To: Pope Francis,POTUS,Congress,UN,MSM,Wannabee Immigrants to the US

 I for one am growing weary and I suspect most of Middle America as well...how long must we suffer the attack upon our country by our own government as well as the media and a whole host of outside sources?
Our country took hold in 1776 we based our Constitution/Bill of Rights on Christian/Judeo values.
Everyone wants to immigrate to the USA because of our great Constitution/Bill of Rights however when they get here they don't want to assimilate and embrace this freedom...they just want to take the benefits then try to change us to that from which they came!This is why we are having so much conflict within our country in the 21st century.




This is how our country was formed please read and comprehend:
http://sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2015/09/americas-forgotten-on-purpose-christian.html

I'm sorry but every wave of new immigrants especially from the Middle East bring their proverbial garbage with them [7th Century Idiology and Sharia Law] and they honestly remind me of the Star Trek 'Borg'..resistance is futile you must assimilate...accept Sharia Law or die infidel!

Do we really want to become separated?:


I am by no means a fan of Vladimir Putin however he said it best:


[Under the Obama administration!]

As for the Catholic Pope's visit..it was nice and all..and I truly believe he means well but is way off  base. I am tiring of the Media especially Fox News lately putting words in his mouth and filling in the blanks,  attempting to tell we the people what he meant, like we need the media to interpret anothers words?...
I don't think so...I did well in Reading Comprehension 101 a forgotten course in todays universities...by design I suspect...after all knowledge is power and new immigrants and progressives want to take our proverbial power away! Thus they are the proverbial Star Trek 'BORG" 

I am also tiring of FoxNews attacks on Donald Trump they even took the Pope's visit to make their jabs at him...this is uncalled for and in my opinion quite juvenile...they attack him for the same thing they do...how rude... YES? Love the Donald or hate him he does not mince words...he takes advantage of our God given /Bill of Rights... freedom of speech...and this is a good thing Yes?


Here is what the Pope was talking about verbatim...no spin no filling in the blanks: Please hone your reading comprehension skills and quit relying on the media to spin it for you!

http://sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2015/09/anti-gun-pope-arm-guarded-pontiff-says.html 

http://sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2015/09/vatican-ivory-tower-pope-unleashes.html 

http://sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2015/09/silent-night-pope-mentions-nothing.html

Trey Gowdy for Speaker of the House ...YES! #GOP

 

We need a speaker who knows what the hell he or she is doing and can put the Shama Lama Ding Dong back in the pack!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmKrzDtLE1I
Hit it boys:

Why was John Boehner singing zippy do da & crying ?...haha

[haha smart move el popie!]

oped: John Boehner < loco en la cabeza > Nancy Pelosi el paco locos now that John is gone Reid,Pelosi and McConnell need to go...then el Diablo Obama won't have his cover and can be impeached!

The Pope turns down lunch with John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi 
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Pope Francis made his first visit to the United States, addressing Congress, meeting the President, seeing the sights. And while we profoundly disagree with Francis on economic policy, and a host of other issues, we admire and support his decision to turn down a power lunch with congressional big-wigs and instead, minister to the homeless in Washington, DC:

Passing on the opportunity to dine with politicians after addressing Congress this morning, Francis instead said a prayer blessing a meal for homeless clients of St. Maria's Meals, a food program run by Catholic Charities in Washington, D.C.

Just before the meal, Francis drew a powerful comparison between the plight of the homeless and the Christmas story about Jesus’ birth in a stable.  

“The son of God knew what it was to be a homeless person,” Francis said, during a speech at nearby St. Patrick's Catholic Church. “What it was to start life without a roof over his head.” 

“I want to be very clear. We can’t find any social or moral justification,  no justification whatsoever for lack of housing,” he continued. “We know that Jesus wanted to show solidarity with every person. He wanted everyone to experience his companionship, his help and his love. He identified with all those who suffer, who weep, who suffer any kind of injustice. He tells us this clearly, ‘I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.’"

Here is an instance of a man of faith living that faith -- attending to the physical and spiritual needs of the poor. And doing it all without the government's interference, permission or sanction.

Churches and church members of all denominations are among the largest providers of charity in the world. They give and serve because their faith asks it of them. There are many on the Left who disparage these efforts, saying government -- not private individuals and organizations -- should be aiding the poor, housing the homeless, and feeding the hungry. 

All that does is feed, house, and clothe bureaucrats.

And the Left has also gone to great political and legal lengths to punish people of faith for doing good works, or living their faith. The Obama administration, for example, is fighting Catholic nuns to court to force them to provide birth control and abortion services to their non-religious employees. 

Again -- we think the Pope is wrong on free markets. The free market is the most effective tool for advancing humanity, and bettering lives across the globe.

But we also salute him for his dedication to living his faith, providing hope to those who have none, and comforting those who are suffering.

ONCE UPON A TIME: There Was A Criminal Organization Headed By Barry The King

by Shawn Meyer 
Once upon a time, there was a criminal organization that terrorized the good people of Kingdom County. Each Monday morning, Barry, the head of the Kingdom County mob met with his underlings, Coppertone, Mitchell, and Dallas. They decided how they would spend the money they stole and extorted from the people of Kingdom County.
One particular morning, Coppertone, Mitchell, and Dallas were especially excited to appear before Barry with their ideas. Coppertone said, “Let’s have a big booze party, grill steaks, invite our friends, and hire some hookers.” Barry, along with the others, loved the idea.

Mitchell stepped forward. “I think we could all use a vacation. I say we take a cruise.” Barry smiled approvingly.
Finally, Dallas suggested, “With what we have left, I propose we buy more influence and recognition in Kingdom County. We should build monuments and name them after ourselves.”
All three underlings had offered excellent ideas. Barry, however, the most ruthless and heartless of the mobsters, became visibly upset. An omission occurred to him. “You underlings know that we use a portion of our funds each week to hire mercenaries. Some of the money we confiscate from the people must be set aside to continue this funding.”
The underlings looked at each other. Coppertone, trying to appear confident, timidly replied, “You know, Barry, we aren’t so keen on that anymore. Apparently the mercenaries have been killing children, chopping them up, and selling their body parts. Even mobsters have to draw the line somewhere. We are more than happy to fund all of our normal activities. In fact, we are eager to do so. But we cannot and will not go along with continuing to fund your mercenaries.”

