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To: Modernman
Muslims make up less than 1% of the US population. Do you really think they will ever reach a level where they will have the ability to impose Sharia law? Despite what some Freepers fear, there really isn't a lot of Muslim immigration to this country.

You must have missed my earlier post at 109. I'll repost the pertinent part below:

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"I read somewhere once that in 1970 the US had a moslem population of about 100,000. Thirty years later in 2000, it was approximately 3 million, realistically speaking (though some of the CAIR etc. groups claim it's double, that's doubtful.)

"So in those 30 years that population increased x30.

"If those numbers hold, in the next 30 years, by about 2030, the moslem segment of the US population will be 90 million..."

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And you should also search out quotes by earlier moslem leaders, I quoted one earlier, the former president of Algeria, Boumedienne, who said "We will conquer your countries through the wombs of our women."

Canada, btw, is already facing the prospect of having to deal with shar'ia law in certain areas in the future, considering the rumblings about it there. Their moslem population is only about 400,000 to 500,000 out of a total population of I think 30 million. Not even 2%.

187 posted on 11/17/2004 7:52:56 AM PST by texasbluebell
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To: texasbluebell
"If those numbers hold, in the next 30 years, by about 2030, the moslem segment of the US population will be 90 million..."

Demographic predictions like that are meaningless. The growth of the Muslim population in this country is primarily due to immigration, rather than births. We can completely shut down Muslim immigration tomorrow, if we want to. You are assuming that this country will remain complacent for the next 25 years.

Canada, btw, is already facing the prospect of having to deal with shar'ia law in certain areas in the future, considering the rumblings about it there.

No, what has happened in Canada is that the law now allows two private parties to have their civil dispute governed by Sharia law so long as the provisions of Sharia law do not conflict with Canadian law or public policy.

The law is exactly the same in the US and has been for decades: if two private parties want their dispute settled by Sharia law (or Biblical law, or Klingon law) they are free to contract to do so, so long as the law they choose does not conflict with American law or public policy.

I worked on a transaction where an Islamic investment group bought ownership interests in assisted living facilities. There are (perfectly legal) provisions in the transaction documents requiring that the facilities be operated in a Sharia compliant manner.

194 posted on 11/17/2004 8:05:41 AM PST by Modernman (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin)
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