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Writings by Topic: Sharia in the West

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Title Publication Date
Western Sharia National Review Online May 14, 2012
Should critically discussing Islam be a form of hate speech? American Thinker Blog May 13, 2012
TheDC Interview: 'Marked for Death' Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders [VIDEO] Daily Caller May 11, 2012
WE GET EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO UK'S HIDDEN SHARIA COURTS Daily Star (UK) May 8, 2012
Whitewash of Sharia Climbs the Bestseller Lists Front Page Magazine April 30, 2012
Guilty of Insulting Islam Front Page Magazine April 20, 2012
An Introduction to Danish Culture Front Page Magazine April 11, 2012
Pastor Jones and Free Speech vs. Islam and Communism Diana West Blog April 11, 2012
Terry Jones's Dearborn Protest Takes Place Without Incident Dearborn Patch April 9, 2012
Failing to heed the 'Zombie Prophet Mohammed' warning UPI April 3, 2012
Robert Spencer, Nonie Darwish and Bruce Thornton on The Glazov Gang discuss the Islamic war against free speech Jihad Watch April 2, 2012
Sharia is Islam Front Page Magazine March 31, 2012
Sharia Law - a threat to UK women & children The Way March 22, 2012
Judge sets 'horrible precedent', Freedom Center President says Jewish Tribune March 22, 2012
Sharia Victory in Florida Threatens Human Rights American Thinker March 19, 2012
Maryam Namazie Letter: Sharia Law and Human Rights Take Two Europe News March 15, 2012
The Necessity of Anti-Sharia Laws American Thinker March 13, 2012
Robert Spencer: Why Can't Non-Muslims Criticize Islam? Atlas Shrugs Blog March 12, 2012
Free speech under fire Los Angeles Times March 9, 2012
Sharia Law, Secular Law and Rabbinical Courts Stonegate Institute March 9, 2012
Minnesota Lawmaker Drops Anti-Sharia Bill Following Pressure From CAIR The Blaze March 8, 2012
Defending Shariah in America American Thinker March 5, 2012
Zombie Mo and the Limits to Free Speech Gates of Vienna Blog February 29, 2012
An Atheist, a Muslim and a Judge: What Really Happened RealClearPolitics February 29, 2012
Judge in case of atheist attacked by Muslim: It was right on the edge of being "ethnic intimidation" Hot Air February 28, 2012
Muslims vs. zombies Ezra Levant Show - The Source February 28, 2012
Exclusive Interview: Infidel Victim of Pennsylvania Sharia Judge Reveals Inside Details of Case American Thinker February 28, 2012
Muslims and the First Amendment Commentary - Contentions February 27, 2012
Sharia in Pennsylvania: Muslim admits to attacking atheist over "Zombie Muhammad"; Muslim judge dismisses case, tells atheist he'd be killed in Muslim lands Jihad Watch February 23, 2012
Is Sharia Law Compatible with Democracy? Stonegate Institute February 23, 2012
Stakelbeck on Terror Show: Fighting Sharia in the Courtroom CBN News February 23, 2012
Accolades for Ihsanoglu in Oz Gates of Vienna Blog February 15, 2012
Shariah's Police? Center for Security Policy February 15, 2012
The Problem of Sharia Law in Britain Stonegate Institute February 10, 2012
Politician Blasted for Support of Islamic Law Der Spiegal February 6, 2012
Normalizing the Kingston Honor Killings Front Page Magazine February 1, 2012
Dutch Muslim Party Opposed Free Speech New American January 27, 2012
Bloomberg Upset Over Showing The Third Jihad to Police The Jawa Report January 26, 2012
Newt Was Right National Review Online January 20, 2012
OIC concerned about the rise of Islamophobia in western politics Arab News January 20, 2012
Group blasts Gingrich for limiting hires to Muslims who renounce Shariah law Fox News January 19, 2012
CAIR and ACLU: Court Blocks Anti-Sharia Law in Oklahoma Family Security Matters January 17, 2012
Growing use of Sharia by UK Muslims BBC News January 16, 2012
Germany Attempts to Silence Criticism of Islam Stonegate Institute January 12, 2012
Did the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office Fail to Adequately Defend the Oklahoma Ban on Use of Foreign Law? The Volokh Conspiracy Blog January 11, 2012
Court Deems Oklahoma Sharia Law Ban "Unconstitutional" Commentary - Contentions January 11, 2012
Europe's Inexorable March Towards Islam Hudson NY December 29, 2011
Nina Shea, Ned May, Diana West, Clare Lopez Secure Freedom Radio December 23, 2011
"Let's Turn Belgium into an Islamist State" Hudson NY December 19, 2011
