St. Cloud, MN letter-to-the-editor about Somali constitution brings firestorm of comments
The debate we helped start here a little over a week ago continues in St. Cloud, Minnesota as a letter writer says Somalis must choose between Somalia’s constitution based entirely on sharia-law and the US Constitution.
Somalis in Minnesota: Time to choose, sharia law or US Constitution? Photo at MN Historical Society
Here is Willmar resident Bob Enos this past Thursday. As of this minute (on Sunday morning) there are 153 comments! You should get in on the action, submit a comment and continue to educate the readers of the St. Cloud Times!
Thank you for your coverage of Ann Corcoran’s recent visit to St. Cloud concerning Somali immigration. With regard to Islamic Sharia law, if your fact-checkers read the Provisional Constitution of Somalia, here is what they would know.
Article 2 – “Islam is the religion of the State. … No other religion than Islam can be propagated in the country. … No law can be enacted that is not compliant with the general principles and objectives of Shari’ah.”
Article 8(3) states: “A person who is a Somali citizen cannot be deprived of Somali citizenship, even if they become a citizen of another country.”
A country’s constitution represents the hopes, dreams, aspirations and expectations of its citizens.
The question to our Somali-American citizens: You’ve sworn allegiance to an Islamic theocratic state and a U.S. secular, democratic state, each founded on diametrically opposed ideals. You can’t believe that both are correct.
You need to make a choice.
Go here and see what all the buzz is about, add some of your own!
For new readers, we have an extensive archive on St. Cloud, here. Our earliest post (I believe) was this one (in 2008!) written by blog partner, Judy, about Somalis threatening a service dog and his owner at a St. Cloud area school. The dog-owner subsequently dropped out of the teaching program.
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