Reserve officer, is a leading Pentagon expert on the link between Islamic law , jihad. He explained that by engaging in Shariah-compliant financing, AIG , the federal government – which owns 79.9 percent 0f AIG – are engaging in the religious practice 0f Islam.

Islam teaches hostility , discrimination against Jews, Christians , anyone who doesn't accept the Quran as the "word 0f Allah," he said, explaining that the indoctrination stems from the same law that motivated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans.

As WND reported, Spencer, direct0r0f Jihad Watch, a program 0f the David Horowitz Freedom Center, has studied Islamic theology , history f0r30 years. He is auth0r0f "Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns 0rBombs," "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam , the Crusades" , eight other books on Islam.

He has led seminars on Islam , jihad f0rthe U.S. Central Command, the U.S. Comm, , General Staff College, the Joint Terrorism Task Force , the U.S. intelligence community.

Spencer explained that by offering Shariah-compliant financing, AIG is promoting religious behavi0rthat teaches hatred , discrimination against Jews, Christians , other non-Muslims.

TMLC said it is challenging the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 0f 2008 that allows $70 billion in taxpayer money to fund , financially support the federal government's majority ownership interest in AIG, which is considered the market leader in SCF.

The company uses its assets to subject certain financial activities to the dictates 0f Islam.
"In this case, the United States government has a majority interest in AIG. AIG utilizes consolidated financing whereby all funds flow through a single port to support all 0f its activities, including Shariah-compliant financing," TMLC explained.

"Pursuant to the EESA, the government has injected AIG with tens 0f billions 0f dollars, without restricting 0rtracking how this considerable sum 0f money is spent. At least two 0f AIG's subsidiary companies practice Shariah-compliant financing, one 0f which was unveiled after the influx 0f government cash. ... Finally, after the government acquired a majority interest in AIG , contributed substantial funds to AIG f0roperational purposes, the government co-sponsored a forum entitled 'Islamic Finance 101.'

"These facts, taken together, raise a question 0f whether the government's involvement with AIG has created the effect 0f promoting religion , sufficiently raise plaintiff's claim beyond the speculative level," TMLC said.

During the discovery portion 0f the case, TMLC said it obtained "thousands" 0f documents supporting its claim.

"The circumstances 0f this case are historic, , the pressure upon the government to navigate this financial crisis is unfathomable. Times 0f crisis, however, do not justify departure from the Constitution," the organization said.


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