New Book Ties Extreme Islamic Law to Terrorism, While Moderate Muslims Sponsor March in Washington
By Andrew Cochran
We often hear debates over how to eliminate "the root causes of terrorism." Into this debate steps Freedom House's Center for Religious Freedom and its new book, "Radical Islam's Rules: The Worldwide Spread of Extreme Shari'a," which examines the impacts on human rights of the implementation of extreme forms of Islamic law, or shari'a. The book includes studies of the extent of implementation in numerous Islamic states. The book's editor, Paul Marshall, makes the direct link between extreme shari'a and terrorism in the introduction: "While there are terrorist-supporting states, such as Syria, that do not have extreme shari'a, all the states where such laws have been imposed produce terrorism...Extreme shari'a lies at the heart of the extremists ideology. It is both a goal and incubator of their violence." The center previously produced a terrific study of Saudi-sponsored anti-American propaganda distributed to American mosques, a subject of several posts here.
Meanwhile, the moderate "Free Muslims Against Terrorism" are sponsoring a March Against Terror this Saturday in Washington, with the endorsement of numerous Muslim and non-Muslim groups. Ironically, according to "Free Muslims" President Kamal Nawash, four of the leading Muslim organizations won't join in the march in any way. Mr. Nawash won't name them, but it won't be difficult to identify them. These groups shouldn't be taken seriously when they claim to stand against Islamic extremism.
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