Dalia Mogahed, one of two Muslim members of President Obama's faith advisory council, has come under fire from conservatives for her early October appearance on a British television show connected with an extremist Muslim group.
.... the Daily Telegraph reported earlier this month that Mogahed told the show: "I think the reason so many women support sharia is because they have a very different understanding of sharia than the common perception in Western media . . . . The majority of women around the world associate gender justice, or justice for women, with sharia compliance." [U.S.News & World Report] Read more
Obama’s Muslim Faith Adviser Defends Sharia Remarks Not enough time to fact check Obama’s Muslim faith-based advisor, Dalia Mogahed, as she defends her remarks on Islamic sharia law, and since the Weekly Standard and conservative American writers and bloggers were singled out, we’re confident some of them will analyze her response in depth. [Creeping Sharia] Read more
Dalia Mogahed Makes More Excuses for HT Show Appearance As covered here at the Spittoon, one of President Obama’s advisors on Muslim affairs, Dalia Mogahed, appeared on a Hizb ut-Tahrir TV show on the Islam Channel. She then sent a letter to the Telegraph which, in a singularly unconvincing manner, tried to justify her appearance on the ‘Muslimah Dilemma’ show. Now she has written another defence of her appearance, this time for the Huffington Post. [The Spittoon] Read more
