{"id":60006,"date":"2016-08-19T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=60006"},"modified":"2019-05-07T07:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T12:27:00","slug":"faith-and-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=60006","title":{"rendered":"Faith And Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ilhan Omar has released a statement<\/a> about the questions about her, at first and second and third glance, unusual marital history.<\/p>\n

Faith: \u00a0<\/strong>I’m going to add bits and pieces of emphasis to Omar’s statement:<\/p>\n

In 2002, when I was 19 years old, Ahmed Hirsi (whose name before he received citizenship was Ahmed Aden), the father of my children and love of my life, and I, applied for a marriage license, but we never finalized the application and thus were never legally married. In 2008, we decided to end our relationship in our faith tradition<\/strong> after reaching an impasse in our life together.<\/p>\n

I entered into a relationship with a British citizen, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, and married him legally<\/strong> in 2009. Our relationship ended in 2011 and we divorced in our faith tradition<\/strong>. After that, he moved home to England. I have yet to legally divorce<\/strong> Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, but am in the process of doing so. Insinuations that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is my brother are absurd and offensive.<\/p>\n

Since 2011, I am happy to say that I have reconciled with Ahmed Hirsi, we have married in our faith tradition<\/strong> and are raising our family together. Like all families, we have had our ups and downs but we are proud to have come through it together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s multiple references to marriage and divorce in Islam’s “faith tradition”.<\/p>\n

On the one hand, it\u00a0could\u00a0<\/em>be just a way of saying “it’s a Muslim thing, all you\u00a0khufar\u00a0<\/em>wouldn’t understand”. \u00a0 Could be.<\/p>\n

On the other hand? \u00a0As a militant Christian who, should he ever remarry, will\u00a0not\u00a0<\/em>get a government marriage license, I can completely agree with the concept that one’s marriage is none of goverment’s damn business!<\/p>\n

Of course, coming from a “progressive” DFLer – the party that believes government is your\u00a0real\u00a0<\/em>mother –\u00a0one might fairly wonder how genuine it is,\u00a0but what the heck; on principle, that settles things, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

The Law<\/strong>: \u00a0Well no – no more than claiming religious strictures forbid you from paying taxes.<\/p>\n

Scott Johnson, who dragged the mainstream media to this story last week, talked with an immigration attorney; the attorney has some questions:<\/p>\n

1. Which faith leader presided over her faith tradition marriage in 2002?<\/p>\n

2. Is there written documentation of this?<\/p>\n

3. Which faith leader presided over her faith tradition divorce in 2008?<\/p>\n

4. Is there written documentation of this?<\/p>\n

5. How was custody handled for the children after her faith tradition divorce in 2008?<\/p>\n

6. Was there documentation of this?<\/p>\n

7. How did she meet her legal husband?<\/p>\n

8. Did she sponsor her legal husband for a green card?<\/p>\n

9. Did he use his green card status to receive financial assistance to attend university in the US?<\/p>\n

10. Is her legal husband a US citizen now as he has now been married to a US citizen (Ms. Omar) for 6 years? (Query \u2013 Are there voter registration or other documents that could be checked to substantiate this? The UK does allow dual citizenship.)<\/p>\n

11. If Ms. Omar did sponsor her legal husband for a green card, then she was required to complete an I-864 affidavit of support documenting financial sponsorship of the husband. At the time in 2009 I believe she was a student and had 3 children so she would not likely have had the financial means to meet the I-864 obligations at the time and would therefore need a joint financial sponsor. Who was that joint financial sponsor? It would need to be a US citizen or green card holder with appropriate income or assets.<\/p>\n

12. It has been reported that her legal husband was living in government subsidized housing in Minneapolis. This is likely inconsistent with the requirements of I-864 financial sponsorship. Does Hennepin County do anything to verify financial sponsorship before providing government assistance and subsidies for housing? Does Hennepin County now have a claim for reimbursement against Ms. Omar and\/or the joint financial sponsor?<\/p>\n

13. She is now remarried to her cultural husband according to her statement. Who was the faith leader who presided over this remarriage? Is there written documentation of this?<\/p>\n

14. What Islamic doctrine was used to allow Ms. Omar to divorce a man, then marry someone else, and then remarry the first man?<\/p>\n

15. There is no dispute based on her statement that she is currently in a cultural\/faith tradition marriage with one man while still being legally married to another man. What Islamic doctrine permits this? I am familiar with certain Muslim traditions that allow a man to have more than one wife but I have never heard of a doctrine that permits a wife to have more than one husband which is without dispute what she is saying her situation is now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Muslims who immigrate to this country should follow the same laws the rest of us do (or lobby to change them, like some of the rest of us do).<\/p>\n

Especially elected officials.<\/p>\n

Even DFLers.<\/p>\n

Conclusion:\u00a0<\/strong>What, you think I have a conclusion?<\/p>\n

Part of me wants to root for Omar on pure libertarian principle.<\/p>\n

Part of me sees the DFL telling the citizenry “Let Me Explain: \u00a0Shut Up”.<\/p>\n

I have a hunch we’re not\u00a0completely\u00a0<\/em>done with this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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