Last week,  the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life released the results of a multi-year survey of beliefs and practices by the world’s Muslims. You can read the survey here, which was based on (impressively) 38,000 face-to-face interviews with Muslims in 39 different countries… Read More
AFLC Co-Founder and Senior Counsel David Yerushalmi is featured in a PBS report entitled “Shariah Controversy,” which highlights “the debate over banning U.S. courts from considering Islamic law in their decision-making.” As you know, Yerushalmi is the principal author of the American Laws for American Courts (ALAC) model… Read More
Apparently, sharia-adherent Islamists are using AFLC Senior Counsel David Yerushalmi’s name to raise money. On Wednesday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) sent a Ramadan fundraising appeal to its supporters, which asked for money to challenge  the American Laws for American Courts (ALAC) legislation that is sweeping… Read More
“When an orchestrated assault is launched on the right to ask questions in an effort to stop members of Congress from even inquiring about a topic — you know the fix is in.” Newt Gingrich, writing in an op-ed for Politico yesterday, says that the recent assault on… Read More
WorldNetDaily, a leading conservative news network, has published an exclusive article detailing the recent Muslim stoning of Christians at the 2012 Arab International Festival held in Dearborn, Michigan. The article claims that the Muslims’ violence, which was captured on video, was “[r]eminiscent of a rock-throwing ‘intifada’ scene… Read More
AFLC client and bestselling author Pamela Geller weighed in on our recent announcement that the Christians stoned by Muslims at this year’s Arab Festival in Dearborn, Michigan have asked AFLC to take their case: As I predicted, the Muslims stoning and pelting the peaceful Christian street preachers at… Read More
This was yet another busy and blessed month for the American Freedom Law Center. Â In many respects, it was bittersweet. Â We had a major victory in a pro-life speech case in federal court in California. Â However, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down rulings in the Arizona immigration… Read More
AFLC Advisory Board Member Andrew C. McCarthy weighed in on today’s historic Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare by taking issue with the progressive interpretation of the Constitution’s General Welfare clause. While Mr. McCarthy’s focus is correct (i.e., the destructive nature of the progressive premise), the fact is… Read More
Yesterday, in a 5-3 decision (Justice Kagan recused herself), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down most of Arizona’s new immigration law, but upheld one of the more controversial provisions. In 2010, Arizona enacted the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (S.B. 1070) to address the… Read More
AFLC Advisory Board Member Andy C. McCarthy weighed in on the recent essay published in National Review that criticized the American Laws for American Courts (ALAC) legislation as well as the national efforts to combat stealth jihad. For this reason, McCarthy asked AFLC Co-Founder and Senior Counsel… Read More
