There's someone running for Texas Attorney General and using Islamaphobic fearmongering tactics. His name is Chip Roy.
Unfortunately, I live in Texas. So in one of his political ads, Chip Roy talks about how he stopped Sharia Law from being enforced in Texas. Here's the reality. Nobody in this state was trying to enforce this.
There is a notable Muslim population in this state. There are people who happen to be Muslim who want to build a community here. There are things like that here. In Texas, there are communities for Vietnamese people, Mexican people, other Africans like Nigerians (my parents were from there) Ghanaians, etc. These are food stores, places of worship, organization meetings on local levels, etc. Some people who immigrated from another place just want to be with people who are like them. Shocker.
So suddenly, because some of communities have Muslim people in them, it's Sharia Law? No. That's not how this works. He's basically saying he did something he didn't even properly do by introducing the "Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act" (H.R. 5722) [Yes. That's literally what it's called] to prevent Texas from undergoing Sharia Law simply because Muslim people wanted to build community and togetherness. We have places of worship for Christians and Muslims. We have food stores that are multicultural. We were never under threat of that and he was just being xenophobic because some people want to interact with people similar to them.
Unfortunately, I live in Texas. So in one of his political ads, Chip Roy talks about how he stopped Sharia Law from being enforced in Texas. Here's the reality. Nobody in this state was trying to enforce this.
There is a notable Muslim population in this state. There are people who happen to be Muslim who want to build a community here. There are things like that here. In Texas, there are communities for Vietnamese people, Mexican people, other Africans like Nigerians (my parents were from there) Ghanaians, etc. These are food stores, places of worship, organization meetings on local levels, etc. Some people who immigrated from another place just want to be with people who are like them. Shocker.
So suddenly, because some of communities have Muslim people in them, it's Sharia Law? No. That's not how this works. He's basically saying he did something he didn't even properly do by introducing the "Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act" (H.R. 5722) [Yes. That's literally what it's called] to prevent Texas from undergoing Sharia Law simply because Muslim people wanted to build community and togetherness. We have places of worship for Christians and Muslims. We have food stores that are multicultural. We were never under threat of that and he was just being xenophobic because some people want to interact with people similar to them.
There's someone running for Texas Attorney General and using Islamaphobic fearmongering tactics. His name is Chip Roy.
Unfortunately, I live in Texas. So in one of his political ads, Chip Roy talks about how he stopped Sharia Law from being enforced in Texas. Here's the reality. Nobody in this state was trying to enforce this.
There is a notable Muslim population in this state. There are people who happen to be Muslim who want to build a community here. There are things like that here. In Texas, there are communities for Vietnamese people, Mexican people, other Africans like Nigerians (my parents were from there) Ghanaians, etc. These are food stores, places of worship, organization meetings on local levels, etc. Some people who immigrated from another place just want to be with people who are like them. Shocker.
So suddenly, because some of communities have Muslim people in them, it's Sharia Law? No. That's not how this works. He's basically saying he did something he didn't even properly do by introducing the "Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act" (H.R. 5722) [Yes. That's literally what it's called] to prevent Texas from undergoing Sharia Law simply because Muslim people wanted to build community and togetherness. We have places of worship for Christians and Muslims. We have food stores that are multicultural. We were never under threat of that and he was just being xenophobic because some people want to interact with people similar to them.
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