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Poll of U.S. Muslims Reveals Support for Supremacy of Shariah Courts

(Center for Security Policy) According to a new survey of 600 Muslims living in the U.S., 51% agreed that "Muslims in America should have the choice of being governed according to shariah [Islamic law]." Only 39% said that Muslims in the U.S. should be subject to American courts, while an earlier national survey of the general population found by a margin of 92%-2% that Muslims should be subject to the same courts as other citizens. 24% of the Muslims polled believed: "It is legitimate to use violence to punish those who give offense to Islam by, for example, portraying the prophet Mohammed." 19% of Muslims said that the use of violence is justified in order to make shariah the law of the land in the U.S.
2015-06-25 00:00:00
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