May 16, 2011, - 12:23 pm
Sharia USA: Obama’s Muslim Outreach Chick / Muslim Mich Lawmaker Targets Casinos
For years, we’ve been told by Muslims that they are loyal Americans and don’t seek to enact Islamic law, also known as sharia, on us or replace western laws in America with Koranic ones. But that’s false, and the latest example is Michigan’s first elected female Muslim legislator, who doubled as Barack Obama’s Muslim outreach chieftess during his first Presidential campaign.

Rashida Tlaib: Muslim Legislator Seeks to Enact Sharia on Gambling in Michigan
Rashida Tlaib, the anti-Israel Palestinian Muslim (who represents a largely Hispanic area of Detroit) I’ve written about before, has introduced legislation to heavily increase Detroit taxes on the city’s three casinos. She seeks to raise their taxes three percent, which would squeeze $20 million more from the casinos.
Islam prohibits gambling (and many of Detroit’s Muslims still gamble at the casinos anyway, which is why all three have had Middle Eastern restaurants). A devout Muslim legislator to introduce a bill that specifically targets casinos is clearly trying to hurt them and put into place Islamic proscriptions and prohibitions.
Islamic law also enacts specific taxes on non-Muslims, known as the jizya. Tlaib’s legislation is clearly a move to put the jizya on institutions and parties engaged in practices that are “haram” (forbidden) under Islamic law. And, as I’ve noted, Tlaib was Barack Obama’s Muslim outreach chieftess during his Presidential run. Read the rest of this entry »
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