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What could possibly go wrong with this . . .

(Dalia) Mogahed, appointed to the President's Council on Faith-Based and Neighbourhood Partnerships, said the Western view of Sharia was "oversimplified" and the majority of women around the world associate it with "gender justice".

Oh really? Do tell.

The White House adviser made the remarks on a London-based TV discussion programme hosted by Ibtihal Bsis, a member of the extremist Hizb ut Tahrir party.

I'll bet that was Must-See TV

The group believes in the non-violent destruction of Western democracy and the creation of an Islamic state under Sharia Law across the world.

Go on (I mean, I'm sure you have a hell of a definition of 'non-violent destruction' which I'm dying to hear.

During the 45-minute discussion, on the Islam Channel programme Muslimah Dilemma earlier this week, the two members of the group made repeated attacks on secular "man-made law" and the West's "lethal cocktail of liberty and capitalism". They called for Sharia Law to be "the source of legislation" and said that women should not be "permitted to hold a position of leadership in government".

Sounds like a fun, modern, evolved bunch.

Miss Mogahed made no challenge to these demands and said that "promiscuity" and the "breakdown of traditional values" were what Muslims admired least about the West. She said: "I think the reason so many women support Sharia is because they have a very different understanding of sharia than the common perception in Western media.

Or maybe so many Muslim women "support" Sharia Law because they don't want to get stoned, beheaded or stabbed to death.

Miss Mogahed, who was born in Egypt and moved to America at the age of five, is the first veiled Muslim woman to serve in the White House. Her appointment was seen as a sign of the Obama administration's determination to reach out to the Muslim world.

Just more 'progress' from your Executive Branch.