Posted on 10/19/2022 7:37:09 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Over the past two years, parents in school districts across America have spoken out against the presence of sexually explicit books in school libraries. By and large, these parents have been derided by the media as "book banners," labeled "anti-LGBTQ," or cast as "ultra-MAGA."
But the parents who showed up to a school board meeting last week in Dearborn, Michigan certainly defied these stilted stereotypes. At the behest of Imam Sayyid Hassan al-Qazwini of the Islamic Institute of America, hundreds of Muslim-Americans packed the venue. The debate that unfolded over three hours of public comment bore little resemblance to the politicized tropes commonly reported by the media.
Several of the parents were not shy about describing the content that they objected to. "2022, it's been a real interesting year," began Cliff Alawy. "I really was not expecting to stand here. I'm an avid reader. ...You'll find my family with books, curled up in any corner, always reading. I never thought I'd stand to boycott or ban books, but here I am. I read one of the books, and I was very surprised to find a graphic novel of children gathering to masturbate...
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"The issue," declared Albert Abbas, "is not a religious one. Nor is it an attack against the LGBT community. It is an issue of age-appropriateness. It is an issue of sexually obscene, lewd content. Many of us here don't care about your sexual preference, nor do we want to argue about gender identity or whether men can get pregnant. ...When our children are under your watch, it is your duty to protect them from erotica, or overly provocative words, or graphic porn. ...History will remember us in a positive way."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
For all the “balance” in the article, there’s the obligatory slur against “White Christian Nationalists.”
Suddenly, if its MUSLIMS protesting these sexually-explicit books instead of Christians, it’s ok. The only thing this article demonstrates is the author’s bias against Christians. Just another smelly leftist bigot.
bkmk
If you’re gonna ban a book, make it the Qur’an.
If spoken truthfully, the Muslim profession of faith would be “There is no Allah but Satan, and Muhammad was his murdering pedophile”.
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