Opponents in Philadelphia say bill on Sharia law unfair to Muslims Newsworks December 15, 2011
Sharia Law Already Devouring UK Pajamas Media December 12, 2011
Criticism of Islam Could Soon be a Crime in America Family Security Matters December 9, 2011
What About Moderate Muslims? Frontpage Magazine December 8, 2011
Time for Domestic Anti-Radicalization Program Algemeiner December 6, 2011
"Promoting sharia in any form is a reckless pursuit on the part of democratic governments" Jihad Watch December 3, 2011
Britain: Islam In, Christianity Out Hudson NY December 1, 2011
Attn: Joe Lieberman Re: Jihadtube Jawa Report November 30, 2011
A Brief History of the Transatlantic Counterjihad, Part III(b) Gates of Vienna November 29, 2011
Very Little to Debate at 'Human Rights in Islam' Discussion Pajamas Media November 18, 2011
'Silenced' Authors: Sharia Proponents Suppressing Our Right to Free Speech Big Peace November 14, 2011
The Case for Banning Sharia Law in America American Thinker November 14, 2011
Tensions Rise in Londonistan The Trumpet November 3, 2011
Another no-go area in Londonistan Daily Mail (UK) November 1, 2011
Use of Islamic law OK in civil case, judge rules Tampa Tribune October 31, 2011
Europe: "You Are Entering a Sharia Controlled Zone" Hudson NY October 26, 2011
Video: French Algerian woman author on Quebec TV show, 'My Life against Koran' Europe News Blog October 24, 2011
Obama Administration Bans the Truth About Islam and Jihad Frontpage Magazine October 24, 2011
Obama administration pulls references to Islam from terror training materials, official says Daily Caller October 24, 2011
Sharia über Alles versus Western Justice American Thinker October 24, 2011
Fears and Smears National Review Online October 24, 2011
Sharia zones in Copenhagen? Politiken (Denmark) October 20, 2011
Local Islamists draw on British success in bid for sharia law The Australian October 10, 2011
Islamic (Sharia) Law in Germany, Holland and Britain Pipe Line News October 4, 2011
British Muslims reviving polygamy Australian September 27, 2011
IRS tightens grip in CAIR probe World Net Daily September 27, 2011
The Department of Sharia Steyn Online September 20, 2011
The Honorable Rep. Sue Myrick: The Target Is America Big Peace September 19, 2011
Muslim Group Seeks to Ban Sharia Law in America Blaze September 19, 2011
10th Circuit Hears Arguments On Anti-Shariah Amendment As Muslim Group Endorses Michigan's Bill Religion Clause Blog September 13, 2011
Denver Court To Hear Oklahoma Islamic Law Case Denver Channel September 12, 2011
Antwerp: Shariah4Belgium opens Shariah court Islam in Europe September 11, 2011
Religious Community Authorities Massive Obstruction of Justice? Volokh Conspiracy Blog September 8, 2011
Islamic Sharia Law Proliferates in Germany Hudson NY September 8, 2011
Sharia Lobby Shifts into 5th Gear International Analyst Network September 8, 2011
A Muslim for Liberty Frontpage September 7, 2011
Islamic 'Arbitrators' Shadow German Law Der Spiegal September 7, 2011
Outrageous: NY Times Op-Ed Defends Sharia Law … in America Pajamas Media September 6, 2011
NYT op-ed defends Sharia in America without ever addressing its contents Jihad Watch September 6, 2011
Author sees domestic Islamic threat to German justice system Deutsche-Welle September 2, 2011
Shariah Law a Real Danger to the US Newsmax August 31, 2011
The Rise of Islamic No-Go Zones Frontpage August 31, 2011
The Truthophobes Frontpage August 31, 2011
Greece Abandons Sharia Law Resolution of Muslim Family Disputes Volokh Conspiracy Blog August 25, 2011
European 'No-Go' Zones for Non-Muslims Proliferating Hudson NY August 24, 2011
The Breivik Portfolio, Part Three: The OIC Connection Gates of Vienna August 23, 2011
John Esposito's Deceptions on "Islamophobia" Frontpage August 22, 2011
Shariah Abolished for Greek Muslims Greek Reporter August 22, 2011
History, Hardliners, and Humility National Review Online August 20, 2011
The Islamist Threat Inside Our Military Wall Street Journal August 19, 2011
'Crazy' to Dismiss the Dangers of Shariah Newsmax August 12, 2011
Sharia Enclaves in the West Frontpage August 12, 2011
Sharia law in the West goes against fight for reforms The Australian August 8, 2011
Sharia: a law unto itself? Telegraph (UK) August 8, 2011
A Lebanese Town's Dilemma Teaches about Islam, Freedom, and the Future of Europe Pajamas Media August 7, 2011
Christie's 'Crazies' National Review Online August 6, 2011
