November 23, 2010 10:38 AM
Shariah in God's country
Sharia Law in God's Country?
Michael J. Matt POSTED: Wednesday November 17,. 2010 Editor, The Remnant ______________________
Sharia Law here in the hinterland? Unthinkable, right? Not anymore, at least not since large numbers of Somali Muslims have decided to trade their desert sand for our frozen tundra. And while the snow isn't a problem for our new neighbors the law of the land is proving to be, which is why they're lobbying to have Muslim law recognized and enforced here in Minnesota.
Last month Somali employees began refusing service to Minnesotans attempting to purchase bacon from the frozen food departments of local Target stores. Pork, after all, is unclean and mustn't be handled
In addition, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on more than 5000 cases of Somali cab drivers refusing to pick up fares that failed various Sharia litmus tests.
So, evidently, if Sven and Ole are spotted outside the airport with so much as a bottle of wine in their possession they may well have trouble hailing a cab. Even sight-impaired folks with service dogs are reportedly being stranded curbside because animals are considered unclean and for a Muslim to transport one in his automobile would violate Sharia law.
But here in "God's country" our strength is our diversity, or so we're told by our social engineers; so there's no stopping Sharia law. Rather than showing their Muslim mutineers the door, Target stores are merely reassigning them to departments where they'll be less apt to run afoul of Sharia law. And what about those Somali cabbies? Still gainfully employed, of course, and electing on their own who gets a ride home from the airport and who doesn't. It's multiculturalism at its best.
Still, one can't really blame the Muslim for the absurd surrender of the Christian. The people tolerating this sort of nonsense in their various countries were once a Christian people. And when formerly Christian societies begin laying down their swords, abandoning their founding principles, criminalizing Christianity, and effectively eliminating their own borders, should we really blame the inevitable Muslim interlopers for stepping into the void?
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Comments
If you think about Christians refusing to dispense Plan B contraceptives, or perform abortions, you can see that this is an issue that can cut both ways. But I do appreciate what the article says about Christians dropping the Cross.
Posted by: Peggy | November 23, 2010 11:20 AM
I think you're comparing apples and oranges. I think Christians who refuse to dispense Plan B contraceptives are not accommodated. Neither are pro-life nurses in hospitals offering abortions.
Why the effort to equate Christian faith - which is based on natural law - with Shariah???? It is that kind of sticking your head in the sand which will eventually hand our country over to Islam. The fact is that our country is quaking in fear over displeasing Muslims at the same time they are mocking Christianity and removing our freedoms and rights.
Posted by: Barbara | November 23, 2010 12:24 PM
I agree with you about the wrongness that is inherent in Sharia. But following the logical extension of our own (Christian-based) laws is not equating Sharia with natural law.
I do see the parallel between refusing to handle pork with refusing to hand out contraceptives, for example. Both cases are non-discriminatory in that service is refused to everyone based on the item, not the individual. The cab drivers, on the other hand, infuriate me: that is clear discrimination (serving some and refusing it to others based on the individual) that should be tolerated no more than someone refusing to pick up African-Americans! THAT is a double-standard that someone needs to smack down, and now.
"I think Christians who refuse to dispense Plan B contraceptives are not accommodated. Neither are pro-life nurses in hospitals offering abortions."
In a glass-half-full kind of way, I see this as potentially beneficial to Christians. Our country is so lawsuit-happy, we should use it (morally) to our advantage. Christians who are not accomodated, whether in health care issues or others, should sue the dickens out of companies that turn around and accomodate Muslim beliefs. If nothing else, the double-standard will be forcefully exposed.
Posted by: Denise | November 23, 2010 12:46 PM
I don't get it... there can't possibly be a parallel about contraception and pork. Contraception goes against natural law in the sense that it kills a human person or prevents the creation of one. That's a scientific fact. If that offends someone, then that's a really good reason to be offended. I don't know about anyone else, but killing someone is just kinda offensive, don'tcha think? Handling pork... their "law" teaches them that it's unclean. Does it have the potential (scientific or otherwise) to kill someone? No.
Jewish people deal with things that are considered unkosher ALL THE TIME when they work in places. Don't hear them demanding special privileges.
Posted by: Dirtdartwife | November 23, 2010 6:54 PM
If a potential employee is not prepared or able to do the work, then he/she need not apply for the job.
Simple.
In the name of (supposed) tolerance, we are losing our nation and the principles on which it was founded.
Target should have shown these employees the door, but of course, then the news media would have caused a stir.
Clearly, Muslims should never come to our country if they don't want to live here, as it is. And we should never bow and bend our principles for people who want to destroy our nation and our beliefs.
Posted by: von | November 23, 2010 8:38 PM
Hi, Dirtdartwife,
I don't disagree with your assessment of contraception. I am pro-life Catholic to the core who follows all the teachings of the Church.
But I was not talking about specific religious beliefs and whether or not you or I or anyone else agrees with them. Our country is founded on the belief in religious freedom for ALL religions. That includes the right to conscientious objection when it comes to military service, for example.
The right to refuse to dispense birth control or to participate in abortions due to religious beliefs is part and parcel of that. Aren't we fighting for it? Isn't it a good thing to have the right to keep your job, or at least a modified version of it, when you can't fulfill part of it due to religious objections?
Maybe it isn't a good idea. Maybe the result should be that you stand up for your religious beliefs by getting another job. But if you think it is a good idea to allow consciousness clauses, you are going against the ideals of equality to say, "but only for these specific religious beliefs". After all, the elitists think we pro-life anti-contraception people are as nutzo as the jihadists. If a law doesn't apply to everyone equally (no matter what you personally think of whether the religious beliefs are equal or not), then that subjectivity will eventually be turned against you.
Different situation, of course, when religious laws actually break government laws, as in honor killings, forced marriages or "sanctified" abuse.
Posted by: Denise | November 23, 2010 8:40 PM
Barbara--
I'm not equating Christian faith with Sharia, I'm noting that expression of religious conscience in the public sphere is an issue not only for Muslims, but for Christians as well. Religious freedom is the one thing we have that Islamic countries don't, and it's worth preserving.
In politics, I'm starting to see that many issues are set up so that either way, the American people lose. I believe that Muslims should be opposed in their efforts to make America over into an Islamic country, but I also believe that any restrictions on religious expression that we clamor for now can--and will--be turned against us Christians later.
I fully expect that the day is coming when our religious freedoms as Christians in this country will be totally taken away. I can't stop it, but I can refuse to help set the stage for it.
Posted by: Peggy | November 24, 2010 11:05 AM
