US Imam calls for applying Islamic Sharia to sexual assault case against Kananough

U.S. prominent Islamist Imam Zaid Shaker stirred controversy among the the American community when called for applying Islamic Sharia to cases of sexual assaults.

In an opinion article posted on his Facebook account, Imam Shaker said that Islamic Sharia (law) stipulates that any sexual assault case should include four witnesses for the prosecution. He called to apply the Islamic law to the case filed against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh by psychologist Christine Blasey Ford.

“As for Dr. Ford’s accusations, they cannot be used as evidence against Judge Kavanaugh. That is so for a number of reasons. I will confine myself to those which are rooted in Muslim teachings. We read in the Qur’an, “Those who bring charges of sexual improprieties against chaste women, then fail to come forth with four corroborating witnesses, lash them eighty times and never again accept their testimony. Such are truly corrupt” 24:4,” wrote in his article.

Dr. Ford’s allegations against U.S. President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court President became a high-profile case over the past week. In September, the US Congress held a hearing attended by Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford, who accused the first of sexual assault in a party more than 30 years ago.

Zaid Shaker converted to Islam in 1977. He studied Arabic language  and Islamic law in Cairo and Syria and traveled to Morocco. He worked as an imam of the Connecticut Mosque from 1988 to 1994. Shaker is a co-founder of the San-Francisco based Zaytuna college.