Texas Muslims Want to Build Homes and a Mosque. The Governor Says No. "Shariah law is not allowed in Texas"

[Unkotare]

... we know that most Christians are afraid of Muslims...

Oh? Do "we" know that?

 

[westwall]

We are talking about US. Different countries have different laws and cultures.

Indeed. When Muslims move here they follow OUR laws.

Not the laws from their home countries.

Simple.

 

[AZrailwhale]

Indeed. When Muslims move here they follow OUR laws.

Not the laws from their home countries.

Simple.

Based upon their conduct in other countries, they grudgingly follow our laws until they are a sizeable minority, then they separate and follow sharia law. That is the pattern in every western country they have immigrated into.

 

[Coyote]

Indeed. When Muslims move here they follow OUR laws.

Not the laws from their home countries.

Simple.

They are no different than any other immigrant group in that respect. Follow the laws. I’m not sure if you are aware of this, but Muslims are not some monolithic ethnic group. Like Christianity, they are a worldwide religion spanning diverse cultures.

 

[Coyote]

Based upon their conduct in other countries, they grudgingly follow our laws until they are a sizeable minority, then they separate and follow sharia law. That is the pattern in every western country they have immigrated into.

Bullshit. That’s the kind of canard that has thrown at multiple ethnic and religious groups throughout history to justify hate, persecution, exclusion and even violence.

“Their sect is notorious for mysogyny and child abuse,”

“….their wanton destruction of the towns and school districts.”

“They take over, like locusts — killing everything they encounter, draining every last resource,”

 

[Meathead]

‘Abbott has posted about the development at least 11 times in recent weeks. He suggested the developers may have violated fair housing and financial laws, and accused the Islamic center of conducting illegal funerals.

The governor ordered multiple overlapping investigations. Not to be outdone, the state’s conservative attorney general, Ken Paxton, added his own criminal inquiry.

The state’s actions have fueled opposition to the proposed housing development, known as EPIC City, before any initial plans have been submitted. At a hearing on the project in Collin County, where part of it would be located, hours of public comment included expressions of anti-Muslim hostility.

“I know what this would mean,” said another speaker, Krista Schild, a Republican precinct chair in Hunt County, where a portion of the project would be also be located. “Honor killings, stonings, marrying their young girls off to older men.”’

Texas Muslims Want to Build Homes and a Mosque. Gov. Greg Abbott Says No.

Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas is trying to stop a planned community near Dallas that has fueled anti-Muslim hostility and divided locals.

www.nytimes.com

The fascist state of Texas.

There’s no limit to Republicans’ bigotry and hate, along with their ignorance and unwarranted fear.

The problem being?

 

[westwall]

They are no different than any other immigrant group in that respect. Follow the laws. I’m not sure if you are aware of this, but Muslims are not some monolithic ethnic group. Like Christianity, they are a worldwide religion spanning diverse cultures.

I never said they were. However, if a Muslim appears, and his women are covered head to toe, they ARE Islamists, and they ARE a monolithic ethnic group, and their beliefs are antithetical to western civilization.

 

[AZrailwhale]

Bullshit. That’s the kind of canard that has thrown at multiple ethnic and religious groups throughout history to justify hate, persecution, exclusion and even violence.

“Their sect is notorious for mysogyny and child abuse,”

“….their wanton destruction of the towns and school districts.”

“They take over, like locusts — killing everything they encounter, draining every last resource,”

So the "no go zones" in France, Germany and the Scandinavian countries are figments of my imagination? They exist and are places where secular authority does not apply and the authorities can't enter without using armed force.

 

[Hollie]

‘Abbott has posted about the development at least 11 times in recent weeks. He suggested the developers may have violated fair housing and financial laws, and accused the Islamic center of conducting illegal funerals.

The governor ordered multiple overlapping investigations. Not to be outdone, the state’s conservative attorney general, Ken Paxton, added his own criminal inquiry.

The state’s actions have fueled opposition to the proposed housing development, known as EPIC City, before any initial plans have been submitted. At a hearing on the project in Collin County, where part of it would be located, hours of public comment included expressions of anti-Muslim hostility.

“I know what this would mean,” said another speaker, Krista Schild, a Republican precinct chair in Hunt County, where a portion of the project would be also be located. “Honor killings, stonings, marrying their young girls off to older men.”’

Texas Muslims Want to Build Homes and a Mosque. Gov. Greg Abbott Says No.

Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas is trying to stop a planned community near Dallas that has fueled anti-Muslim hostility and divided locals.

www.nytimes.com

The fascist state of Texas.

There’s no limit to Republicans’ bigotry and hate, along with their ignorance and unwarranted fear.

I see, you have decided that Abbottt posting about the matter is an affront to your delicate feelings.

There’s no limit to the bigotry, hate and racism™ of the leftists who demand their feelings are to be protected from free speech.

