| From Prospect.org: During Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings, conservatives accused Kagan of being sympathetic to imposition of strict, Taliban-style Islamic law in the United States because an Islamic-finance study program was established at Harvard University during her time as dean.
The American Prospect caught up with Frank Vogel, an Islamic legal scholar who helped establish that program, at a recent forum on Islamic finance being held at George Washington University Law School by the Qatar Business Council and Arab Bankers Association of North America. When it comes to Islamic Finance, Vogel says, Americans have nothing to worry about..............................................Full Article: Source
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