With the Help of HSBC and Citibank, Shariah-Compliant Finance is Spreading in the Orient
Banking giants HSBC and Citibank, already infamous for contributing to the spread of Shariah in the West, are now fast at work aiding the spread of Shariah in Malaysia and other key markets in Asia and the Pacific Rim. Keep this in mind when you select banks to do business with. HSBC and Citibank are […]
In what is most assuredly a case of semi-orchestrated “lawfare,” a Muslim couple in Canada has declared it a human rights violation that they were served salami containing pork in a grocery store. The grocery store chain offered to give them cash and make a donation to a charity of their choice to settle the […]
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Malaysia is in a great position to share with the world its uniqueness of being a comprehensive Islam nation. It is significant to note that the criteria that the prime minister cites are dominated by financial characteristics: “Malaysia has many good examples to share with the world; […]
Regular readers of SFW will recall our series of posts on the Hizb ut-Tahrir conference in Chicago last month. (A quick review is available here: https://shariahfinancewatch.org/category/hizb-ut-tahrir/) The latest development in this saga comes with a press release from the organization’s American arm. In the release, Hizb ut-Tahrir re-emphasizes its desire for an Islamic caliphate to […]
Speaking at an investors forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today called on local and foreign Islamic finance consultants and advisors to spearhead the enrichment and dissemination of Shariah knowledge. This is not the first time that a political leader in an Islamic nation has instructed the Islamic […]
The Global Threat of Shariah
Ever so often it’s useful to remind ourselves of the fact that Shariah isn’t just some abstract, remote system isolated to a few Middle Eastern nations. It’s a global threat. We’ve recently seen numerous reports of Shariah courts operating in Britain. We’ve recently witnessed a Jihadi organization hold a conference in Chicago to support the […]
This gives a whole new meaning to the term “Islamic finance…” Islamic nonprofit paid for Rep. Ellison’s pilgrimage to Mecca Tax records show the group that paid Ellison’s expenses, the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, received nearly $900,000 in taxpayer money in 2006 and 2007… http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/house/51361722.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUqCP:iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs
As we reported on Friday, Hizb ut-Tahrir held its conference outside of Chicago yesterday. They were met by protests… http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6922880 Note also that, while Hizb ut-Tahrir claims to seek the overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of a caliphate by “peaceful” means, Guy Benson of National Review has uncovered that the organization has in fact […]
Yesterday a British newspaper attempted to spell out for its readers just what Shariah is. Their efforts were not successful. In the article, author Nick Harries, claims that in Saudi Arabia and Sudan, Shariah exists alongside secular law. This is completely incorrect. Shariah is the full and final authority in Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Iran […]
Creeping Shariah in Great Britain
As we reported here two days ago, there are as many as 85 Shariah courts operating in the United Kingdom today: https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2009/06/29/britain-has-85-shariah-courts-the-astonishing-spread-of-the-islamic-justice-behind-closed-doors/ Now, the British think-tank Civitas has published a new report which indicates (not surprisingly) that Shariah courts are in fact not compatible with Western legal traditions, particularly in the area of human rights. […]
Hizb ut-Tahrir: Jihadists target “capitalism”
Hizb ut-Tahrir is a global Jihadist political organization which has been especially active in Great Britain in recent years. The organization is banned in Germany and has been declared a terrorist organization. Now, as the excellent folks at the Counterterrorism blog explain, they are emerging in the USA: http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/06/hizb_ut-tahrir_america_enters.php Hizb ut Tahrir has an English […]
Islamic charities continue to fund the Taliban
Regular readers of SFW know that we have devoted a considerable amount of space to covering financial support from Muslim charities for Jihadist organizations: https://shariahfinancewatch.org/category/islamic-charities/ This is of particular relevance to Shariah-Compliant Finance because of the practice of zakat–a form of required tithing in Islam. Shariah-compliant firms donate 1/40, or 2.5%, of their assets through […]
“According to Iran’s Islamic penal code, men convicted of adultery should be buried up to their waists and women up to their chests for stoning. Stones used should not be large enough to kill the person immediately.” “Iran has implemented sharia law since Iran’s 1979 revolution.” “We enforce our rules and regulations within the framework […]
What’s Next? Shariah-Compliant Hotels (complete with zakat payments to Islamic charities and EEOC violations)
