Fox News: Obama Trying To Impose Sharia (VIDEO)

Fox News anchor Alisyn Camerota and guest Nonie Darwish suggested something radical Wednesday morning: the Obama administration is attempting to impose Sharia, the strict Islamic law, to the U.S. and its courts.

The bogus report stems from an email sent to State Department appointee Harold Koh, claiming that while Koh was dean of Yale Law School he suggested Sharia law could be applied to U.S. courts in some situations.

Camerota: So this man, Harold Koh, this potential State Department nominee has impressive credentials. He's a Dean at Yale University, but he also has a history of supporting Sharia law -- even here in the U.S. What are some of the things that he has said in the past that has raised eyebrows?

Darwish: Well, uh, I heard that he doesn't mind referring to laws, foreign laws and integrating them into the U.S. legal system. It's very hard for me to imagine that an American official can incorporate Sharia law, because Sharia is totally at odds with our bill of rights, and our Constitution. Sharia does not allow freedom of religion. It discriminates against women, against non-Muslims. There is no equal rights under Sharia.

According to DailyKos, the White House refuted the allegations, and the author of the original email has not been reached for comment.

According to White House spokesman Reid Cherlin, the allegations contained in the e-mail are false. Moreover, in an article buried on its website, Fox conceded that that it has been unable to reach the author of the e-mail posted by National Review.

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Comments

[Wilson201]

04:10 PM on 04/02/2009

How long will Faux News be allowed to report lies and utter BS before it is sanctioned? At the very least they should be required to post a disclaimer stating that what you are watching and hearing may not be the truth. Oh, they do; "we report (snicker); you decide".

[nualak]

04:40 PM on 04/02/2009

Having just been sworn in as an American citizen, it boggles my mind how Rupert Murdock can get away with coming to this country as a non-citizen and every day use his many means of spreading false information against the Democratic Party. If anything smacks of "TREASON", then this to me does. He is doing everything in his power to tear down the fabric of Democracy. We do have a two party system here and each is equally entitled to use the full force of the government to pursue their policy as they see fit within the law. If you don't like the system here - go home to Australia - after leaving a trail of union busting in Great Britain forty years ago.

[Pgrace]

10:56 PM on 04/05/2009

Murdoch is a US citizen. He had to renounce his Australian citizenship in order to hold TV broadcast licences in the US.

[ILObamican]

03:56 PM on 04/02/2009

This is my unamused face. >:-\

I say boycott the entire lineup... Except Glenn Beck.
We anoint Beck the Leader of the Libertarian Party and put him in league with GOP Pooh-Bah Limbaugh. Obama 2012 is a 500-38 electoral landslide, and then we nominate Michelle in 2016.

Somebody pinch me.

[RockySoldier]

12:46 PM on 04/02/2009

i'm having trouble figuring out who is worse: the people who report this or the people who believe it.

[underoath]

12:58 AM on 04/02/2009

I wish there was something that could be done but a court ruled in 2003 that fox news was not obligated to tell the truth!

[lagumbo]

07:07 PM on 04/01/2009

Why is it that the FBI and the CIA aren't investigating these sicko on Fixed NOISE. ? They can't say anything about our president and first lady and get away with it. I hope Atty. Gen. Holder and the Dems. in congress take a good look at these hate mongers of Fixed Nopise. They are still trying all they can to
incite the crazies out their to harm our president. The cowards of Fixed Noise,throw bricks and hide their hands,but america we know what they are trying to do.We need to boy cott all Fixed Noise advertisers.

[Fitten]

05:58 PM on 04/01/2009

Of course fox news will only tell part of the story. What else can you expect from UNFAIR AND UNBALANCED.

[benji85]

05:18 PM on 04/01/2009

First off think about it would a man who wants Islamic Law the "supreme law of the land" then why in the hell would he put so many women into major cabinet posts?

The FCC needs to start enforcing more regulations on Rupert with all his news outlets because he is spreading lies to advance his own agenda.

I though proper reporting was to actually verify the story as true not what you believe to be true.

[oldcliche]

04:51 PM on 04/01/2009

If I believed every email I would be the strongest man on Earth, have amazing virility, and be rich beyond my wildest dreams with the help of my friends in Nigeria. My parents told me not to believe everything I saw on TV. This saying needs to be adapted to future communcation outlets, so people do not believe everything on the Internet.

[SurrealPumpkin]

03:10 PM on 04/01/2009

April Fools! ?