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[[Image:Yerushalmi.png||300px|thumb|right|Lawyer and activist David Yerushalmi. Source: http://www.loonwatch.com/2013/01/david-barkey-leadership-in-tallahassee-must-stand-against-intolerance]] | [[Image:Yerushalmi.png||300px|thumb|right|Lawyer and activist David Yerushalmi. Source: http://www.loonwatch.com/2013/01/david-barkey-leadership-in-tallahassee-must-stand-against-intolerance]] | ||
| − | [[David Yerushalmi]] is an American lawyer and anti-Shariah activist<ref>[http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/staff.xml Staff], Center for Security Policy, accessed 2 September 2009</ref> best known for authoring the model anti-Sharia legislation introduced in more than 30 states. | + | [[David Yerushalmi]] is an American lawyer and anti-Shariah activist<ref>[http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/staff.xml Staff], Center for Security Policy, accessed 2 September 2009</ref> 'with a history of controversial statements about race, immigration and Islam'. He is best known for authoring the model anti-Sharia legislation introduced in more than 30 states across the USA. |
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| + | According to the ''New York Times'' 'Yerushalmi has come to exercise a striking influence over American public discourse about Shariah', ', despite his lack of formal training in Islamic law'.<ref> *Andrea Elliott, [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/us/31shariah.html?_r=3&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all The man behind the anti-Shariah movement], ''New York Times,'' 30 July 2011. </ref> | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
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Lawyer and activist David Yerushalmi. Source: http://www.loonwatch.com/2013/01/david-barkey-leadership-in-tallahassee-must-stand-against-intolerance
David Yerushalmi is an American lawyer and anti-Shariah activist[1] 'with a history of controversial statements about race, immigration and Islam'. He is best known for authoring the model anti-Sharia legislation introduced in more than 30 states across the USA.
According to the New York Times 'Yerushalmi has come to exercise a striking influence over American public discourse about Shariah', ', despite his lack of formal training in Islamic law'.[2]
Affiliations
- Center for Security Policy - General Counsel | Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies - Counsel as of 2007.[3] | Society of Americans for National Existence - president and founder | Mapping Shariah |
Contact
- Website: http://www.davidyerushalmilaw.com/
External Resources
- Andrea Elliott, The man behind the anti-Shariah movement, New York Times, 30 July 2011.
