Islamic Doctrine versus the U.S. Structure: The Dilemma for Muslim Public Officers

Growing numbers of Muslim candidates for workplace are coming into the U.S. political system at each degree from native to state and federal; and, whereas we applaud civic engagement by all residents in our democratic system, we are also aware that Islam is a religion like none different within the obligation levied on its followers to position Islamic Regulation (shariah) above some other legislation, together with the U.S. Structure.

Clearly, this units up a conundrum for these candidates for political workplace who’re religious and training Muslims. Certainly, Andre Carson (IN-D), who at the moment represents Indiana’s seventh District within the U.S. Home of Representatives, has overtly urged fellow Muslims in express phrases to symbolize Islam as an elected official within the U.S. authorities:

“Each one in every of us has a directive to symbolize Islam, in all of our imperfections, however to symbolize Islam … Such declarations arrange a direct problem to Article VI Clause 2 of the U.S. Structure, to which every Member of Congress, Home and Senate, is pledged underneath oath to uphold.”

Along with his latest e-book, “Islamic Doctrine versus The U.S. Structure: The Dilemma for Muslim Public Officers,” writer and scholar of Islam Stephen M. Kirby, Ph.D. has drawn upon a collection of essays first printed on PipelineNews.org. Dr. Kirby has elucidated the very direct conflicts between Islamic Regulation and the first, 2nd, 4th, eighth, thirteenth, and 14th Amendments to the Structure. However one would possibly ask, aren’t all Members of Congress obligated to swear or affirm an oath to help that Structure? So, how may a Muslim official take such an oath and but stay true to each his religion and the Structure he has pledged to uphold?

As this e-book goes to print, the U.S. is heading into one other presidential election yr (2020). The sobering actuality of what religious, devoted, observant Muslims truly imagine and are certain to obey should be an element within the accountability of each citizen to be each knowledgeable and engaged within the political course of. Dr. Kirby’s scholarship on this regard couldn’t probably be extra well timed and is product of much more sensible use by the tenth and ultimate chapter within the e-book, the place he proposes quite a few issues and attainable questions for the American citizen who could wish to attend a marketing campaign occasion the place a Muslim candidate can be obtainable for Questions and Solutions.

All the textual content of “Islamic Doctrine versus The U.S. Structure: The Dilemma for Muslim Public Officers” could also be considered a handbook for the citizen voter.