It's embarrassing and hateful. White supremacists are showing up here because they heard there are a lot of brown folk. Oh boohoo, people are different, these people hate the constitution so much. It guarantees freedom of religion
Isn’t it weird Reddit half the accounts who comment on politics tend to be 10days-2yr old accounts. Who all have huge amount of Karma and comment history. Then all of their profiles are completely private.
For instance this account.
13 days old, only comments politically, and is active in a Houston subreddit.
Hmm.
It’s called an alt account. People who eat this sharia law propaganda like cattle aren’t all there in the head and some people don’t want to deal with the harassment
I agree with him, though. We could be doing things that improve Texans’ lives.
But we don’t. We instead do culture war bullshit for the white supremacists who fled to rural areas.
Texans already live under Sharia law but it’s *christian* law. Abortion banned because of God. No alcohol sales for the sabbath. Abstinence only sex ed because of biblical morality around sex and pleasure. Ten commandments are *literally* state propaganda posters in every classroom. The objection has never been about religion in our government, they *love* that. But it’s all about *which* religion and the color of skin of people who practice it.
Can't be having any of those Catholic dissidents around these parts...haven't you heard? Their Pope says we are supposed to love other people and accept immigrants! He's a total Socalist Communist!
And y’know what’s especially ironic is by shoving Christianity down everyone’s throats and eroding those religious freedoms and the establishment clause, American Christians are making our government vulnerable to religious influences. And right now they’re Christian! But in 50 years it could be Islam or Judaism but it will be christofascists right now that opened the door. And they’ll say “see we were right!” and completely ignore that they did it.
White replacement theory neo nazi political fear mongering Islamophobia, people. Use your brain and see this for what it is and don’t fall for it. Don’t be a pawn shilling for wealthy Christian theocracy.
Add evangelical to that and you have the perfect concoction of internalized inferiority. They see empty churches while mosques flourish and they wonder why...
Ah but you see, if it's Muslims letting it be legal for minors to be married, it's BAD. If it's Christians letting it be legal for minors to be married, it's GOOD. If it's Muslims banning divorce, it's BAD. If it's Christians banning divorce, it's GOOD. And so on. The actual content of the laws does not matter, only which group is in control.
I saw a jacked up truck with stickers the other day that said "ban Sharia Law" and "deport all Muslims". Bet he couldn't round up to 2 brain cells to even tell me what the Sharia Law threat was about.
I am Muslim, I converted around 2014, grew up catholic in catholic school and all that fun stuff.
Sharia law - by definition - means you follow the law of the land where you live.
So anyone not committing murder, stealing, blah blah blah, is technically following sharia law.
Fuck the dude who conflated it, and I will always appreciate people like you for knowing the difference, and not falling for stupid shit.
And not surprisingly, most of it aligns with moral and religious codes also seen in Christianity (not that I expect loud mouth Christians to know/accept any of it, much less practice). Islam, Christianity and Judaism are rooted in same origins, God, and belief systems. They ALL trace back to Abraham.
It is actually true if you look at the Bible as well. And most of these religious fanatics go to churches that adhere mostly with Old Testament and provide Christ only as a lip service. The same people that want Ten Commandments plastered everywhere whine and cry about Sharia (that has ZERO relevance in US legal system, but neither does Ten Commandments, yet here we are, manufactured outrage based on fear and lies). Here are a few tenets of Sharia, that I'm assuming you detest given your position and arguments:
Do not worship other Gods and make idols
Honor your father and mother
Do not murder
Do not commit adultery
Do not steal
Do not lie
I am very curious about the mechanics of how Republicans across the country in unison become rabid about America being taken over by sharia law.
It’s remarkable. Insane, but remarkable.
White people in Frisco are losing their minds because their suburb they moved to after running away from downtown when Black people started moving in is now becoming more diverse. This is nothing new.
If you made a list of laws made based on Christianity and then said these laws were actually Muslim / Sharia laws and we already have them and they should be banned… I wonder if we could get some of this bs we live under repealed.
I can dream.
Maybe we shouldn't have public forums in churches with giant crosses. That's one way to tell your community that only certain belief systems matter. As an atheist, I am more concerned about Christian nationalism and Christian encroachment into our laws and schools than I am about the trumped up fear of "the other" that is promoted by conservatives and MAGA.
My mom, who doesn't know a single Muslim, talks about her fear of Sharia Law every time I see her. She lives in Rowlett but is afraid of Zohran Mamdani. She never talked about this until recently, after joining Lakepointe Church. These leaders are using fear to motivate voters and maintain power, even though Muslims make up less than 1.5% of our population, and Sharia Law is a voluntary system that Muslims choose on a personal basis (just like Christians choose to adhere to Christian rules, Jews choose to adhere to Jewish rules, etc.).
The racism and islamaphobia in Collin county has gotten so horrible. You have to avoid any local Facebook group for any city/town in the county now because it's full of people posting hate against Indians and Muslims.
One of my friends had someone outside his temple tell him to "go away you H1B scammer"
My friend is a native US citizen.
But also, these people are all extremely stupid for complaining to their mayor about the religion or race of their neighbors. The mayor of a city like Frisco can't do anything about immigration. They can't violate the constitution and ban brown people from the town. Its genuinely such a massive waste of time to be complaining about Muslims and Indians to your mayor, yet these people somehow have the time to do it?
We have an amazing person running for council in Sachse that happens to be devout Sikh. The raging debate here is about how the other guy (the MAGA) is “in a battle to protect the cultural identity of the city”, whereas Mr. Singh (who grew up here) wants to talk about local issues like roads, schools, activities for kids, etc. The evangelical base here mostly assumes he is Muslim and just wants to vote in favor of Sharia law. The irony isn’t lost on the rest of us.
The Frisco mayoral runoff debate Thursday night featured repeated clashes over Sharia law, campaign rhetoric and the future identity of the city. The forum included sharp exchanges involving bankruptcy records, undocumented worker allegations and broader concerns over culture and public safety.
Several audience members applauded comments related to Sharia law while others later said the debate had moved too far away from core city governance issues.
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