 

[Meathead]

Bullshit. That’s the kind of canard that has thrown at multiple ethnic and religious groups throughout history to justify hate, persecution, exclusion and even violence.

“Their sect is notorious for mysogyny and child abuse,”

“….their wanton destruction of the towns and school districts.”

“They take over, like locusts — killing everything they encounter, draining every last resource,”

Like 9/11. That was America's fault?

There is a c-word that would correctly describe you.

 

[struth]

‘Abbott has posted about the development at least 11 times in recent weeks. He suggested the developers may have violated fair housing and financial laws, and accused the Islamic center of conducting illegal funerals.

The governor ordered multiple overlapping investigations. Not to be outdone, the state’s conservative attorney general, Ken Paxton, added his own criminal inquiry.

The state’s actions have fueled opposition to the proposed housing development, known as EPIC City, before any initial plans have been submitted. At a hearing on the project in Collin County, where part of it would be located, hours of public comment included expressions of anti-Muslim hostility.

“I know what this would mean,” said another speaker, Krista Schild, a Republican precinct chair in Hunt County, where a portion of the project would be also be located. “Honor killings, stonings, marrying their young girls off to older men.”’

Texas Muslims Want to Build Homes and a Mosque. Gov. Greg Abbott Says No.

Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas is trying to stop a planned community near Dallas that has fueled anti-Muslim hostility and divided locals.

www.nytimes.com

The fascist state of Texas.

There’s no limit to Republicans’ bigotry and hate, along with their ignorance and unwarranted fear.

What free loving American wouldn’t be against an American town government by theocratic rule??

 

[Coyote]

So the "no go zones" in France, Germany and the Scandinavian countries are figments of my imagination? They exist and are places where secular authority does not apply and the authorities can't enter without using armed force.

Factsheet: No-Go Zone Conspiracy Theory - Bridge Initiative

The “no-go zone” is an ant-Muslim conspiracy theory claiming there are areas in Europe and the U.S. with dense Muslim populations that are governed by Sharia law and where police and non-residents are barred from entry. Although it has been debunked by European police officials and news...

bridge.georgetown.edu

 

[Hollie]

Factsheet: No-Go Zone Conspiracy Theory - Bridge Initiative

The “no-go zone” is an ant-Muslim conspiracy theory claiming there are areas in Europe and the U.S. with dense Muslim populations that are governed by Sharia law and where police and non-residents are barred from entry. Although it has been debunked by European police officials and news...

bridge.georgetown.edu

No-Go Zones and Assimilation

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has publicly admitted the existence of so-called "no-go zones".

cis.org

 

[Coyote]

I never said they were. However, if a Muslim appears, and his women are covered head to toe, they ARE Islamists, and they ARE a monolithic ethnic group, and their beliefs are antithetical to western civilization.

What do you call Jews whose women must cover their hair and bodies? Who wear modest swimwear like “burkhinis”? Who run their communities with their own religious rules? Are their beliefs antithetical to western civilization? How about the Amish? In fact, there are a number of religious sects where women do not have a lot of freedom, yet no one calls them “antithetical to western civilization?

Let’s keep it simple. As long as they follow our laws, which include protection for human rights, they are fine in this country.

 

[westwall]

What do you call Jews whose women must cover their hair and bodies? Who wear modest swimwear like “burkhinis”? Who run their communities with their own religious rules? Are their beliefs antithetical to western civilization? How about the Amish? In fact, there are a number of religious sects where women do not have a lot of freedom, yet no one calls them “antithetical to western civilization?

Let’s keep it simple. As long as they follow our laws, which include protection for human rights, they are fine in this country.

I call them orthodox Jews. But they haven't publicly declared a desire to destroy western civilization.

Islamists HAVE.

 

[Coyote]

No-Go Zones and Assimilation

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has publicly admitted the existence of so-called "no-go zones".

cis.org

No-go zones are areas of high crime and violence where criminal gangs appear to run the area and people are afraid to go. They are not uniquely Muslim by any means and the attempt to make it something Islamic is the conspiracy theory promoted by Islamophobes.

 

[Coyote]

I call them orthodox Jews. But they haven't publicly declared a desire to destroy western civilization.

Islamists HAVE.

Ok…so, Orthodox Jews get a free pass, despite the way women are treated.

 

[westwall]

Ok…so, Orthodox Jews get a free pass, despite the way women are treated.

Yeah, they haven't professed a desire to murder me and my family because I don't want to be Mislim.

DURRRRRR

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Yeah, they haven't professed a desire to murder me and my family because I don't want to be Mislim.

DURRRRRR

That one has a real issue defending Muslims and attacking Jews

Blatant obvious

 

[Coyote]

Yeah, they haven't professed a desire to murder me and my family because I don't want to be Mislim.

DURRRRRR

No one has professed a desire to murder me or my family because I’m not Muslim. I don’t know what kind of people you hang around with, but I don’t like extremists of any kind.