 [Breitbart] WASHINGTON, DC -- Political Islam, focused on establishing an unfree society ruled by strict sharia law, is "fundamentally incompatible" with the U.S. Constitution and the overall "foundation of the American way of life," declared Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an expert at the Hoover Institution think tank, during a Senate panel hearing.
Meanwhile, Michael Leiter, the former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, argued that sharia law is compatible with the American Constitution.
"Muslim’s honoring of Sharia is not inherently in tangent with living in constitutional democracies anymore than it would be for Christians or Jews who also seek to honor their religious traditions while still complying with civil authority," testified Leiter.
| Except that Sharia law claims primacy over non-Muslim law, and primacy of Muslims over non-Muslims, requiring action and support of action from Muslims to achieve it. Christian and Jewish tradition require loyalty to the nation and rendering unto Caeser -- a big difference. |
The Somali-born Dutch-American Ali -- an honor violence victim, a strong advocate against female genital mutilation (FGM), and author -- strongly disagreed. |