Mike Huckabee’s Christian Sharia Law

[DonViejo]

Dean Obeidallah

First of all, Governor, nobody in this country gets to force their religious views on others. And, while we’re at it, Muslims can own dogs.

Mike Huckabee is known as a former governor, an author, a onetime Fox News host, and as a possible contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. And now we have a new way to describe Huckabee: Christian Wahhabist.

For those unaware, Wahhabism is a sect of Islam, primarily practiced in Saudi Arabia, which follows a very conservative interpretation of the faith. Wahhabis demand that their religious principles be imposed as the law of their country. And Huckabee, in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN, made it clear that on certain social issues, he too believes that his religious beliefs should be the basis for the laws of the state.

But before we get to that issue, let me start with the reason Huckabee’s interview came to my attention. Huckabee stated that his continued opposition to same-sex marriage is based on the Bible, and that he can’t “evolve” on the issue “unless I get a new version of the scriptures.” He then added that it would be comparable to “asking a Muslim to serve up something that is offensive to him or to have dogs in his backyard.”

Being a Muslim who has offered many times before to be people’s “Muslim friend,” and to answer their questions the best I could about the faith, Huckabee’s dog comment immediately caused some friends to reach out on social media. “Are Muslims religiously prohibited from owning dogs?” they asked.

The simple answer: no. Nowhere in the Quran does such a prohibition appear. However, there are mentions of dogs in the Hadith, which are the sayings and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. Many Muslims view the Hadith as second only to the Koran in terms of being authoritative. But it should be noted that not all Muslims follow the Hadith and there are questions about the veracity of some of its passages.

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A comment below the above article at TDB

“Rousas John Rushdoony is widely credited as the father of Christian Reconstructionism which advocates for theocracy based on Old Testament law and a death sentence for crimes as homosexuality, adultery, lying about ones virginity. He advocated for segregation and believed some people were born to be slaves. He was a strong advocate for home schooling. Two of his followers were Jerry Falwell, and James Dobson. Falwell, before his death was president of Liberty University. He was also a major leader in Virginia’s “Massive Resistance” that lead to closing the public school system in Virginia following Brown V Board. Dobson is the founder and leader of Focus on the Family and holds Value Voter conferences where Republican candidates can appear to prove they are conservative enough and Christian enough.

I recommend two books for those who would like to explore this more: Republican Gomorrah by Max Blumenthal and Biblical Nonsense by Jason Long

[Bluenorthwest]

1. Huckabee has been attracting Republican voters since first taking public office in 1993

He's been saying horrific things the entire time. His attacks on LGBT people have included calls for relocation camps.

[Thinkingabout]

2. Huckabee speaking ill of other religions is a trait of the Baptist. I left the Baptist because of

their attacks mostly when I was young of the Catholics, speaking ill of others religions is not acceptable. We have freedom of religion in the US, a right I hold near and dear, he would not really want his freedom of religion infringed upon either. Huckabee's mouth over runneth, he needs lip control.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Yes but he does lots of anti gay materials with which those other religions agree and nod along and

that is why those other religions have never, in the more than 20 years Huckabee has been active in politics, stood up to object to his views and his bigotry. Same on Choice.
This is important because those areas of agreement are why other religious people have not strongly objected to Huckabee in all these years. They share anti gay and anti choice dogmas with him, the rest is just rhetorical dressing which they accept with the deal.
Does the Pope have different views on LGBT rights or abortion rights than Huckabee? No he does not. He has a different lexicon, a more 'uptown' lingo. But they say the same things.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Yes, but it is CHRISTIAN Maria law, way better than Sharia! When is America going to give the boot

to the ones who assault secularism in favor of religious rule?

Secularism is under massive and open assault by radical Christianity and most pretend not to even notice.

[safeinOhio]

4. OK Mike, you say this is a Christian Nation.

Now we have to decide which denomination it's going to be so we'll know which laws to institute.

Let's see, about 65 million Catholics in the U.S.
Next, about 15 million Southern Baptist.

So, that settles it, we are a Catholic Nation, so we can just turn over the law making to the Pope.

What do you think Huck?