Bill seeks to limit religious law in PA courts
Critics call Pa. bill attack on Shariah
"This bill feeds the perception that Muslims are anti-American foreigners," Moein Khawaja, director of the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said at a Philadelphia news conference Wednesday. Khawaja urged Gov. Tom Corbett to veto the bill if it reaches him.
Pa. bill attacked as being “Islamophobic”
A rabbi, an interfaith leader, and a Temple University professor joined the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Wednesday to denounce as "Islamophobic" a Pennsylvania bill they say is an attack on sharia law, which is followed by devout Muslims. House Bill 2029, introduced by Rep. Rosemarie Swanger (R., Lebanon), says state courts shall not, in deciding cases, "consider a foreign legal code or system" that lacks "the same fundamental liberties" as the state and federal Constitutions.
Tension rises over ‘anti-Sharia’ bill
The Council on American-Islamic Relations and city religious leaders are fighting what they call an “anti-Sharia” bill. The proposal from state Rep. RoseMarie Swanger, R-Lebanon, would ban the application of foreign legal codes or systems that don’t grant the same rights as the U.S. Constitution.
Opponents in Philadelphia say bill on Sharia law unfair to Muslims
Philadelphia Muslims Says Proposed Pa. Law Attempts To Demonize Them
Members of Philadelphia’s Muslim community are disturbed by proposed legislation which they say attacks their faith. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, based in Philadelphia, is upset with proposed legislation in the Pennsylvania House which would prohibit Pennsylvania courts from applying foreign laws or foreign legal doctrines in deciding cases. Specifically, the council alleges that Islamic or “sharia” law is under attack in the measure which is sitting in the House Judiciary Committee.
Penn. Interfaith Leaders to Challenge Anti-Sharia Bill
(PHILADELPHIA, PA 12/12/11) — On Wednesday, December 14, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) — along with interfaith leaders — will hold a news conference in Philadelphia to challenge “unconstitutional and un-American” legislation moving through the Pennsylvania legislature that sponsors…
Pennsylvania Anti-Sharia Bill Causes Stir with Interfaith Leaders
You knew this was coming. The Pennsylvania Legislature is currently considering an “Anti-Sharia Law” law that’d ban state courts from considering any “foreign legal code or system” that isn’t identical with the Constitution. According to an article on the bill at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the potential bill, likely aimed at those who fear Islam creeping onto their front lawn, is having the opposite effect and has decidedly offended, according to the Gazette, “some Jews.”
Say No to Indefinite Military Detention of U.S. Citizens
(WASHINGTON D.C., 12/6/2011) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is urging American Muslims and other people of conscience to call on Congress and President Obama to reject the U.S. Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1867), which calls for…