First, Barry pouted. Then, he threw a temper tantrum. Slamming his sand wedge onto the table, he glared at them and exclaimed, “I’ve been around the world and to all 57 states except one and I have never heard of such treachery. If we can’t keep funding the mercenaries, then we won’t fund anything. I’ll see to it. I will shut down this criminal organization altogether.”
Coppertone, Mitchell, and Dallas were stunned and flummoxed. Smiling diabolically and knowing he had the upper hand, Barry continued, “Furthermore, I will blame all of you for the shutdown.”
Coppertone objected, “Now wait a minute. Blame us? You are the one shutting it down. We are entirely committed to the continued work of this criminal organization. Furthermore, you know very well that we have done everything necessary to allow for its continued operation.”
Barry laughed contemptuously, “You fools. Of course it will be my fault. But you will get the blame. You always do. And the people of Kingdom County will all hate you.” At this, their gelatin spines melted and turned to pure liquid. Coppertone started to weep. Mitchell’s jowls trembled with fright. Dallas knew he was outwitted. “Okay,” they all agreed. “You get your way. . . again.”
And all the mobsters in Kingdom County lived happily ever after.

 

VATICAN IVORY TOWER: Pope Unleashes Immigration Agenda on America

by Rad Magnum 
Earlier this week, Pope Francis visited Washington, D.C., and gave the American public quite an earful.
While completely sidestepping the growing concern of Christian persecution and genocide in several parts of the world, the Pope did take a special interest in climate change and air pollution. Of all the issues we want to hear Pope Francis talk about, global weather patterns is definitely at the top of that list, right?
Pope Francis didn’t stop there. He also fashioned a political soapbox out of another controversial issue, and this one is guaranteed to make you fume.

“Your own responsibility as members of Congress,” said the Pope, “is to enable this country, by your legislative activity, to grow as a nation.” And you can be sure, “grow as a nation” is meant in the numerical, demographic sense.
In his statements, Pope Francis lamented the plight of those who “travel north in search of a better life,” a clear reference to illegal immigrants coming across our country’s southern border.
The Pope also implored Members of Congress to open their hearts to new generations of immigrants. “We need to avoid a common temptation nowadays: to discard whatever proves troublesome. Let us remember the Golden Rule: ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.’”
Apparently, the Pope isn’t aware of the approximately 12 million illegal immigrants (or thirty million, by Donald Trump’s estimates) currently living in the United States, who will in all likelihood never be deported. If there is any country that doesn’t need a lecture on immigration, it’s the United States.

Here’s something even more appalling. Vatican City, the residence of the Pope, is surrounded by A WALL. If you want to talk about xenophobia, let’s talk about how the Vatican has an immigration rate of approximately zero.
According to the Washington Times, the Vatican only allows a “very select few, who meet strict criteria, to be admitted as residents or citizens” and “only about 450 of its 800 residents actually hold citizenship, according to a 2012 student by the Library of Congress.”
I can’t decide whether the Pope is living in a glass house or an ivory tower.
 

ANTI-GUN POPE: The Arm Guarded Pontiff Says Guns Are A No-No

by John Kirkwood 
From guns to climate change, to yakking it up with Castro, to lecturing congress about open borders and wealth redistribution, Pope Francis doesn’t seem interested in leading the Catholic Church as much he does fronting as a Community Organizer for ACORN.
At one of the most critical periods in the modern geo-political hegemony, this Pope doesn’t miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity to speak on behalf of God, Christ, the Bible, and Christians.  Instead, Francis sides with Gaia worshipers on climate change, Nimrod on borders, Hamas and Hezbollah on the Palestinian State, the Mullah’s and Obama on a Nuclear Iran, and Michael Moore on the right to keep and bear arms.

In June of this year, Pope Francis attacked weapons manufacturers: “It makes me think of … people, managers, businessmen who call themselves Christian and they manufacture weapons.  That leads to a bit a distrust, doesn’t it?”  Speaking to thousands of teens in Turin, he went on to say that even those that invest in companies that manufacture weapons are unfaithful – “duplicity is the currency of today … they say one thing and do another.”
Ironically, in the same speech, the puzzled pontiff lauded the righteous use of violence when speaking of the “tragedy of the Shoah” – “The great powers had the pictures of the railway lines that brought the trains to the concentration camps like Auschwitz to kill Jews, Christians, homosexuals, everybody.  Why didn’t they bomb (the railway lines)?”
Well, I only have a public school education but I’m pretty sure that the bombs the allies should have used to bomb the railroads would have at some point been manufactured by weapons manufacturers that may or may not have utilized investors who may or may not have been Christians and possibly even Catholics.

Pope Francis went on to discuss “the great tragedy of Armenia,” the massacre of nearly a million and a half Armenian Christians from 1915-1917.  Although, he was careful not to mention who did the massacring, (apparently like our president, the pope has an aversion to mentioning radical Muslims) Turkey recalled their ambassador to the Vatican anyway.
Now, just a thought, don’t you think the Armenians, the Jews, the Cambodians, and the Tutsis would have been in a better position to prevent their own genocide if they had the means to protect themselves?  You know, beyond a mere machete?  As Uncle Ted would say, “It’s so stupid, even a guitar player can understand it.”  Sorry, friends, pacifism is not a Christian virtue.  As a matter of fact, it’s contrary to both faith and reason, but then again, I’m not speaking from the chair.
“I remember the good ole’ days when we had an American president and a Catholic pope,” wrote journalist William J. Kelly in a caption of a picture of himself meeting Pope John Paul II.  And it’s true, what a contrast Barack Obama and Pope Francis make with Ronald Reagan and John Paul II.


