Posted on 12/02/2018 11:02:09 AM PST by Simon Green
Two Texas officials are calling on Tarrant County Republicans to defeat an effort by some in their party to remove a Muslim from local GOP leadership.
At issue is a controversial effort that began months ago when a small group of local Republicans began pushing to remove Shahid Shafi, a Muslim, from the post of vice chairman.
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, who lived in Fort Worth before being elected to statewide office, was the first to weigh in on Friday.
I urge the Tarrant County GOP to stop this attempt to remove a hardworking county party official based on religious beliefs, Bush tweeted. We must move towards a more inclusive Republican Party and stop tearing down our own if we are to keep Texas red.
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus also posted a message on social media about the situation that has gained increased media attention.
Some in the Tarrant County Republican Party want to remove a party officer because of his religious faith, he wrote. This effort is disgraceful and un-American, and Republicans in Tarrant County should defeat it handily.
Those behind the move to oust Shafi, a surgeon and Southlake City Council member, say this is not about religion but whether Shafi is loyal to Islam and Islamic law or connected to Islamic terror groups.
The Star-Telegram reported earlier this week that the effort to remove Shafi has expanded and others now targeted include the party chair, Darl Easton; a precinct chair and area leader, Kelly Canon; and a precinct chair who is married to a Muslim, Lisa Grimaldi Abdulkareem.
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Islam means submission..
It is the oppression.
It has been opposed since Thomas Jefferson sent the Marines to Tripoli.
Know Islam, No Peace
No Islam, Know Peace
Islam has been at war with everyone else on the planet since 622 A.D.
Their “holy book” commands this of EVERY muslim.
The war cannot end until we all submit.
Or we kill Islam.
I favor muslims not being allowed to run for ANY public/government office.
Why are they here..the ME is a a Muslim theological region.
Silly, needless controversy if you ask me. Is there the slightest shred of evidence this guy is “connected to Islamic terror groups.”?
Believe it or not, most Muslim trauma surgeons are not.
It seems like 1 or 2 people are behind this and there is no chance the dude will be removed.
They came fleeing Christian religious persecution. When you have a religion that believes that the Koran is the actual word of god and is written in a commandment style to kill the infidel there is a real problem. The Christian bible is allegorical. I dont think that most westernized Muslims follow this... so there is a shadow reformation going on in their religion ,,, but until it is stated it is not wise to put them into positions of power.
This is bad on all fronts, and I know some of those involved.
There are conservatives who are Muslim, and excluding someone who agrees with us politically limits our potential base AND plays into the worst stereotypes the left smears everyone with.
Purging the party of people associated with the wrong faith, such as a woman married to a Muslim, is likewise wrong. Are my Jewish inlaws going to be used against me, though I attend meetings and donate heavily?
Darl Easton may be getting blamed for the Democrats turning the county purple. We need a stronger message to suburban families, attract the broad tent coalition, and not have policy wonks dominate the debate while Democrats scream “you don’t care about the X!”
Easton has been leading the fight on vote fraud. He’s hard-nosed at times, but that’s not bad. Purging people on ideological purity is bad for the right, just as SJWs kicking out lesbians and feminists who don’t kowtow to the transgender madness is hurting them.
I understand the “we lost, tear apart those you blame”, but that’s not Tarrant county leadership - it is the left’s coordinated vote fraud, intentional demographic march, systematic oppression of viewpoints by Big Tech and emotional blackmail based advertising campaigns.
Is George P. Bush one of THOSE Bushes?
Yeb!’s son.
Lurkinanloomin, I once again find myself in total agreement with you. It’s so refreshing to see a completely sane and rational response to such insane and irrational occurrences.
Turn him away because he’s a Muslim? Utter madness. I know Muslims who are Republicans. Religion has nothing to do with it - they are businessmen who are anti abortion, among other things, and they like Republican ideas and platforms.
Do we also refuse to take his money and his vote? Let the left be the religious bigots.
Taqiyya
Big push in the Gop to oust white Americans. They want to run minorities and extremist like the Muslim to being down white conservatives. Another party needs to be started by conservatives in the Gop. This country needs 4 party’s anyway. The 2 party system is destroying the country like Jefferson feared.
And when those Muslims get in positions of power they ‘ll be for killing you. They were brought in here to destroy Christianity in this nation. The left of both parties is using them to bring down our freedom.
George P Bush
Apples don’t grow on bushes but they sure seem to fall not far from them.
They should all be purged and exiled out of this nation. Those who support them should be too. Christians don’t have to live with them. Thats our choice. The Gop has never been conservative.
Hey locoweed, he just came here from crapistan in 2009. You think he needs to be in a position of power in a Texas GOP post?
Moslems have no business in America, and especially not in Texas. And ESPECIALLY not in any leadership positions.
Also read closer, there are a couple of women on the committee married to camel jockeys, and then they get this one in also. It’s called a “cell”.
He’s part of the move removing the Alamo’s part in Texas Independence and “re-imagining” it as just another mission. The mayor and city council (Soros people) are doing this with land commissioner Bushes help. (They are moving the cenotaph off to the side and have moved the big Christmas tree around the corner into a park. A traitor to Texas. I can’t believe the people of Texas re-elected him to this position.
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Then they are not really Muslim.
Islam is global conquest politics, not religion.
Please tell me your post is satire.
This is like someone saying, I've been a practicing Catholic for 40 years and don't know who or what the Pope is.
This Muslim is a doctor. He is an adult Muslim. He's not ignorant. It would be beyond incredulous to believe a word this Muslim says.
He is engaging in taqiyya and not to be trusted !
Yep, until they are.
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