“.....if they follow Sharia law, because it is anathema to American values.”
Mr. President, so you see no problem with Sharia courts in our country? Is there one, just one reporter with the guts to ask this guy the question?
“Mr. President, so you see no problem with Sharia courts in our country? Is there one, just one reporter with the guts to ask this guy the question?”
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As always, Obama is disingenuous, but so is Courtney O’Brien, the author of the article:
Obama did inject a bit of politics into his remarks, referencing, without name-calling, Newt Gingrich’s call to screen Muslims in the U.S. and deport them if they follow Sharia law, because it is anathema to American values.
That suggestion, the president said, is “against every thing we stand for as Americans.”
“We cannot let ourselves be divided by religion,” because that’s exactly what they want, Obama argued. “We should never do their work for them.”
“The divide that exists is not between religion or race, he said. “It is between people that recognize common humanity, and those who do not.”
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What Obama actually said:
“In the wake of last night’s attacks we’ve heard more suggestions that all Muslims in America be targeted-—tested for their beliefs, some deported or jailed, and the very suggestion is repugnant and an affront to everything we stand for as Americans.
“We cannot give in to fear or turn on each other or sacrifice our way of life. We cannot let ourselves be divided by religion because that’s exactly what the terrorists want. We should never do their work for them.”
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Sharia law is is an Islamic legal system anathema to our Constitution, our rule of law, and our cultural norms. Newt is exactly correct.
Obama refuses to address the question of sharia law [Wasn’t “sharia” just named as a forbidden word?]. instead, Obama chooses to rebut words he put into Newt’s mouth.
There’s a term of logic (or illogic) for what Obama just slithered by the public.
Is sharia law an American value?