They will succeed in the lawfare as long as we don’t recognize that the first amendment as it currently stands is flawed and the Islamists are cleverly and successfully using it against us.
It protects the EXERCISE of religion - any religion.
So they rightfully claim that it protects their right to exercise their religious, including sharia.
Unless we amend the first amendment in a way that would exclude the free exercise of Islam and similar religions, they will win because they have one of our most fundamental law on their side.
Sharia is not religious, it is political.
The video at this link is well worth the time. http://www.shariawatch.org.uk/video/understanding-war-terror-through-islamic-law#.Vu8Dthl2vwl
Also of interest:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3408837/posts
http://counterjihadreport.com/catastrophic-failure-blindfolding-america-in-the-face-of-jihad/
The logic seems flawed.
Does it protect their right to wage jihad and rape infidel women? What is needed is a judiciary that is not intent upon destroying America