To be fair, Kelly isn’t the only devout Catholic with reservations about this Pope.  I’ve seen many thoughtful and respectful dissensions made by others.  The Reverend Robert Sirico and the Acton Institute have been “correcting” Pope Francis in his misunderstanding of the Free Market and climate change for months, and the Catholic organization TFP: The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property have shared again their wonderful work, What The Popes Have To Say About Socialism. Needless to say, the vast majority of Francis’ predecessors not only disagree with him, but they condemn his position as antithetical to Church tradition and Biblical precepts.
Now, I’ve seen criticism from Catholics, Jews, and Evangelicals about the pontiff’s speech to congress and that the he didn’t mention abortion more directly, nor the assault on the institution of marriage.  And some are saying that he shouldn’t have sounded so much like Obama on climate change, immigration, and the Marxist redistribution of wealth, and again, to that I say, “Amen!”
While most of these criticisms are right and true, they nearly all miss the main point: Jesus Christ.  There, I said it. And I’ve said it one more time than Pope Francis did in his whole speech to Congress.

That’s right.  The real tragedy of the speech is that the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church did not mention “Jesus.”  Not once.  Neither was there mention of “Christ,” “cross,” “salvation,” “redemption,” or “sin.”  If you missed the speech, just imagine an amalgamation of Al Gore, Yasser Arafat, Ghandi, Trotsky, and Cesar Chavez.
The word “gospel” was mentioned once, but it was in the context of praising, not our Lord and his sacrifice, but a journalist who turned into a rabid socialist and founded the Catholic Worker movement.
Life is a fundamental issue!  Much more so eternal life.  Marriage too, is a divine institution worthy of a mention.  Much more so the divine relationship that it represents – the love of Christ for his church.
Is “Global Warming” more important for a “vicar of Christ” than the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ and his free offer of salvation?  Because I can guarantee both Catholic and Protestant, that the things the Pope droned on about will rust, perish, and pass away and, quite simply, are not a remedy for the malady of a sin-cursed, Hell-deserving world.  And if you think things are getting warmer now, just wait until you pass from time into eternity expecting your carbon credits and your objection to the death penalty to buy your way into the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Do you think that Franklin Graham would have gone before a joint session of congress and not mentioned the genocide of Christians in the Middle East and North Africa by ISIS?  Do you think that Graham or Ravi Zacharias would have wasted an opportunity to speak to the whole world and forsake the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the salvation found in his cross work?
Maybe we set the bar too high.  We expected an oak planted next to a river and all we got was tumbleweed.  But should we expect anything out of a Jesuit who cut his teeth in the midst of the South American social justice milieu?  The Marxist influence on the Catholic Church in that region is the worst kept secret in Catholicism, yet no one wants to lift the skirt on Francis and see if his diaper is red?
After all, both Breitbart and the Catholic News Agency have reported the startling news that the highest ranking Cold War defector, Ion Mihai Pacepa, has admitted that the KGB invented Catholic Liberation Theology.
Whenever a prominent Muslim says something radical, there is a call for others within the faith to rebuke that voice and a cry goes up when there’s nothing but silence in return.  A conservative Catholic friend of mine told me off the record, “This Pope is to my church what Barack Obama has been to my country.”

But I can count on one hand my Catholic friends who have had the courage to speak up about the foolish words of their current Pope.  Most are either hiding in silent complicity or looking for ways to justify words that they find hard to swallow.  Some of them sound just like the Obama apologists in their starry-eyed defense of their Messiah.  When did “spin” become a fruit of the spirit?
But there are a few, the happy few, those who don’t tie their integrity to fallible, mortal individuals and they agree with Paul the Apostle who wrote, “May God be true, and every man a liar.”
With no disrespect to my Catholic brethren, this Pope is a disgrace, as disgraceful as Joel Osteen and the prosperity gospel pimps are to evangelical Christianity.  And apparently, with the same indifference to the cross of Christ.
 

Russia: Obama Administration Lied About Meeting with Putin

BY: Morgan Chalfant

Moscow claimed Friday that the White House presented a false account of how next week’s meeting between President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin was arranged.
Reuters reported that Kremlin adviser Yury Ushakov told journalists that the Obama administration “distorted” the truth by claiming that Putin requested the meeting, which will occur following his remarks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York Monday.
According to Moscow, the Obama White House proposed the meeting.

“Details of such preparations are usually not public,” Ushakov said Friday. “But since the American side has decided to present its version, which distorts what happened … I will point out straight away that the statement by the White House Press Secretary [Josh] Earnest that the Russian president sought the meeting, repeatedly asked about its organisation, does not correspond to the truth.”
Earnest said Thursday that the Russian government had made “repeated requests” to meet with Obama.
“I think it is fair for you to say that based on the repeated requests we’ve seen from the Russians, that they are quite interested in having a conversation with President Obama,” the White House spokesman said.
Ushakov told reporters that Moscow “expects more tactful and professional attitude to such kinds of subjects from the U.S. partners.”
The meeting between the two leaders precipitated after Russia began increasing its military activity in Syria. Though the Obama administration has warned Russia that increasing military aid to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime will exacerbate the Syrian civil war, Moscow has continued to send troops and equipment to the country.
Ushakov said Friday that Syria would be the main focus of the conversation between Obama and Putin but that the two would also broach the subject of the chaos in Ukraine.

I'm on a roll...a song dedication for John Boehner's retirement

Hola... for yuz John Boy...ya will be crying in your single malt scotch or beer  during your retirement years...remembering how you screwed 'we the people'...enjoy your 24/7 crying fest! Then prepare for judgement day with God... Was it worth it?...dunno ya be the judge!

Pope Francis: 'All we have to do is Dream'..!

Well ya Pope Francis..we both being oldies Dudes and all...however ya have me by 8 years...but oldies music rocked while we were growing up...and I still listen to oldies... and it keeps me younger lookin' than y'all  ha...without further adieu a song dedication for you el Popie...  hola retro 1960
"All I have to do is Dream" and the second song is "Kathy's Clown".<..pay attention to the lyrics sub Kathy with  Barry...ya may learn sumpin'...!  { side note: This beautiful clip of the Everly Brothers was filmed on their UK tour in 1960 with Buddy Holly's Crickets as the backup band, less than a year and half after the plane crash that took Holly's life. The Reelin' In The Years library contains hours of iconic performances from many of the great artists of the 50s, including)

SILENT NIGHT: The Pope Mentions Nothing About The Rape, Torture & Genocide of Christians

by Rad Magnum 
Washington, D.C. spent yesterday in gridlock, and I’m not talking about congressional standoffs. The city experienced a minor halt thanks to a visit from Pope Francis.
The Pope was in town all day to visit with President Obama, give a message to Congress, and wave at throngs of people gathered to witness his motorcade. He also made a stop at the National Cathedral, where Muslims were welcomed to hold a prayer service around this time last year.

