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Sharia for Women: A Female Sharia Survivor Shares Her Story
Islam, Muhammad, life in Iran, Sharia – how knowledgeable are you on these topics? Anni Cyrus is well-acquainted with all of them. She was born in Iran to a father who was a sheikh and a mother who taught the Quran. At age seven she began to wear the hijab to school; at age nine she first wore the full burqa and was officially certified as an “adult woman.” When she was barely into her teens, her father married her off to a man who gave him $50 (USD) and a month’s supply of opium. Ms. Cyrus knows all too …
Orland Park: Panel of Experts on Responding to Islam
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Special Panel on Radical Islam – 3 Locations
Illinois Family Institute and local ACT for America leaders are hosting a panel of experts to answer your questions about radical Islam in three locations this weekend.
This panel includes:
Philip Haney, former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) whistle blower and counter-terrorism expert. Haney studied Arabic culture and language while working as a scientist in the Middle East before becoming a founding member of the DHS in 2002. He specializes in Islamic theology and the strategy and tactics of the global Islamic movement. He retired in July 2015 and is the author of “See Something, Say Nothing.”
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Anni Cyrus Shares Her Experience with Sharia Law in Iran
Iranian born Anni Cyrus came to the United States for freedom, she says. Back in Iran, she had been declared an adult at age 9, and a few years later was sold for fifty American dollars by her father to a man to be his wife. That, she said, is permitted by Sharia Law, since the prophet Mohammad married girls as young as 6 and consummated the marriages when they were 9. Every day, an average of 5-7 little girls are sold in Iran.
Cyrus was abused and imprisoned as a teen, and then escaped to America. She now advocates …