veiled4allah: dumb media tricks veiled4allah: dumb media tricksOne exchange centered on the thoughts of a Muslim who enters a U.S. court and sees a carving of the Ten Commandments on the wall. "Imagine the Buddhist or Muslim who walks into the Supreme Court. He will realize this is not his government," Mr. Chemerinsky said.It's presented like these two viewpoints are equally valid as to what Islam is about. Wouldn't a practicing Muslim know better than some random non-Muslim lawyer about that? And in any case, whether or not the Quran contains certain statements is a matter of objective fact. They're either there, or they aren't. Look them up and then report on what you find. Don't treat it like it's an "opinion" that the statements are there.
"I thought that Muslims accept the Ten Commandments," Justice Scalia said.
"No, your honor, they don't," Mr. Chemerinsky responded.
However, in an editorial published yesterday, Arsalan Iftikhar, the national legal director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said, "The Quran, Islam's revealed text, contains injunctions similar to all the commandments."
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