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U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville believes that anyone “practicing” sharia law in the U.S. should be “deported immediately.”

Tuberville made the comments Wednesday during a 13-minute speech on the Senate floor alongside a poster that says, “BAN SHARIA LAW.”

Throughout the speech Tuberville mentioned that “radical Islamic extremists” were a threat to America and even stated that these extremists “want every single freedom loving American dead, bottom line

“They have proven over and over again that they’re willing to do whatever it takes to kill just one American citizen, whatever it takes and it isn’t just happening overseas,” Tuberville said. “It has been allowed to fester and is alive and well in our very own country, just waiting for the right opportunity to attack.”

Throughout the years many conservative politicians have invoked the prospect of “sharia law” taking over America as an Islamophobic and anti-Muslim trope.

In a statement to Al.com, Deputy Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Edward Ahmed Mitchell, said that Tuberville’s remarks were “dangerous hatred against American Muslims” and he could learn about Islam if he took up a months-old offer to visit a Birmingham mosque.

“If Senator Tuberville ever takes up the community’s offer to visit an Alabama mosque, he will learn that Alabama Muslims are following sharia—which means the way to water—when they pray five times a day, fast in Ramadan, give in charity, and follow the laws of the land in which they live,” Mitchell said.

“Senator Tuberville will also learn that American Muslims have consistently opposed all forms of unjust violence, from terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda and ISIS, to the genocide perpetrated by Israeli government in Gaza. This is called moral consistency, and Senator Tuberville should try it.”

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[–] lumen@feddit.nl 47 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Uhh, what does it mean to “practice sharia law”? These laws aren’t in force anywhere in the US.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 36 points 21 hours ago

That's the best part! Whatever they disagree with can be sharia law, because it's a radical leftist terrorist communist woke anti-fascist agenda. If you disagree with us you are an antifascist, which is the real fascism, and we will be forced to do fascism against you.

[–] DrakeAlbrecht@sh.itjust.works 21 points 21 hours ago

Women are property, dissent is heresy.

In other words, Tommy Tuberville is asking Republicans to self-deport.

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 8 points 20 hours ago

Turns out, lots of normal daily things are in sharia law. Can't wait to see people getting deported because they hold a fork in their right hand while eating, are honest, wash their hands before eating, are caring towards the elderly and so on. BTW murder and theft are also forbidden, so avoiding these things means you're blatantly following the sharia law. Prepare to be deported!

[–] Infinite@lemmy.zip 7 points 21 hours ago

You're asking an awful lot of the vestigial logic processes in the conservative mind