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The textbook All About Islam used to teach American Muslim 7th graders about Islam says in its opening paragraph: “Islam is not a religion. It is a complete way of life.” And the purpose of that way of life is to follow the path (sharia in Arabic) that will result in the imposition of Islamic rule worldwide pursuant to sharia’s brutally repressive ideological code.
Sharia is actually by definition anti-Constitution since Article VI explicitly states that the Constitution is “the supreme law of the land.” Therefore, no other body of law can supplant or operate in parallel in the United States.
That is especially true of sharia, which in myriad ways requires its adherents to engage in actions that actually violate the Constitution and federal and state laws enacted pursuant to it. To name just a few examples of how sharia is unconstitutional:
- Sharia violates the essential object and purpose of the Constitution, namely to establish and guarantee representative self-government, by seeking to install instead a totalitarian theocracy.
- Sharia violates the First Amendment by, among other things: denying freedom of religion; punishing those who leave or criticize Islam; suppressing free speech; and criminalizing dissent and debate.
- Sharia violates in numerous ways the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments’ protection of due process.
- Sharia violates the Eighth Amendment by imposing cruel and unusual punishments including: amputations for petty crimes; stoning for females accused of adultery; and flogging men similarly accused; and death for
- Sharia violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection under the law, particularly for children, women and non-Muslims.
In short, sharia is an unconstitutional and anti-Constitution ideology, not a constitutionally protected religion. Banning sharia is not an option. It is a constitutional obligation and duty, particularly for those who have sworn an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.