Open mouth, insert foot

Submitted by Rebecca Moulds (United States), Aug 7, 2011 at 10:14

Christie's blustering defense of appointing Sohail Mohammed only proves that he doesn't understand what Shari'a is. Heaven forbid that he should ever run for president.

I have just returned from three weeks in Egypt and can attest to a growing underground movement of radical Islam in that country. Seeing the effect of this in Egypt, any sane person would do anything to stop such an ideology from reaching our shores. Shari'a is directly associated with Islam in its most radical form. It would behoove Mr. Christie to listen to those who have knowledge of what Shari'a is and what it would mean to this country if any of those laws were insidiously introduced into our legal system. That he would blindly facilitate such a movement is very disconcerting.

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