Sharia Law in America, the Omar Charter, and Christians in Syria

In various states across our Judeo-Christian America, Islamists are petitioning the courts for the right to practice Sharia law. This is an attempt to promote Islamic law over our Constitution and establish Islamic law as the law of the United States. Please don’t be naïve and think this cannot happen in America. It is happening right now – little by little – like the frog in the kettle. What would be the consequences of Sharia law replacing our Constitution and the rights it guarantees us?

One aspect of Sharia law is the concept of Dhimma. Dhimma is the Islamic policy and practice of placing non-Muslims under a protected status by requiring them to pay a special protection tax called a jizya. This is in effect, the same as paying the Mafia protection money to keep them from killing you. Non-Muslims living under Islamic rule have a choice of converting to Islam, paying the special protection tax or being murdered, usually by having your head chopped off. Where did this idea come from?

The Arab leader who succeeded Mohammed was Omar. He produced a document called the “Omar Charter.” Here are some of the conditions placed on Jews living as dhimma. Similar conditions were placed on Christians.

The Omar Charter

1. Jews were forbidden to touch the Koran.
2. Jews were required to wear distinctive clothing.
3. Jews were required to wear a yellow piece of cloth as a badge (blue for Christians).
4. Jews were not allowed to perform their religious practices in public.
5. Jews were not allowed to own a horse which was a sign of a nobleman.
6. Jews were required to bury their dead without grieving in public.
7. Jews were required to pay special taxes.
8. Jews were not allowed to defend themselves against a Moslem.
9. Jews were not allowed to testify against a Moslem.
10. Jews were forbidden to build new synagogues.

11.The houses and tombs of Jews were not allowed to be higher than those of the Moslems.

12. The graves of Jews had to be level so that anyone could walk over them.

Throughout the centuries, Jews and Christians living under Islamic rule suffered persecution and humiliation, the intensity of which was determined by the character of the particular Moslem ruler. There was never a “good time” for Jews and Christians living under Islamic rule.

Applying the Omar Charter to Christians in Syria

Islamists have taken control of the northern city of Raqqa in Syria. This terrorists group is known as the ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). They have given the Christian community there the clear choice mentioned above; convert to Islam, accept the status of dhimma or be murdered.

In order to survive and maintain their Christian presence, some leading members of the Christian community have agreed to submit to the special status of dhimma. Here are some of the conditions they must live under.

1. They can no longer ring their church bells or repair their church buildings.
2. They cannot pray or worship in public only in the privacy of their homes.
3. They cannot display or wear a cross.
4. They cannot own weapons.
5. They cannot consume alcohol in public or sell alcohol or pork to Muslims.
6. They cannot smoke tobacco.
7. Women must wear veils in public.
8. The dhimma can be murdered if they fail to pay the protection money.
9. The dhimma can be murdered at the whim of the Islamists if they feel slighted by the dhimma.
10. The terms of the payment can be changed at the discretion of the Islamists.

Sharia Law in America

Same as above. Applies to both churches and synagogues.