Pope Francis has been widely perceived as a different kind of Pope. He has greater popularity among secularists than other recent popes, and has taken on touchy issues, like homosexuality, with a more progressive perspective. Those two things are probably related.
With that in mind, whatever your expectations or hopes might have been about what the Pope would say during a visit to Washington, D.C., I guarantee you, this wasn’t it. I’m utterly dumbfounded by the topics Pope Francis made priority issues.
National radio host Mark Levin had a lot to say about the Pope’s remarks. You’ll definitely want to hear this, because Mark really nails the issues.
First of all, the Pope talked about climate change, particularly air pollution. I don’t even know where to begin with this. How in the world climate change is a religious issue, much less one of the Pope’s top priority issues, is beyond understanding.

[Climate change movement is a UN scam to establish ‘new world order ...]


“There’s more slaughter, there’s more rape, there’s more misery today than there was before [Obama] took office,” Mark said, “So it’s quite precious when he and the pope go on and on about climate change.”
It’s true—rape, torture, and genocide of Christians is widespread and worldwide, and yet the Pope didn’t mention a word about it. This was a chance for the world’s foremost Catholic figurehead to take a stand on Christian persecution and genocide, and he chose silence.
The Pope also laid a guilt trip on America for not taking its fair share of refugees and immigrants. In the link above, Mark Levin lays out some mind-blowing statistics on how the immigration situation in this country and how it affects national elections, proving the Pope wrong. If you haven’t yet listened to what Mark has to say, go back and click the link above. It’s worth it.
 

MUSLIM PARENTS: Make A Huge Threat To Jersey Schools After Not Getting Their Way

by Rad Magnum
The Muslim holy holiday Eid al-Adha begins tonight and ends tomorrow night. If you know any Muslims, you can likely expect they’ll be celebrating it. Question is, will non-Muslims be forced to celebrate it with them?
Today, the answer to that question is no. But in Jersey City, NJ, that almost wasn’t the case.
At a recent Jersey City Board of Education meeting, Muslim parents showed up en masse to demand that school be closed for the Muslim holiday coming up in six days. Despite the fact that Muslims only make up a fraction of the students in the public school district, they wanted school closed for everyone.

Nearly FOUR HOURS of debate took place before the board issued a decision, and it was far from calm. Disruptions from angry Muslim parents (and other Muslims who were allegedly bused in by CAIR) grew so unruly that security guards were called in to remove them from the room.
Jewish parents stepped up to the microphone to point out that the school district did not observe Jewish holidays, which would make it unfair to spontaneously observe Muslim holidays. And don’t forget the fact that all students of Muslim faith (or any other recognized religion) are granted EXCUSED absences with no penalty for any holy days.
Possibly the strangest thing about this episode is that the Muslim parents were demanding school be canceled for the upcoming holiday, which was only SIX DAYS AWAY. Why they decided to wait until the last possible minute to propose a major, self-serving change to a school calendar is mind-boggling.
Thankfully, the school board made a wise call. You absolutely have to see this video, so you can see how ridiculous these demands are. see video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3246453/We-going-majority-soon-Furious-Muslim-parents-taunt-New-Jersey-school-board-religious-holiday-closure.html




The sense of entitlement sure is strong with these people. And did you catch the veiled threat made by one woman? “We’re no longer the minority. That’s clear from tonight. We’re going to be the majority soon,” she warned. There you have it, folks, Muslims are taking over, according to one of their own.
Despite the intimidation from Muslim parents, the school board stood firm. Canceling school “at this point, with six days’ notice, is going to cause undue hardship on possibly five or ten thousand people who are going to have to scramble to get coverage for their children,” a board member pronounced.
Now the question remains, what will be the case next year?

America’s Forgotten (On Purpose) Christian History

So they say...our answer is ages old..! Barbary Coast anyone?





SEE: http://www.sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2015/09/how-to-resolve-threat-of-radical.html 



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by:Gary DeMar 
Islam is antithetical to Christianity and the founding of the United States. Anyone who is curious about America’s history should know this. But because of our government schools and the claim of religious neutrality (atheism), most public (government) school students have never been introduced to America’s Christian history. What follows is a small slice of that history. 

The first order of business of the newly formed first United States Congress was to appoint chaplains. The Right Reverend Bishop Samuel Provost and the Reverend William Linn became publicly paid chaplains of the Senate and House respectively. Since then, both the Senate and the House have continued regularly to open their sessions with prayer. Nearly all of the fifty states make some provision in their meetings for opening prayers or devotions from guest chaplains. Few if any saw this as a violation of the First Amendment.

On April 30, 1789, George Washington took the oath of office with his hand on an open Bible. After taking the oath, he added, "I swear, so help me God." Following Washington's example, presidents still invoke God's name in their swearing-in ceremony.1

George Washington Taking the Oath of Office: The United States Capitol Historical Society 

The inauguration was followed by "divine services" held in St. Paul's Chapel, "performed by the Chaplain of Congress."2 The first Congress that convened after the adoption of the Constitution requested of the President that the people of the United States observe a day of thanksgiving and prayer:

“That a joint committee of both Houses be directed to wait upon the President of the United States to request that he would recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a Constitution of government for their safety and happiness.” 

