Near D.C.? Join Us to Learn About Role of Religious Law in America
July 12, 2012 
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Over the last several years, there has been a barrage of legislation introduced at the state level under the guise of “protecting” secular law from religious influence. But in reality, many of these initiatives are obviously or surreptitiously targeting American Muslims. The rhetoric that has emerged out of these legislative campaigns has too often been rife with harmful inaccuracies and generalizations that infringe on the civil rights and religious liberty of Americans. As a religious minority, Jews know all too well the dangers that arise when stereotypes and religious bigotry is allowed to flourish.
Join Rabbi David Saperstein and other respected religious leaders to learn more about this important subject.
The Role of Religious Law in America:
Interfaith Perspectives on Islam, Shari’ah, and the U.S.
Monday, July 16 ~ 7:30pm-9pm
National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW, Washington, DC
Panelists include:
Rabbi David Saperstein, Director and Counsel, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Dr. Azizah Al-Hibri, Founder, KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
Imam Mohamed Magid, Executive Director, All Dulles Area Muslim Society Center, and President, Islamic Society of North America
Dean Robert Destro, Professor of Law, School of Law, Catholic University of America; Director/Founder of the Interdisciplinary Program in Law & Religion
This event is cosponsored by:
KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights. Through education, legal outreach and advocacy, KARAMAH contributes to the understanding and promotion of human rights worldwide, particularly the rights of Muslim women under Islamic and civil law.
Shoulder-to-Shoulder: Standing with American Muslims; Upholding American Values, a national campaign of religious, interfaith and faith-based organizations dedicated to ending anti-Muslim sentiment.
One set of laws which seem to violate almost every aspect of current efforts is the antisemetic “blue laws” (sunday restrictions of various buisness activities). These laws were enacted in evil europe during the middle ages to destroy the sabbath. They required buisnesses to be open on shabbos and close on sunday… these terrible laws somehow were adopted by american protestants…later to include many other restrictions about sunday. In fact on long island a few years ago a village issued a stop work order on a construction job we were working on suday..I explained to the code enforcement officer that I do not recognize sunday and he should have been here yesterday….he was not amused. I recieved a summons! They would arrest me if I started my crane again! it seems this religious law is ignored? The Post office delivers mail on shabbos…never sunday..why? Govt offices are closed on goy holidays but not 8 days of sukkoth? It seems you can any color you want as long as its white (wasp) james ainoris