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  • Barack Obama adviser says Sharia Law is misunderstood

    10/09/2009 3:27:04 AM PDT · by Man50D · 39 replies · 1,450+ views
    Telegraph.co.uk ^ | October 8, 2009 | Andrew Gilligan and Alex Spillius
    President Barack Obama's adviser on Muslim affairs, Dalia Mogahed, has provoked controversy by appearing on a British television show hosted by a member of an extremist group to talk about Sharia Law. Miss Mogahed, appointed to the President's Council on Faith-Based and Neighbourhood Partnerships, said the Western view of Sharia was "oversimplified" and the majority of women around the world associate it with "gender justice". The White House adviser made the remarks on a London-based TV discussion programme hosted by Ibtihal Bsis, a member of the extremist Hizb ut Tahrir party. The group believes in the non-violent destruction of Western...