The hospitality industry has generally been haram under Shariah-Compliant Finance, but that is changing. Now we’re seeing a movement to expand Shariah-Compliant hotels into the West. A close examination of the mechanisms and practices surrounding Shariah-Compliant hotels illustrates just exactly why the the barbaric Shariah code is almost completely incompatible with Western values and laws. […]
Patrick Goodenough of CNS News has produced an exceptionally well researched and written piece on the issue of apostasy from Islam under Shariah law. It should be required reading and it gives good insight into the hardened attitudes of Islamic clerics… http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47401
Great article on Human Events by the indomitable Robert Spencer… http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31537
Shariah-Compliant Finance as a Safe Haven: Myth and Reality
Promoters of Shariah-Compliant Finance routinely violate the trust of investors when they proclaim that investing according to shariah principles has provided a safe haven from the recent and current financial crisis. Could any other sector get away with such lies? The lies emanate from the entire range of shariah practitioners, from individual investors themselves all […]
Andrew McCarthy is an American hero. He was going after Jihadists and putting them in prisons for years before most of us were even paying attention to the Jihadist threat. Now, he explains that the threat is much more comprehensive than just terrorism and he explains why that is so dangerous…via the good folks at […]
Isn’t it amazing that the Muslims in Morocco can work in a winery and serve wine in their restaurants on the sly without much fuss at all, yet Muslims in America have suddenly begun to assert their religious “rights” by refusing to ring up pepperoni pizzas at the check out counter at Target stores? Wine […]
Proponents of Shariah-Compliant Finance like to refer to it as a form of “ethical” investing, especially in efforts to get non-Muslims to invest in Shariah-Compliant products. Many of the decisions associated with Shariah compliance are made by clerics, sheikhs, muftis and others collectively known as “shariah scholars.” The problem with this premise is that Shariah […]
Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, commented, “Although widespread public anger has rightfully focused on bonuses AIG paid to top executives using taxpayers’ money, that anger would be at an even higher pitch if the public knew that our tax dollars were being used by AIG to promote Islam […]
The Islamic states circulated a new resolution at the current session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday that would criminalize defamation of Islam as a human rights violation and encourage the imposition of Shariah… More from the Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236764174608&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter
Note that CNN has whitewashed this story, referring only to “Saudi” law, not even the euphemistic “Islamic” law. The word “Shariah,” which accurately describes the law which resulted in this verdict and the whole legal system and the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, is never mentioned. Why has CNN chosen to […]
If ever there was definitive proof that the true purpose of Shariah-Compliant Finance is to promote Shariah, it shows up in bold form in an article in the March 2nd Financial Times which we’ve linked at the end of this column. The practicioners of Islam, known to some as “Islamists,” met in Jakarta, Indonesia recently […]
Olivier Guitta of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies has written a sobering piece for the Middle East Times about the spread of Shariah. He gives summaries of developments in Pakistan, Italy, France, Great Britain and Switzerland, with a particular emphasis on family law and the rights of women. Of particular interest was this […]
Trying to make us play by their rules: Muslims protest full-head photos on drivers licenses
One requirement in Muslim countries is that women must be covered. This is applied and enforced to varying degrees with some countries insisting on complete and total coverage, such as with a burka or niqab (very popular with the Taliban) and others only requiring that hair be covered, such as with a hijab. There are […]
Muslims in America are better educated than average, have higher incomes than average and are generally reported to be happier than average. They also came here generally to escape oppression from their native nations, most of which are ruled, to one extent or another by Shariah law. America’s opportunities have provided the Muslim community with […]
Another excellent article by friend of SFW, Alyssa Lappen. http://www.rightsidenews.com/200902263802/homeland-security/the-evils-of-islamic-political-ideology-suppression-of-women.html
Mapping Shariah Project interviewed on Frontpagemag
The Mapping Shariah Project, directed by Dave Gaubatz, has been conducting invaluable undercover research into the practices and teachings at mosques and Islamic centers across the USA. One of the measures that the project uses is to gauge Shariah adherence as an indicator of possible Jihadist activity. Dave Gaubatz was interviewed in a recent article […]
New Report from the Center for Security Policy
Iran is one of 3 nations in the world which rules exclusively by Shariah. Given that, it is certainly no coincidence that Iran is the world’s foremost state sponsor of Jihadist terrorism and a country with a truly dismal human rights record. Iran has close ties to Hezbollah, HAMAS and Al Qaeda, the three most […]
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