As the lunacy continues

I was watching Hardball with Chris Matthews this evening and the topic of conversation was lawmakers in Texas who seemed to feel that this country may soon be taken over by Shari Law.  Sharia “literally means "the path to a watering hole."(www.religioustolerance.org). Chris’ guest was David Korn from Mother Jones Magazine and Jack O’Reilly the Mayor of Dearborn, Michigan.  The reason Mayor O’Reilly was invited during this segment is because those Texas lawmakers claimed that this invasion of this path to a watering hole would originate in Dearborn.

Just in case you wanted to know more, there are four main schools of Sharia law: 
·         Hanbali: This is the most conservative school of Shari'a. It is used in Saudi Arabia and some states in Northern Nigeria.
·         Hanifi: This is the most liberal school, and is relatively open to modern ideas.
·         Maliki: This is based on the practices of the people of Medina during Muhammad's lifetime.
·         Shafi'i: This is a conservative school that emphasizes on the opinions of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad.
What applies within one school of Sharia law does not necessarily apply in the other schools. For example, the Maliki Law School accepts evidence of pregnancy as proof that an unmarried woman has either committed adultery or been raped. The other schools "... do not recognize evidence of pregnancy as proof of Zina [Adultery]."   Sharia law is intended to be only applicable to Muslims. Christians and other non-Muslims are supposed to be exempt from the provisions of the law; this is a provision that is not universally followed. (www.religioustolerance.org).

I bring all this up to share with you something that Mayor O’Reilly said that makes more sense than I have ever heard any politician say for as long as I have been following politics.  When asked by Chris Matthews about why all these questionable bills instead of creating jobs as promised during the campaign, Mr. O’Reilly said that “when you do not have a plan to fix the problems that face you, you create other problems that you can fix just to say look at what I have done.”

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