US State Department to coordinate measures against "religious defamation" Hot Air August 6, 2011
Creeping Islamism in Scandinavia Frontpage August 4, 2011
The Man Behind the Anti-Shariah Movement New York Times August 1, 2011
As Islamic extremists declare Britain's first Sharia law zone, the worrying social and moral implications Daily Mail (UK) August 1, 2011
Probe into secretive Sharia law courts scrapped as Muslim leaders close ranks Daily Mail (UK) August 1, 2011
The Norway Massacre and Europe's War on Free Speech Hudson NY July 28, 2011
Canada not refuting extremist ideologies, U.S. committee told National Post (Canada) July 28, 2011
Liberating Islam National Review Online July 26, 2011
Sharia-style marriages could be officially recorded by the government Daily Mirror (UK) July 23, 2011
Man who had relationship with primary-school girl jailed for 10 years Herald Sun July 23, 2011
Oslo explosion: live coverage Telegraph (UK) July 22, 2011
10 killed at Norway youth camp shooting; seven dead in Oslo bombing, police say Toronto Star July 22, 2011
Fred & Catherine Grandy on the Frank Gaffney Show Center for Security Policy - Secure Freedom Radio July 20, 2011
Key US House panel to weigh Shebab threat Google July 19, 2011
The merger of mosque and state SUN Television July 18, 2011
Fundamentalists pledge to apply Shariaa in Britain Asharq Alawsat July 15, 2011
Spreading Islamist misogyny -with your tax dollars National Post (Canada) July 12, 2011
Can Sharia Law Coexist With Australian Law Gates of Vienna July 12, 2011
Is Simple Attention the Islamists' Greatest Enemy? Pajamas Media July 8, 2011
Assimilation's Failure, Terrorism's Rise New York Times July 7, 2011
ACLU gets it right for a change. Minnesota publicly-funded Muslim charter school to close for being too Islamic Bare Naked Islam Blog July 7, 2011
Dewsbury, Bradford and Tower Hamlets ... where Islamic extremists want to establish independent states with sharia law Daily Mail (UK) July 6, 2011
Lady Cox's bill is not so controversial Guardian June 24, 2011
Salafist threat growing, interior ministers say The Local (Germany) June 22, 2011
PJM Exclusive: Georgetown U. Received $325,000 Funneled Through Terror Front Group Pajamas Media June 15, 2011
Republican Debate Includes Discussion of Church-State Issues and Attitudes Toward Muslims Religion Clause Blog June 14, 2011
Bill limiting sharia law is motivated by 'concern for Muslim women' Guardian June 10, 2011
Plans to curb influence of sharia courts to be unveiled Telegraph (UK) June 8, 2011
I warned about this years ago. Now ministers admit I was right Daily Mail (UK) June 8, 2011
Shari'a and Violence in American Mosques Middle East Quarterly June 8, 2011
Failed anti-terror campaigns 'waste of money', Prevent strategy admits Telegraph (UK) June 7, 2011
Universities 'complacent' over Islamic radicals, Theresa May warns Telegraph (UK) June 6, 2011
PM wins row with Nick Clegg over crackdown on Muslim extremists Guardian June 6, 2011
Stakelbeck on Terror: The Sharia Threat to America CBN June 1, 2011
First Amendment Trumps Sharia in Dearborn American Thinker May 30, 2011
ACLU Turns Blind Eye to Sharia in America American Thinker May 26, 2011
Another protest of 'radical Islam' planned Saturday in Dearborn Detroit News May 26, 2011
Brit teacher was 'brutally attacked' for mocking Islam by teaching Muslim girls Truth Drive May 25, 2011
Shariah Law and American State Courts: An Assessment of State Appellate Court Cases Center for Security Policy May 18, 2011
Hamas-linked CAIR and other Islamic supremacists defame freedom fighter Raymond Ibrahim and others -- MSNBC plumps for CAIR Jihad Watch May 16, 2011
Discussion of radical Islam is not Islamophobia and bigotry Tennessean May 13, 2011
Court "Finds Through Its Own Research That There Is a Basis in the Quran" for Head Coverings Volokh Conspiracy Blog May 12, 2011
GOP litmus test: Sharia opposition Politico May 10, 2011
My full interview with Geert Wilders (and Brooke Goldstein) SUN Television May 10, 2011
Nihad Awad, Co-founder of CAIR, Unplugged Family Security Matters May 6, 2011
Free speech advocate guilty of racism Vlad Tepes Blog May 3, 2011
Will Calls for Distribution 'According to Islamic Laws and Sharia'; Pennsylvania Court Gives Twice as Much to Each Son as to Each Daughter Volokh Conspiracy Blog May 2, 2011
U.S. Attorney: Feds Could Challenge Missouri Anti-Sharia Legislation Riverfront Times May 2, 2011
Bill would ban courts from using 'foreign law' News & Observer April 30, 2011
