The Constitution or Sharia; Preserving Freedom Conference Just Two Days Away -- Attendance Exceeds All Expectations

NASHVILLE, Nov. 9, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Constitution or Sharia; Preserving Freedom Conference will take place at the Cornerstone Church in Madison, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville, this Friday, November 11, starting at 10 AM.

According to William J. Murray, chairman of the Sharia Awareness Action Network (www.shariafreeusa.com), the conference organizer, yesterday, registrations passed 350. Between the day and evening sessions, close to 500 are expected to attend. When the venue was the Hutton Hotel, which breached its contract with the conference, fewer than 200 were expected.

"This will be the first national conference on Sharia and the creeping Islamization of America," Murray noted. 

"We have an exciting lineup of speakers, including: Frank Gaffney (Center for Security Policy), Mathew Staver (Dean of the Liberty University Law School), Wafa Sultan (women's rights advocate), Steve Gill (syndicated talk show host), John Guandolo (an FBI Special Agent for 12 years and counter-terrorism trainer), Brigitte Gabriel (President, ACT! for America) David French (American Center for Law and Justice), Michael DelGiorno (WTN talk show host), Lou Ann Zelenik and Andy Miller (Tennessee Freedom Coalition), Rabbi Jonathan Hausman, Bishop E,W. Jackson, Sr., Don Feder (former syndicated columnist) and Tennessee State Representative Rick Womick." For a complete list of speakers and conference schedule, go to shariafreeusa.com/conference-schedule. 

Topics include: "Overview and Unity of Islamist Threat: Depth of Penetration," "Sharia and Legal Action," "Dehumanization of Women Under Sharia," "Fighting Islamist Propaganda in the Media," "Islamophobia: a Created Crisis to Crush Dissent," "The European Experience," "Grassroots Organizing Against Sharia, Including Mega-Mosques," "The Muslim Brotherhood In America," "Religious Persecution Under Sharia," "Unmasking The Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America," and "Defending Liberty In Legislatures."

There is a reduced conference fee of $20. The morning session runs from 10AM to 12:30PM, lunch (with a speaker) 12:30 to 1:15, afternoon session from 1:15 to 5:15, dinner break from 5:15 to 7:00pm and an evening g session, 7-9PM. The evening session is free and open to the public.

The Cornerstone Church has a reputation for championing First Amendment rights. Dutch MP Geet Wilders also spoke there on May 12, 2011.

IRD: Iranian Homosexual Executions Reveal Dangers of Islamic Law

"Liberal activists in America deride churches for upholding traditional marriage but seem mostly silent when Islamist regimes execute homosexuals and adulterers." -- Faith J.H. McDonnell, IRD Religious Liberty Program Director

Contact: Jeff Walton, Institute on Religion and Democracy, 202-682-4131, 202-413-5639 cell, jwalton@TheIRD.org

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- The execution of three Iranian men for alleged homosexual acts is alarming human rights organizations. Since many churches don't realize the global threat from Shari'a (Islamic law), IRD's religious liberty director is urging churches to condemn the executions and stand against attempts to enshrine Shari'a worldwide.

According to the Iranian Student News Agency, the men were hanged to death on Sunday morning at Karoun prison in the south western city of Ahvaz. The agency quoted Abdolhamid Amanat, an official at the prosecutor office in Khuzestan Province, as its source.

The Independent reports that the recent Ahvaz executions cite section 108 and 110 of the Iranian penal code, which prescribes death for "lavat" (sodomy). Iran is an Islamic Republic ultimately governed by clerics. Under traditional Islamic law, homosexual practice and adultery, among other offenses, are punishable by death.

IRD Religious Liberty Program Director Faith J.H. McDonnell commented:

"Liberal activists in America deride churches for upholding traditional marriage but seem mostly silent when Islamist regimes execute homosexuals and adulterers.

"Enshrining parts of Shari'a into Western legal codes, as the Archbishop of Canterbury has suggested, or accommodating it by social custom, opens a door to manifold dangers that churches and human rights organizations cannot ignore.

"Multiculturalism and political correctness sometimes argue for accommodating Sharia in the West. But Christians and others concerned about human rights must defend Western legal traditions of equality before the law.

"Liberal activists so quick to accuse traditional Christians of homophobia and Islamophobia might give a little more attention to how the Islamic Republic of Iran treats its people."

 
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