Posted on 06/23/2026 3:31:36 AM PDT by DFG
Texas is home to some serious anti-Sharia initiatives, and the establishment media is fighting back with everything it’s got, misrepresenting Sharia as private religious law that harms no one, and smearing opponents of Sharia as “far-right” mouth-breathers who are bent on opposing Sharia not out of any real principle, but because they hate “brown people,” and are unjustly suspicious of anything that ain’t Christian, ‘specially some furrin’ law that folks that don’t even talk like us is bringin’ here in the dark of night.
And so now the Texas Tribune has brought us the sad story of Mohamed Hussein, the poor guy, who (at least to hear the Tribune tell it) reached out in friendship to Texas Republicans and got a full dose of their “hatred,” “bigotry,” and “Islamophobia.” Mohamed Hussein left his encounter with the Texas GOP in tears, and the Texas Tribune hopes that you’ll be weeping, too, once you hear of just how mean and racist these “far-right” gargoyles really are.
Hussein, we’re told, “knew he was preparing to enter the lion’s den.” But he summoned up his courage and “made the decision to attend the Republican Party of Texas Convention to confirm for himself that he had a place in the GOP, even as members of the party have railed for months about the urgency of ending Sharia Law and the so-called ‘Islamification’ of Texas.” See? All Mo wanted to do was belong. He just wanted to fit in. He only wanted to be one of the guys. And what happened to him was just… cruel.
“What he found,” the Tribune tells us, “was a party that didn’t want him. He arrived with hope but left in tears after being told explicitly that he should leave the country.” Now, you’d think by this point that Hussein encountered a bunch of cross-burning Klansman, and that’s exactly what the Texas Tribune wants you to think, but reality, as is always the case, is a bit more complicated.
The Tribune notes that “two prevailing themes from the Houston gathering were party unity and combatting Sharia Law, a movement that veered into outright Islamophobia by members of the convention.” Hussein himself insists that “when they say Sharia-free, that means Muslim-free, no practices of Islam. No one is calling for the state to implement Sharia laws.”
Well, that’s true. But neither Hussein nor the Tribune bother to note the plans of Muslims in Texas to establish residential areas such as EPIC City that have received a good deal of attention, and that would be 100% Muslim or close to it. Sharia, or as much as the residents could get away with, would likely prevail there.
Nor do Hussein or the Tribune mention the elements of Sharia that are incompatible with U.S. law: the death penalty for criticizing Islam; polygamy; child marriage; female genital mutilation, the recommendation to “beat” women “from whom you fear disobedience” (Qur’an 4:34); and much more. It’s far easier to despise people who oppose Sharia when you think Sharia is harmless than when you know what it’s really all about.
The Tribune likewise notes disapprovingly that “members tried to expel” two Muslims “from the convention because of their ties to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group the GOP and Gov. Greg Abbott have deemed a terrorist threat.” The Tribune doesn’t provide, unsurprisingly, any reason for why Abbott thinks that. Nor does it tell its hapless readers about CAIR’s ties to Hamas. Here again, it’s easier to portray your enemies as bigots when you conceal what exactly they’re upset about, and try to give them impression that they just don’t like people who are different.
At the convention, Hussein declared that “attendees have heard lies about Sharia throughout the convention. He was practicing Sharia at that very moment.” He took issue with the claim that Sharia allows for lying to unbelievers, saying: “When they tell you that we’re compelled to lie, they are putting your Texan neighbors in an impossible position where nothing that we can say or do can absolve us from the crimes that they are accusing us of. That is not just, the Bible commands you to be just, and that is not American.”
Eloquent. But accurate? No. The Qur’an and Islamic tradition do allow for lying to unbelievers. One companion of Muhammad explained: “We smile in the faces of some people, but behind their backs we curse them.” The Texas GOP didn’t make that up, and neither did I. But Mohamed Hussein and the Texas Tribune neglect to mention it. Now, why is that?
The Trib explains: “Sharia are the lessons of the Prophet Muhammad, interpreted as the framework, or laws, for how Muslims should live their lives which call for fasting, daily prayer, modest dressing and charity.” Not a word about the death penalty for leaving Islam. Or the rules for the institutionalized subjugation of Jews and Christians in an Islamic society. Or the call to kill, crucify, or amputate the hand and foot on opposite sides of someone who “makes war against Allah and his messenger” (Qur’an 5:33).
Overwhelmed when Dr. Rick Scarborough, who was leading a panel discussion, asked him to leave after defending Sharia, “Hussein, sobbing, turned from Scarborough, retreating to some chairs to cry alone.”
Oh, the poor delicate flower. But even Mohamed Hussein’s tears, and the Texas Tribune’s deceptions, can’t wash away the reality of Sharia.