After the resolution's adoption, Washington then issued a proclamation setting aside November 26, 1789, as a national day of thanksgiving, calling everyone to "unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions."3
Prayers in Congress, the appointment of chaplains, and the call for days of prayers and thanksgiving do not stand alone in the historical record. The evidence is overwhelming that America has in the past always linked good government to religion – and, in particular, to Christianity. Constitutional scholars Anson Stokes and Leo Pfeffer summarize the role that the Christian religion played in the founding of this nation and the lofty position it has retained:

“Throughout its history our governments, national and state, have co-operated with religion and shown friendliness to it. God is invoked in the Declaration of Independence and in practically every state constitution. Sunday, the Christian Sabbath, is universally observed as a day of rest. The sessions of Congress and of the state legislatures are invariably opened with prayer, in Congress by chaplains who are employed by the Federal government. We have chaplains in our armed forces and in our penal institutions. Oaths in courts of law are administered through use of the Bible. Public officials take an oath of office ending with ‘so help me God.’ Religious institutions are tax exempt throughout the nation. Our pledge of allegiance declares that we are a nation ‘under God.’ Our national motto is ‘In God We Trust’ and is inscribed on our currency and on some of our postage stamps.”4

After only a cursory study of the years leading up to and including the drafting of the Constitution and the inauguration of the first president, it becomes obvious that Christianity played a foundational role in shaping our nation.
It is not surprising that when courts had to define religion, they did so in terms of the Christian religion. In 1930 the Supreme Court declared, "We are a Christian people, according to one another the equal right of religious freedom, and acknowledging with reverence the duty of obedience to the will of God."5 Further evidence of the role that Christianity played in the maintenance of our nation can be found in national pronouncements and inscriptions in our nation's capital.         

Government Buildings and Inscriptions

1. The words "In God We Trust" are inscribed in the House and Senate chambers.
2. The Jefferson Memorial includes these words from Thomas Jefferson: "God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever."
3. Near the Rotunda of the Capitol there is a room set apart for prayer with passages from the Bible. A Bible, usually opened to Psalm 23, sits on the altar underneath the window.
4. "The Baptism of Pocahontas at Jamestown" (1613) hangs in the Capitol Rotunda 
5. The "Embarkation of the Pilgrims" (1620), which hangs in the Rotunda of the Capitol, shows Elder William Brewster holding a Bible opened to the title page which reads "The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." The words "God With Us" are inscribed on the sail of the ship. 
   
6. Engraved on the metal cap on the top of the Washington Monument are the words: "Praise be to God." Lining the walls of the stairwell are numerous Bible verses: "Search the Scriptures" (John 5:39), "Holiness to the Lord," and "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" (Prov. 22:6).
7. The Latin phrase Annuit Coeptis, "[God] has smiled on our undertaking," is inscribed on the Great Seal of the United States.
8. The Liberty Bell has Leviticus 25:10 prominently displayed in a band around its top: "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto the inhabitants thereof.
9. President Eliot of Harvard chose Micah 6:8 for the walls of the Library of Congress: "He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth God require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God."
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11. The lawmaker's library quotes the Psalmist's acknowledgment of the beauty and order of creation: "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork" (Psalm 19:1).
12. A relief of Moses hangs in the House Chamber. Moses is surrounded by twenty-two other lawgivers.
13. The crier who opens each session of the Supreme Court closes with the words, "God save the United States and the Honorable Court."
14. At the opposite end of the Lincoln memorial, words and phrases from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address allude to "God," the "Bible," "providence," "the Almighty," and "divine attributes."
15. A plaque in the Dirksen Office Building has the words "IN GOD WE TRUST" in bronze relief. 

1. On the walls of the Capitol dome, these words appear: "The New Testament according to the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
2. Each president takes his oath of office with his left hand placed on an open Bible and concludes the oath with these words: "So help me God." The Senate Doors (bronze) show George Washington taking the presidential oath with his hands on a Bible.It makes a difference that our coins are stamped with "In God We Trust" instead of "In Allah We Trust." It's important to note that the Library of Congress has a quotation from a Psalm, instead of a line from the Qur’an or the Book of Mormon. 
   
   

Saudi Arabia: Stampede at hajj kills 717 pilgrims

oped: Karma or God's 9-** ? Dunno you be the judge!

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A horrific stampede killed at least 717 pilgrims and injured hundreds more Thursday on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the deadliest tragedy to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in more than two decades.
At least 863 pilgrims were injured in the crush, said the Saudi civil defense directorate, which provided the death toll. The tragedy struck as Muslims around the world marked the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday.
It was the second major disaster during this year's hajj season, raising questions about the adequacy of measures put in place by Saudi authorities to ensure the safety of the roughly 2 million Muslims taking part in the pilgrimage. A crane collapse in Mecca nearly two weeks earlier left 111 people dead.

Many of the victims were crushed and trampled to death as they were on their way to perform a symbolic stoning of the devil by throwing pebbles against three stone columns in Mina, a large valley about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Mecca that has been the site of hajj stampedes in past years. The area houses more than 160,000 tents where pilgrims spend the night during the pilgrimage.
Two survivors interviewed by The Associated Press said the disaster began when one wave of pilgrims found themselves heading into a mass of people going in another direction.
"I saw someone trip over someone in a wheelchair and several people tripping over him. People were climbing over one another just to breathe," said one of the survivors, Abdullah Lotfy, 44, from Egypt. "It was like a wave. You go forward and suddenly you go back."

Lotfy said that having two flows of pilgrims interacting in this way should never have happened. "There was no preparation. What happened was more than they were ready for," he said of the Saudi authorities.

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Saudi Arabia takes great pride in its role as the caretaker of Islam's holiest sites and host to millions of pilgrims annually. But the hajj poses an immense logistical and security challenge for the kingdom, given the sheer number of hundreds of thousands of people — from differing linguistic and cultural backgrounds, many of whom have saved for years for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make the hajj — intent on following the same set of rituals at about the same time.

The kingdom's Interior Ministry said later Thursday that the crush appears to have been caused by two waves of pilgrims meeting at an intersection. King Salman ordered the creation of committee to investigate the incident.

The ministry's spokesman, Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki, said high temperatures and the fatigue of the pilgrims may also have been factors in the disaster. He said there was no indication that authorities were to blame for the event, adding that "unfortunately, these incidents happen in a moment."

Another survivor, Ismail Hamba, 58, from Nigeria, recalled falling down and then being trampled over by marching pilgrims. "It was terrible, it was really, really terrible," he said.

Thursday's tragedy struck during a morning surge of pilgrims at the intersection of streets 204 and 223 as the faithful were making their way toward a large structure overlooking the columns, according to the civil defense directorate. 

