6th Circuit panel sees no harm in funding sharia (OneNewsNow.com)

6th Circuit panel sees no harm in funding sharia (OneNewsNow.com)

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6th Circuit panel sees no harm in funding sharia

Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 6/5/2012 4:00:00 AM

A Judeo-Christian law firm that fights for faith and freedom plans to appeal a federal judge's decision to dismiss its constitutional challenge to the U.S. government's bailout of the American International Group (AIG).

A Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel has ruled that an ordinary federal taxpayer lacks "standing" to challenge the government's use of taxpayer funds to support sharia-based activities. The suit, filed on behalf of Kevin Murray, argued that the government bailout of American International Group (AIG) went to fund Islamic religious activities in violation of the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Robert Muise, co-founder and senior counsel of the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), says Murray is a former Marine and an Iraq veteran who objects to being forced to support the propagation of the Islamic jihad, which he fought against as a Marine.
"Certainly we know that if the federal government even gave a fraction of that amount of money to a Christian or a Jewish religious activity, there's no doubt in my mind the courts would strike that down and find it a violation of the Establishment Clause," Muise offers. "But yet here we've got billions of dollars going to support activities that are promoting sharia law, Islamic law, and yet we have the Sixth Circuit, at least one panel, saying that there isn't any constitutional harm here sufficient to have standing."
But beyond the legal issues, the attorney contends this case presents national security issues.
"The funding to support sharia-compliant finances, part of that is siphoned off as religious tax that goes to fund qualified Islamic -- quote, unquote -- 'charities,'" he reports. "And many of those are engaged in terrorist activities that are contrary to the United States' interests."

AFLC intends to file a petition for a re-hearing before the full Sixth Circuit of Appeals. Muise's group is also prepared to take this case to the Supreme Court, if necessary.

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