Frank J. Gaffney Jr.: Useful Idiot, Miserable Hand

Shariah-compliant finance dates back to the 1940s, when it was invented by leading figures in the Muslim Brotherhood. This international organization has as its stated mission "destroying Western civilization from within ... by its own miserable hand."

— Frank J. Gaffney Jr., exposing SCOTUS nominee Kagan's "insinuation" of Shariah into these very United Snakes in the pages of The Washington Times, which, merely coincidentally, mind you, would like to impose Moonie Law on the world. Not a problem for Mr. Gaffney, we suppose.

That aside, try to get a grip on this:

Ms. Kagan's Islamic Finance Project also has played a prominent role in encouraging the U.S. government to endorse Shariah-compliant finance. Notably, a founding adviser to the project, Harvard professor Samuel Hays III, conducted a "seminar for the policy community" in November 2008. It was sponsored by a former Goldman-Sachs-executive-turned-assistant-treasury-secretary, Neel Kashkari, who at the time was responsible for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The signal thus sent could not have been clearer, either to Mr. Kashkari's colleagues in government or to those in the financial sector: At a moment when the very viability of major banks and investing institutions critically depended on this individual's favor, it would be advisable to embrace Shariah-compliant finance.

Did you follow that? Islamic Finance, Goldman-Sachs, TARP, "Shariah-compliant finance." It all ties together!

Also noted: The Moon Times enters Sadly, No! territory w/ Photoshoppery.

Verbatim from The WT: "Illustration: Kagan and Shariah"

Too damn bad it's so small. Almost as if someone were still capable of shame.