The multi-story structure, known as Jamarat Bridge, is designed to ease the pressure of the crowds and prevent pilgrims from being trampled.

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Members of Saudi civil defense try to rescue pilgrims following a crush caused by large numbers of p …

Ambulance sirens blared and helicopters hovered overhead as rescue crews rushed the injured to nearby hospitals. More than 220 rescue vehicles and some 4,000 members of the emergency services were deployed soon after the stampede to try to ease the congestion and provide alternative exit routes, according to the directorate. 

Amateur video shared on social media showed a horrific scene, with scores of bodies — the men dressed in the simple terry cloth garments worn during hajj — lying amid crushed wheelchairs and water bottles along a sunbaked street.

Survivors assessed the scene from the top of roadside stalls near white tents as rescue workers in orange and yellow vests combed the area.

International media covering the hajj, including The Associated Press journalists in Mina, were restricted from visiting the site of the accident for several hours and from immediately leaving an Information Ministry complex where the press is housed during the final three days of the pilgrimage, per government rules.

Photos released by the directorate on its official Twitter account showed rescue workers helping the wounded onto stretchers and loading them onto ambulances near some of the tents. 

Dozens of bodies could still be seen in the streets at dusk despite the presence of ambulances and refrigerator trucks to haul away the dead.

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In this Monday, Sept. 21, 2015 photo taken with a slow shutter speed, Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaa …

Saudi authorities take extensive precautions to ensure the security and the safety of pilgrims during the hajj, which is an obligation for every able-bodied Muslim. The pilgrimage began in earnest Tuesday. There are about 100,000 security forces deployed this year to oversee crowd management and ensure pilgrims' safety during the five-day pilgrimage. 

At Mina specifically, authorities have put measures in place over the years to try to alleviate the pressure posed by masses of pilgrims converging on the site of the stoning ritual.

Officials use surveillance cameras and other equipment to limit the number of people converging on the site, and the Jamarat Bridge has multiple exits to facilitate the flow of people.

But tragedies are not uncommon.

The death toll from Thursday's crush far exceeded that of a similar incident in 2006, near the same site, when more than 360 pilgrims were killed in a stampede. Another stampede at Mina in 2004 left 244 pilgrims dead and hundreds injured.

The deadliest hajj-related tragedy happened in 1990, when at least 1,426 pilgrims perished in a stampede in an overcrowded pedestrian tunnel leading to holy sites in Mecca. 

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The latest tragedy is certain to have touched many different countries as the victims likely included pilgrims of different nationalities.

Sudanese pilgrim Mahmoun Mahmoud, 55, witnessed what he said appeared to be pilgrims from many different countries.

At least 95 Iranian pilgrims perished, according to the official IRNA news agency. The chief of the Iranian hajj organizing agency, Saeed Ohadi, said that "mismanagement by the Saudis" led to the tragedy. Deputy foreign minister, Hossesin Amir Abdollahian, told the official IRNA news agency that his ministry summoned the Saudi envoy to Tehran for an official protest over what he called the "inadequate performance of Saudi authorities" in the incident. 

No Egyptian nationals died according to initial reports but Egypt's hajj delegation executive president, Maj. Gen. Sayed Maher, said 30 Egyptians were injured in the stampede.

The United States expressed its "deepest condolences" for the victims of the "heartbreaking stampede" outside Mecca. National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said the U.S. joins in mourning for "the tragic loss of these faithful pilgrims."

The U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was "deeply saddened" to hear of the deaths, his spokesman said in a statement.

In the Pakistani city of Lahore, Sajida Arif, said her father, Haji Arif, died in the stampede. "Before leaving for the hajj, he told me he had a wish to be buried in Mecca," she said. 

Less than two weeks ago, a giant construction crane came crashing down on the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the focal point of the hajj. The Sept. 11 accident killed at least 111 people and injured more than 390.

Authorities blamed the crane collapse on high winds during an unusually powerful storm, and faulted the construction giant Saudi Binladin Group, which oversees construction at the mosque, for not following operating procedures.

And last Thursday, more than 1,000 fled a fire in an 11-story Mecca hotel that left two people injured.

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Schreck reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press writer Sarah El Deeb in Beirut and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.

The White House threatens Dr.Ben Carson..There will be consequences!

oped: Well Barry Barack Obama it appears as if you took Ben Carson's comment personal...hmmm maybe it's time you came out of the proverbial closet and admitted to your MB Islamic faith! 
Never mind I will take you out of the closet:  


SEE: http://sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-obama-filechristianmuslim-us.html 

http://sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2015/09/31-reasons-why-obama-makes-us-all-think.html 

http://sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2015/09/barack-obama-el-diablo.html 

The White House said yesterday "there will be consequences" when asked about Ben Carson. The typical Muslim groups CAIR and others said he's unfit for office and should drop out.   The left is trying to stop Ben Carson and calling him a bigot. We are defending him and his First Amendment rights against the liberal machine! 

Friends,

Ben Carson answered a gotcha question from a liberal reporter truthfully and has brought out the entire left against him. He's been called a bigot. He's been told to drop out of the race. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders went out of their way to reference it. Every pro-Muslim group is getting air time on MSNBC or CNN.

In referencing Sharia law he said he didn't believe a Muslim practicing sharia was compatible with the Constitution. And he's right. While nobody's religion prevents them from the Office, sharia law prevents anyone that supports it from the Office. The same groups arguing for him to drop out of the race freely admit that American law and the Constitution are unfit for sharia law.

CAIR, the infamous supporter of Hamas that meets in the White House and is considered the leading Muslim civil rights group, is leading the charge against Carson yet their leaders have been caught advocating for sharia taking over America. Never leave a controversey unexploited. The White House and CAIR conducted similar press conferences yesterday, almost as if they were sharing notes.

We've had enough! Ben Carson can't say it but we can. We will call out the poltically correct nonsense and liberal attacks on Carson. He doesn't deserve to be ridiculed by this question and we are putting out the forceful message against these attacks that he can't. Join us in taking on the left and defending Ben Carson! 

  

Yes Indeed the dreaded Taxman has been unleashed on Dr.Ben Carson..maybe they should look into Bill and Hillary's income! 

http://sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2012/06/tax-his-land-tax-his-bed-tax-table-at.html 

Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.

