by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer A federal lawsuit has been filed against U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. and the Federal Reserve Board to stop all bailout funds from going to AIG (American International Group) because it promotes Sharia-compliant businesses and insurance products. Using taxpayer funds to acquire ownership of any company that intentionally supports Islamic religious practices violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  The lawsuit was filed on Dec. 15 by the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm, on behalf of Kevin J. Murray, a former Marine infantryman who served two tours of duty in Iraq.   The basis of the lawsuit is that AIG intentionally promotes Shariah-compliant businesses and insurance products, which by necessity must comply with the 1200 year old body of Islamic canon law based on the Quran, which demands the conversion, subjugation, or destruction of the infidel West, including the United States.  To help achieve these objectives and with the aid of federal tax dollars, AIG employs a three-person Shariah Advisory Board, with members from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Pakistan.  According to AIG, the role of its Shariah authority “is to review operations, supervise its development of Islamic products, and determine Shariah compliance of these products and investments.”   Of particular significance is the Pakistani Board member, Dr. Muhammed Imran Ashraf Usmani.  Dr. Usmani is the son and devoted disciple of Sheik Mufti Taqi Usmani, the leading authority on Shariah financing who, in 1999, authored a book dedicating an entire chapter on why a Western Muslim must engage in violent jihad against his own country – even if Muslims are given equality and freedom to practice their religion and to proselytize.      “This lawsuit not only raises significant constitutional issues, it also shines a light on serious national security issues that our own government has created by direct financial support and ownership of a business that supports anti-American, radical Islamic activities,” said Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center. “Make no mistake, there is an internal cultural jihad underway against our great nation, and I fear that many of our political leaders are unwittingly complicit in it.”   The federal lawsuit challenges that portion of the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008” that appropriated $40 billion in taxpayer money to fund and financially support the United States government’s majority ownership interest in AIG, which engages in Shariah-based Islamic religious activities that are anti-Christian, anti-Jewish, and anti-American.  According to the lawsuit, through the use of taxpayer funds, the U.S. government acquired a majority (79.9%) ownership interest in AIG, and as part of the bailout, Congress appropriated and expended an additional $40 billion of taxpayer money to fund and financially support AIG and its financial activities.   AIG, which is now a government owned company, engages in Shariah-compliant financing, which subjects certain financial activities, including investments, to the dictates of Islamic law and the Islamic religion.  This specifically includes any profits or interest obtained through such financial activities.   AIG’s involvement with Sharia-compliant products has been drawing criticism from other groups as well. The Anti-Jihad League of America (AGLA) recently confronted AIG’s Jim Crain, the contact person for AIG’s new Sharia-compliant homeowners insurance, about supporting products that promoted an Islamic ideology. According to AGLA’s Jeffrey Immon, Crain said AIG did not intend “to enter into the political arena at all” with these products and admitted that other complaints were being heard about the association. Crain stated that “it is entirely possible” that the public might think AIG is taking a political position that is pro-Sharia and that he would pass Immon’s concerns on to the company’s “senior management and legal.” Because AIG has taken no steps to divest itself of its Islamic-based businesses and activities, the federal lawsuit will seek a court order to stop all taxpayer funding of AIG.   “This lawsuit is as much about protecting constitutional principles as it is about protecting our national security and preventing another 9/11,” Thompson said, “whether it be overt through flying planes into buildings or covert through appropriating taxpayer money to fund an Islamic cultural jihad.”   © All Rights Reserved, Living His Life Abundantly/Women of Grace. http://www.womenofgrace.com