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Send him back to any country of choice where Sharia law is practice, he DOS NOT belong here. We are a nation built of Christian values, he refuses to assimilate and is already trying to force his, yes FORCE his debased culture on us.
Again, no choice other than to pick his Sharia country, send him back NOW!
YES! HOORAY Robert Spencer!
There’s no crying in jihad!
Taqiyya in Islam, is the practice of concealing one’s faith or religious identity to protect oneself from danger or to secretly spread, impose and apply Sharia law
Muslims and Hindus do not belong in Western countries. They are not compatible with American civilization.
They are only allowed in by politicians who want to destroy our country.
Historically and theoretically, Sharia outlines the following regarding Christians:
Payment of Jizya: Christians must pay a specific tax called the Jizya in exchange for physical protection, exemption from military service, and the right to practice their faith.
Restricted Public Practice: Christians are typically not permitted to build new places of worship (like churches) in Muslim-majority territories, proselytize to Muslims, or ring bells/hold public processions that might offend Muslims.
Legal Autonomy: Within the dhimmi status, Christian communities are often permitted to govern their own internal, non-criminal affairs (such as marriage, divorce, and inheritance) according to their own religious courts.————Shepherds Theological Seminary
While some majority-Muslim nations have civil legal systems that grant equal rights, in strict theocracies (such as Iran or Saudi Arabia), Christians face severe systemic discrimination, heavy societal restrictions, and are legally forbidden from attempting to convert Muslims.
+1
We ABSOLUTELY should not allow islamic practice here. To do so means eventual death to anyone who opposes islam. That IS a simple, plainly stared HISTORICAL truth.
Meanwhile, a Christian or Jew can’t even enter Mecca.
Many Mohammedan countries don’t have pure enough Sharia - he should be sent to Afghanistan - purity!
On their “about” page, the Tribune mentions they are based in Austin, are associated with ProPublica, are non-partisan, etc.
You read that right.
Sharia law is inconsistent with a humane society and should be considered quite savage.
Indonesia, Iran, the Maldives, and Qatar are among the countries where flogging is still conducted; and Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan have in recent decades punished convicted thieves with amputations. Additionally, the Taliban implemented public executions and amputations when they ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s and have said these punishments will return under their new government. Nigeria and Pakistan have carried out capital punishment for blasphemy and apostasy, as did Sudan for many years.
Most civilized countries in the world would consider these tactics torture rather than punishment. And by placing such a strong action to a person wishing not to worship a particular faith demanded by a regime agenda should be considered feral and not going beyond the basic biological state of being a human by requiring a conscious moral effort to alleviate suffering and treat all living beings—both humans and animals—with dignity and respect is intolerable.
Sharia has no place in the US if it practices the above mentioned torment or harassment actions displayed by countries or groups that adopt its vicious and brutal rituals.
When the individual determines the dis-allowance of violent actions based upon a religious freedom to be race related, the burden of proof becomes mundane and irrelevant if the alternate is considered a criminal act of such substantial and imposing existence. Race and religion should have nothing to do with death and dismemberment for crimes.
So his whole philosophy on the lack of intolerance and acceptance is not consistent with the US’s. He needs to move on or consider staying in his lane without trying to convert or use the criminal system to force such a theory of brutality on a civilized country.
wy69
quote “When they tell you that we’re compelled to lie”
straw man
no one said they were “compelled” to lie, only that lying is ok if done to a non-Muslim.
I thought they only cried when the goat said no. Or they have to face the US military off the political leash.
Forget about a thousand years of invasions, slavery, and the slaughter of millions. Forget about the daily attacks on non muslims resulting in the deaths of innocent people. Forget about the rape gangs, the corruption the welfare fraud. Forget it all because a Texas muslim cried.
Hussein probably thought there are now enough California refugees entrenched in Texas to vote him in.
A phobia is an irrational fear.
There is nothing irrational about fearing people who believe it’s their religious duty to kill people who disagree with them.
“”There is nothing irrational about fearing people who believe it’s their religious duty to kill people who disagree with them.””
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And ... as a woman...it’s not even about fear. It’s about distancing and avoidance. From a culture that treats women like cattle or second class citizens.... and forces women to cover their hair... as if their hair is somehow ‘sinful’... and from a culture that focuses on submission, domination and conquest. It’s not fear for me, it’s disdain.
There’s countless video’s of Muslims saying they’re going to take over. Sharia is the goal. It tolerates nothing but Islam, with death the answer to everything.
They’ve played this lie in EU/UK for a while and the facade is breaking, they’ve reached the point where the veil is removed and can’t be hidden any longer.
They’ll try the same playbook here - but we’re not EU/UK. First, we’re far more Christian. FAR MORE. Second, Christian ethics are the foundation of our RIGHT that are enshrined into our bill of rights that the EU/UK doesn’t have.
The history of Islam is more radical and murderous than the Nazi’s could ever have imagined.
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