- Dr. Ben Carson -

Many people were introduced to Ben Carson when he called Obamacare the worst thing since slavery, with Obama sitting just a few feet away. This episode shows what kind of leader Carson is. He's not afraid to say what he thinks to anyone, including the President.

Ben Carson has the knowledge and a successful life in the private sector that shows he is ready to tackle the challenges of the current times. He speaks forcefully about the Constitution, the 2nd Amendment and he knows that our freedom and liberty are being taken away by the progressive policies of Obama. 

Democrats are fearful because Carson is a successful man that didn't need government assistance and lashes out against the liberal agenda any chance he gets. That's why every talking head liberal group jumped at the first opportunity to go on the attack to get him out the race. 

We are defending Carson from these attacks the way his campaign cannot. If you are afraid of the direction of the country and the nonsense thought and speech police of the left now is the time to Defend Ben Carson and fight back against these attacks! 

Dr. Carson sees 2016 as the "year America will strike back at Washington D.C. The people of this country are tired of the political pundits and the ruling class. We are where Thomas Jefferson foresaw when he said that the people would realize that the entire system is turned upside down, and they would realize it and they would rise up. That's what's happening."

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Like Dr. Carson says it is time Americans rise up against the political class and lead America back to greatness with conservative values and principles! Ben Carson is the right candidate at the right time. He grew up poor with a strong single mother, learned the ladders of opportunity that America provides through education, hard work and a willingness to give back.

Liberal groups don't want you and other Americans to know his story so they are lining up to attack Carson's answer to a gotcha question and the media is taking it in. They will stop at nothing to destroy a conservative Black leader who questions the entire liberal worldview.

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Hey #FBI #DOJ ...Hillary Clinton called y'all F**king Dogs

oped: Time to drop the proverbial hammer on the B**ch eh? After all she calls her Secret Service protection Agents dogs also... among other not so nice terms!  



By David K. Li 
and Chris Perez

An enraged Hillary Rodham Clinton blew up at President Obama, demanding he “call off your f–king dogs” looking into her emails during a tense Oval Office meeting, according to a new book.
The book, “Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary,” says the former first lady was furious at what she believed were damaging leaks by Obama aides that led to investigations of her use of a private email server as secretary of state. So she went right to the top to settle the matter.
Clinton requested a meeting with Obama, against the advice of hubby Bill Clinton, believing “she was being persecuted for minor, meaningless violations,” author Edward Klein writes.
Clinton initially took a friendly approach during the meeting and Obama reacted as if he didn’t know what she was talking about, the book claims.

“He was almost being deliberately dense,” a Clinton source said. “It really angered her.”
Clinton lost her temper and called the president by his first name in an emotionally driven break with White House decorum, according to the book.
“What I want for you to do is call off your f–king dogs, Barack!” Clinton allegedly barked at Obama, according to Klein’s account, which cited sources close to Clinton and Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.

The president was so stunned by Clinton’s disrespectful demands, he needed a moment to compose himself, the book claims.
Obama then responded, “There is nothing I can do for you one way or another. Things have been set in motion, and I can’t and won’t interfere. Your problems are, frankly, of your own making. If you had been honest . . .”
Klein reports Clinton interrupted, “There are always haters out there to get the Clintons.”
The Democratic 2016 front-runner is said to have later regretted her tirade against the president — not for the disrespect she showed, but for the weakness she displayed.
 

[Would you vote Hillary for President?]

Nick Merrill, Clinton’s spokesman, called Klein’s account “bulls–t.”
“Another book? Someone should do a book about Ed,” said Merrill. “They could call it ‘Bulls–t: The Problem with Anything Ed Klein Writes.’
“The only true thing about him is his consistent and utter lack of a relationship with the facts,” Merrill said. “He has more hair than credibility, and the man is bald. So we’re not going to get down in the gutter with him and his outrageous fabrications.”
In another section of the book, Klein says Clinton faces “mounting health issues” — and is secretly worried she’s too sick to run for president, according to an excerpt posted by Radar Online.
The 67-year-old former first lady and New York senator has been “frequently plagued” by “blinding headaches,” according to Klein.
“For the first time since I’ve known her, she’s showing self-doubt about her strength and vitality,” a friend of Clinton’s allegedly told Klein, who has written about the Obamas and Kennedys in the past.

The presidential candidate has also been battling insomnia that has “worried her, because it sapped her energy just when she needed it most for the campaign,” Klein writes.
In late 2012, Clinton suffered from a life-threatening blood clot on her brain that left her “constantly worried” she would develop another one, according to Klein.
But Clinton insists she’s in good health and last summer released a medical evaluation from her personal physician, Dr. Lisa Bardack of Mount Kisco in Westchester County, attesting to her fitness to serve as president.

 

Insane plan to protect the Pope – from Congress!?

Federal security officials seem especially worried about one event on Pope Francis’ visit to America – his planned speech before Congress.
Leaders from both parties are concerned that the pontiff will be mobbed by publicity-seeking members of Congress looking for photo-ops or to appear on television with Francis.
They’ve had to carefully instruct Congressional members that no handshakes, photos, or kissing of the rings are allowed when Francis enters the House chamber for his historic speech to Congress.
Even more pathetic, House and Senate leaders are planning on building a wall of inner-circle veterans they trust to block the pope from glad-handers desperate to reach him.

These same House and Senate leaders also sent a reminder message this week to fellow lawmakers, asking they refrain “from handshakes and conversations along and down the center aisle during the announced arrivals of the Senate, dean of the Diplomatic Corps, U.S. Supreme Court, president’s Cabinet and Pope Francis.”
The pope is scheduled to arrive at the Capitol shortly after 9 a.m. EDT tomorrow to meet with House Speaker John Boehner, then start his address to a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber shortly thereafter. Vice President Joe Biden, diplomats, justices, and Cabinet members are expected in a jam-packed chamber.

