Billboard promotes sharia law

Wednesday, 08 February 2012 10:22
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February 6, 2012

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Sharia law and the
first amendment




Check out the picture below, of a billboard seen by one of our members in the Kansas City area:

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The billboard is sponsored by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), a Muslim Brotherhood connected organization. Note the strategy—that opposition to sharia law is supposedly an infringement on the first amendment protection of religious freedom.

This is, of course, disingenuous. Is ICNA arguing that the following provisions of sharia law be protected by the first amendment?

  • A Muslim man beating his wife for disobedience.
  • Punishment, up to capital punishment, of “apostates”—those who leave Islam.
  • Polygamy. (In 1879, the Supreme Court ruled that Mormon polygamy was not protected under the first amendment.)
  • Jihad.
  • Suppression of criticism of Islam or Muhammad. (This is particularly obnoxious, since the first amendment also protects freedom of speech.)
  • Punishment for the practice of homosexuality.

We highly doubt anyone who calls ICNA will be told these facts about sharia law!

ACT! for America does not argue that Muslims do not have a first amendment right to practice the peaceful, spiritual tenets of their faith. What we oppose is the imposition of a supremacist political ideology and its legal code (sharia) where its provisions and doctrines threaten the security, freedom, and the Constitution of our nation.

ICNA is wrapping sharia in the first amendment in the hope that Americans won’t look closely at what sharia really includes. Every time someone signs up for our email alerts, makes a donation, attends one of our Citizens in Action conferences, or starts or joins a local chapter, we are that much stronger and effective in pushing back against this deception.

Can you do something to help us today? And if you come across something like this billboard that you think we should be aware of, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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