In a shocking, ever further drift of liberal Christianity to accomodate Islamic fundamentalism, the Archbishop of Canterbury opened the door to accepting Sharia law as an alternative to British law in certain jurisdictions. Sharia is the Islamic religious law that operates in many Muslim countries around the world, including Libya and Sudan. Egypt's constitution also defines sharia as the source of its law. Some nations also have secular codes that operate alongside, but mostly subservient to, sharia.

Ramadhan Foundation chief Mohammed Shafiq welcomed the comments, advocating for such attempts "by both our great faiths to build respect and tolerance."

A terror plot was uncovered in which three Islamic radicals were planning an “assassination” of Kurt Westergaard, the cartoonist behind the drawing. Although we sometimes criticize Europe for being less than robust in its defense of freedom, these newspapers deserve our respect and admiration. 

"We are doing this … to unambiguously back and support the freedom of speech that we as a newspaper always will defend,"

Berlingske Tidende, was one of the newspapers involved in the republication by newspapers in Denmark. It said: "We are doing this to document what is at stake in this case, and to unambiguously back and support the freedom of speech that we as a newspaper always will defend," in comments reported by The Associated Press.Newspapers in Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands also republished the drawing Wednesday as part of their coverage of Tuesday's arrests.

The strongest enforcement law in the country requiring business to not hire illegal immigrants was upheld! 

The judge, said that the law does not overstep the federal government's authority to regulate immigration. Civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed the lawsuit in December.

Those of us advocating a border fence have our hands full.  Mayors of border towns and cities traveled to Washington D.C. (Jan. 17) to express their united and resolute opposition to a wall or fence along the Texas-Mexico border. Their message – “Don’t do it!” – targeted elected representatives and Bush administration officials, including Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.