University campuses are 'hotbeds of Islamic extremism' Telegraph April 28, 2011
Missouri House votes to ban Sharia law St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 21, 2011
Muslims rally at Tennessee Capitol to protest legislation WBIR April 20, 2011
(UPDATED) DOJ Source: Gov't Muslim 'Outreach' Jeopardized Active Terror Investigations Pajamas Media April 19, 2011
Jordan to try Danish cartoonist Telegraph (Australia) April 15, 2011
Myrick panel to eye Muslim Brotherhood Charlotte Observer April 13, 2011
Anti-Shariah measure dead in Okla. Senate UPI April 13, 2011
Fresh protests over Qur'an burning IOL News April 12, 2011
French burka ban: police arrest two veiled women Telegraph April 11, 2011
'Sharia already in The Netherlands' Gates of Vienna April 11, 2011
Hearing on Terror Includes Heated Debate on Islam The New York Times April 11, 2011
Critics Call Terrorism Hearing in Manhattan Anti-Muslim The New York Times April 8, 2011
Mueller Talks Budget Challenges, Reaffirms CAIR Ban Family Security Matters April 8, 2011
Anti-sharia bills advance in South Carolina Politico April 8, 2011
Afghan Blowback National Review Online April 8, 2011
Koran-burning preacher Terry Jones is innocent of murder: Rush to condemn him is deeply disturbing New York Daily News April 7, 2011
CAIR Comes Out Against Ball's 911 Hearing New York Observer April 7, 2011
Man extradited to Denmark for Mohammed cartoon plot Ice News April 7, 2011
Palmer lawmaker's bill aimed at Islamic law called divisive News Tribune April 1, 2011
Britons need to see themselves as a single nation, says Security Minister Telegraph April 1, 2011
Inappropriate? Commentary: Contentions Blog March 30, 2011
Ohio ACLU Criticizes Board of Education's Exclusion of Anti-Radical-Islam (and Possibly Anti-Islam and Anti-Muslim) Speaker Volokh Conspiracy Blog March 30, 2011
Was It Something We Said? Pajamas Media March 24, 2011
Policeman sues over orders to attend Islamic prayer World Net Daily March 24, 2011
Florida Judge Orders Use of Islamic Law in Mosque Case Newsmax March 23, 2011
CAIR Officials Sought Gaddafi Money IPT News March 23, 2011
Unaccountable Speech Czars and Their Civility Codes Family Security Matters March 23, 2011
Dispute Over Ouster of Mosque Trustees Reignites Debate Over U.S. Courts Applying Shariah Law Religion Clause Blog March 22, 2011
Meet "the Most Dangerous Islamist on Planet Earth" He lives in Pennsylvania Canada Free Press March 22, 2011
Oklahoma tries again to outlaw Sharia Jihad Watch March 22, 2011
Shari'a Law in the United States Lexis-Nexis March 21, 2011
The Sharia-Ban Map Gates of Vienna March 21, 2011
Congressman King: Here's the Beef! Pajamas Media March 21, 2011
Outrage: Florida Judge Orders Islamic Sharia Law be Used to Settle Dispute Red County Blog March 21, 2011
Conditioning for Dhimmitude American Thinker March 18, 2011
'Blood money' frees CIA contractor in Pakistan Breitbart March 17, 2011
Canada's Multicultural Trap: A Country Under Siege Hudson NY March 16, 2011
The King Hearings were Taboo-Busters Canada Free Press March 16, 2011
Säpo warns Swedish imam over internet threat The Local (Sweden) March 16, 2011
Pakistan: CIA contractor released after '$2.34mln in blood is money paid' ADN Kronos March 16, 2011
Al-Qaeda magazine offers tips on how to look good before you blow yourself up The National Post of Canada March 15, 2011
Hege Storhaug: Europe must stand up to Islamism The National Post of Canada March 15, 2011
ESW in Miami Gates of Vienna March 14, 2011
Why Do Islamic Groups Fear Hearings on Islamic Radicalization? Pajamas Media March 11, 2011
Inside King's Hearing National Review Online March 10, 2011
Alabama senator tries to ban use of Islamic law 3WRCBtv March 4, 2011
A Misguided Petition Campaign to Ban the Muslim Students Association Frontpage March 3, 2011
Group to protest Shariah bill today DNJ.com March 1, 2011
Tennessee bill would jail Shariah followers The Tennessean February 28, 2011
Sharia in the USA: Christians Jailed for Preaching to Muslims Right Side News Blog February 28, 2011
Tulsa police officer files lawsuit over attending mosque event Tulsa World February 25, 2011
Officials Sued to End Their Imposition of Sharia Law Right Side News Blog February 23, 2011
Christian Union wants constitutional Sharia ban Expatica February 22, 2011
The ABA's Jihad American Thinker February 22, 2011

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