House members and senators each were allocated one ticket to distribute for seats in the House gallery to view the speech.
The speech also will be telecast on giant screens on the West Lawn of the Capitol, where up to 50,000 people with tickets are expected to view it.
House members were given 50 standing-room tickets for the West Lawn and senators were given 200. Lawmakers also were each allocated one ticket to distribute for viewing from the lower west terrace of the Capitol.
After his speech to Congress, the pope will appear on the Capitol balcony facing the National Mall to address the crowds.
The Associated Press contributed to this article

Obama’s Bay of Pigs? Botched military op arming terrorists

Is this the Obama Administration’s version of the Bay of Pigs? 

Shocking new revelations prove that Obama’s plan to train foreign anti-ISIS fighters in Syria has become a total disaster. And U.S. weapons may have ended up in terror group Al-Qaeda’s hands.
The administration has been struggling to explain its military strategy to “destroy and degrade” ISIS with an air campaign and its poorly executed programs to train, assist, and equip local moderate forces.
Obama initially promised to train 5,000 anti-ISIS fighters in Syria when he asked Congress to approve $500 million in supplies and training. Officials said last week that fewer than 200 are going through training now.

After the first 54 fighters were sent in to fight in July, they quickly dispersed or were defeated. Asked how many remain active on their initial mission, Gen. Lloyd Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee last week, “It’s a small number. … We’re talking four or five.”
And recent supports suggest that one of the U.S. trained fighters immediately took money and weapons provided by the American government to a local Al-Qaeda affiliate.
These stunning developments came at the same time defense officials scrambled separately to respond to allegations that they skewed intelligence assessments to give a rosier picture of conditions on the battlefield.
The Associated Press contributed to this report

How to resolve the threat of radical Islamists within the USA

 
First and foremost the practice of Sharia Law/also known as Islamic Law must be banned within all 50 states constitutions as well as US territories..


Second the US Congress must pass a bill making the practice of Sharia Law within the borders of the US as well as it's territories a class A felony punishable by 5 years in prison and a  $100,000 fine...As well as revoking naturalized citizenship/or resident alien card and deportation from the United States.

Now before the challenges start let me make this perfectly clear Islamic/Sharia law is not like Christian Canon Law nor Jewish Law...they are neither civil nor criminal laws...They are infractions of church doctrine limited to within the church and the only penalty if severe enough is expulsion/ex-communication from the church!

Now in contrast to Islamic/Sharia Law...this is a Theocracy which is a combination of religious doctrine and government control/Law!  As one can clearly see... the conflict between Islamic Sharia Law and US Law/Constitution/Bill of Rights..It would be a government of itself working within the bounds of the United States of America...which can be defined as a invading government/army attempting to take over the United States of America through coercion and or force!

Shari’ah, or Islamic law, is brutal and the "centerpiece and backbone of the religion of Islam." It is based on the Qur’an, which Muslims believe is the revealed book of God given to Muhammad over 23 years, ending in 632 CE, and the Sunnah, or example of the Prophet Muhammad, whom Muslims believe was divinely guided. The Hadith, which are sayings of Muhammad and provide information about the Sunnah, were recorded in the two centuries after Muhammad’s death in authenticated hadith collections. Islamic law prescribes Muslim behavior in every aspect of life from private matters between the individual and God to relationships with others from the family or the widest community. 

ie:
Some other common features of Sharia law, some taken from the Koran, some from subsequent legal texts:

• While in public, women must cover their faces with a Hijab.
• Men can have up to four wives and can divorce (called talaq) at their option. If they do not divorce their first wife but just abandon her, she is obliged to carry on as a married woman and cannot seek out another spouse without risking the traditional punishment for adultery: stoning. Stoning is done in public by first wrapping a person in a blanket and burying them in a deep hole exposing their head and the population gathered around is invited to throw large stones at the adulterer, the size of which Sharia law prescribes, and a sentence always fatal.
• The penalty after a fourth conviction of a homosexual act is death.
• Adoption is not allowed. Adults can become guardians of the children of others but not the legal parents through adoption.
• Sharia law prohibits dating and marriage between a Muslim and a non-Muslim and it is practically impossible for a Muslim (even a recent convert) to renounce the Muslim faith. 
• Any abandonment of the Muslim faith is itself a serious crime (apostasy) with severe punishment.
• Sharia law has a stringent evidentiary requirement for eye witnesses, preferably from men. Convictions for crimes cannot be based on circumstantial evidence alone.
• Vagrancy can carry tough penalties such as jail and caning.
• Generally, a person alleged to have violated Sharia laws in the states governed by them would not be pursued, or apprehended, in states not governed by Sharia laws.
• Many states which implement Sharia law have blasphemy statutes which punishes by prison or death any person who such as preaching Christianity or the distribution of Christian items.

Adherents of Sharia law believe it to be divinely inspired; as the word of God (Allah).
Muslims or adherents of the Muslim faith, often resent the portrayal of Sharia as medieval. If a statement of law is set out their great book, the Koran, that, to them, is a full response.

Muslims point to "social problems" they say are endemic to countries with other systems of law (such as tolerance of non-traditional sexual orientation, personal crime and divorce rates) and add that the invasive and deterrent features of Sharia law are merited as this arrests those "problems" and thus frees the people and society to attain their true potential, as God aspires.
As with most theocracies, Sharia law is difficult if not impossible to reconcile with the fundamental principles of democracy. One of the features of Sharia is that, in theory, it is invariable and stable. Democratic principles such as political pluralism, and the constant tug towards expanding individual freedoms, are incompatible with Sharia.
In Refash Party v Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights adopted these words:

"It is difficult to declare one's respect for democracy and human rights while at the same time supporting a regime based on sharia, which clearly diverges from values (of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms), particularly with regard to its criminal law and criminal procedure, its rules on the legal status of women and the way it intervenes in all spheres of private and public life in accordance with religious precepts....
"In the Court's view, a political party whose actions seem to be aimed at introducing Sharia in a State party to the Convention can hardly be regarded as an association complying with the democratic ideal that underlies the whole of the Convention."

The Shari’ah contains categories and subjects of Islamic law called the branches of fiqh (literally, "understanding"). They include Islamic worship, Family relations, Inheritance, Commerce, Property law, Civil (tort) law, Criminal law, Administration, Taxation, Islamic Constitution, International Relations, War and Ethics, and other categories. 

I rest my case! 

Vlad Putin said it best: