While Rowan Williams and other addled multiculturalists welcome the introduction of Sharia into the West, in Kenya the Christians know that Sharia will mean persecution for them.
"Christians Oppose Muslim Push for Sharia in Kenya," from International Christian Concern via AINA, August 7:
Washington -- International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Muslim leaders are calling for Sharia to be enshrined in Kenya's constitution. The move is opposed by Christian leaders who fear that it will lead to greater persecution, as it has in Sudan and Nigeria.Islamic courts, known as Kadhi, have existed for a long time at district levels in Kenya. But they were limited to settling divorce, inheritance and marriage disputes among Muslims.
Kenya has drafted a new constitution which seeks to expand the power of the Islamic courts to include settlement of civil and commercial disputes. Kenyan Muslim leaders are also pushing to elevate the courts to the national level and give them the same privileges as the secular courts.
Christian leaders argue that recognizing Sharia courts in the constitution gives special privileges to Kenya's Muslims. Rev. Dr. Wellington Mutiso, the general secretary of the evangelical alliance of Kenya, said in an interview with ICC, "We oppose the entrenching of Kahdi in the constitution of Kenya because religion and state should be kept separated in a secular state. Besides, the principles of Islamic laws are discriminatory to women's right. Thus, entrenching Islamic principles in the Kenyan constitution violates constitutional principles of equality and non-discrimination."...
There seem not to have been a lot of comments made to this, back when it first appeared and we were using IntenseDebate.
Here is what I kept of what we said.
MO said - How about we send all those who support Sharia law to counties where it is practiced, and send those who want nothing to do with it to countries where it is not practiced? Problem solved!
-BASEBALLMAVEN added - Then after that's done, remember the Robert Frost poem, "Good fences make good neighbors."
DOGWITHOUTSLIPPERS asked - Didn't Obama one time go to Kenya to help campaign for his muslim brother?
That would make him anti-Christian? Anyone know these details? Calling Robert -
fill us in!~
-BEAUTYOFREASON said - LOL I was thinking the same thing.
C'mon, Obama - you've made it your Presidency's goal to "fight negative stereotypes" about Muslims - so how about campaigning for your Shariah loving friends in Kenya?
P.S. The ensuing stoning / beheading victims, ethnic clashes, mass deaths, suicide bombs, crumbling infrastructure, public flagellation, rape victims, honor killings, and anti-intellectualism are all on you.
Do you think Obama "gets" that Shariah law is oppressive to non-Muslims or does he just wear rose-colored spectacles when addressing Islamic countries? Either way he supports it - ignorance is no excuse.
I would also consider Kenya to be a dump regardless of their religious affiliation. Last year over 100 people, usually the old, were burned alive by mobs as "witches." Superstition and tribalism seem to have a firm grasp in that region of the world.
-JOEBLOUGH said - "1. Go to Google > Advanced Search
2. Enter the keywords: Obama Odinga
3. In the box that says "Search within a site or domain:" enter atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com
Pam Geller over at Atlas Shrugs has an enormous amount of material over there.
Here's a sample:
Atlas Shrugs: Obama's Oginga Odinga Humdinger
This is an important story being ignored by every member of the mainstream media. I have covered it here and here. Obama's ties to Kenya run deep.
Atlas Shrugs: Kenya's killing fields
Obama backed Raila Odinga, a violent inciter who tried to steal the Presidential election but .... I documented the close Obama Odinga relationship here. ...
Atlas Shrugs: Obama Odinga
'Atlas sighting
Good article in The Sun on the Obama/Odinga alliance. Discussed all the things I have been talking about at Atlas.'"
END of my record of original comments to this article - dda.