AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Republican lawmakers press anti-Sharia agenda as Muslim civic leaders mount public response
Senator Ted Cruz and Governor Greg Abbott used a Republican midterm convention in Dallas to declare that Sharia law "has no place in America," drawing sharp pushback from Muslim American scholars and advocacy groups who call the rhetoric a misrepresentation of their faith. Cruz drew some of the loudest cheers at the convention when he […] The post Republican lawmakers press anti-Sharia agenda as Muslim civic leaders mount public response appeared first on American Almanac .
Senator Ted Cruz and Governor Greg Abbott used a Republican midterm convention in Dallas to declare that Sharia law "has no place in America," drawing sharp pushback from Muslim American scholars and advocacy groups who call the rhetoric a misrepresentation of their faith. Cruz drew some of the loudest cheers at the convention when he told the crowd, "We need to stand together and stop it now." Moments later, Abbott took the stage and vowed to "fully ban Sharia law in Texas." The back-to-back speeches put the issue squarely in the midterm spotlight, and set off a public exchange between Republican officeholders and Muslim civic leaders over what Sharia actually means, whether it poses a legal threat, and who benefits from the fight. The…Open