The purpose of the Islamic Movement in America — per their stated doctrine — is to wage Civilization Jihad until America becomes an Islamic State under sharia (Islamic Law).

Think that cannot happen here? Think again. The Muslim Brotherhood’s largest front group in this country, the Islamic Society of North America, requires each of its chapters to maintain arbitration panels that serve as proto-shariah courts. It is a matter of time before Islamists and their apologists begin demanding that such courts be allowed to adjudicate disputes not just between willing parties, but in cases where one party — most likely women and/or children — would prefer to have the protections of our Constitution.

While the average citizen of this country would assume it to be the case that only laws derived from or consistent with our Constitution would be applied in U.S. courts at both the federal and state level, the evidence that foreign laws — including, but not limited to, sharia — are encroaching has moved legislatures across the country to act. Tennessee, Louisiana, Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Washington and Alabama have adopted prohibitions against the use of such foreign laws in their respective state courts if they are at odds with constitutional rights or state public policy.

I think it is a sound, prudent and pro active decision to introduce that bill as a precaution. It is not out of fear or ignorance of Islam, but rather a sad fact of today’s reality.

BILL McCLURE

Post Falls