America’s founders, especially Jefferson & Madison, explicitly affirmed that religious liberty was meant to extend to Muslims as well as Christians and Jews.
As my @CatoInstitute colleague @IlyaSomin notes at this important @mpac_national@CSID_DC event:
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@mpac_national We've seen 10 lawmakers (like @AndyOgles and @RepFine call for the denaturalization and deportation - aka ethnic cleansing - of Muslims from America.
In April of this year, @mpac_national observed an 11x increase in violent threats and attacks against Muslim individuals and places of worship. Alarmed, we convened a private meeting of 30 mosques around the country and warned them of rising threats against Mosques. During the call, we expressed our biggest fear was that there would be a terror attack against a Mosque. Today, our greatest fear came true today.
Lets be clear! @AmyMek@LauraLoomer@VoteRandyFine@chiproytx have blood on their hands. Their anti-muslim activism and blood-thirsty rhetoric has has caused this mass shooting. They are the worst of America, we should all see their hate as a national security threat to America.
Years of rhetoric from @LauraLoomer & @AmyMek have fueled false claims framing Muslims as threats. This normalizes hate & contributes to a climate of violence. The shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego that killed 3 innocent people is a direct byproduct of their vile hate.
🔴LIVE from San Diego Police Press Conference: @MayorToddGloria assured the public that every available resource will be deployed to investigate the incident and emphasized that protecting the Muslim community and ensuring their safety in San Diego remains a top priority.
MPAC is monitoring reports of an active shooter incident at the Islamic Center of San Diego. We are devastated by reports that there are already victims and are praying for the safety & well-being of congregants, students, families, educators, & first responders on the scene.
🔴LIVE from San Diego Police Press Conference:
Authorities confirmed three deceased adult males and two subjects, both teenagers, who are also confirmed deceased.
🔴 LIVE from hearing: “They’ve [Muslims] infiltrated our society. They’ve written in a memorandum that they intend to make this country—like countries around the world—Islamic. They are waging jihad on our society.”—@AmyMek@HarisTarin
🔴 LIVE from hearing: "“I’m not talking about Islam writ-large, I think most muslims would like to live in a modern and secular or democratic republic, but we’re talking about radical islamists establishing beachheads in our country.”—Rep. Robert Onder of Missouri. @HarisTarin
🔴 Live :"Anti-Muslim government actions violate the [Establishment Clause]. Even proposed legislation targeting a particular religion can undercut our fundamental religious freedom by perpetuating harmful stereotypes and misinformation about Islam and Muslims."—@AmandaTylerBJC
🔴 LIVE from hearing: "“Sharia is not simply a personal religious observance. It is a comprehensive legal and political system and fundamental incompatibility with the U.S. constitution, Texas law and American values of individual liberties”—Student from Wylie, Tx. @HarisTarin
🔴 LIVE from Sharia-Free America Caucus Hearing: "Censorship against our club [Republican Club] stands in stark contrast to how administrators have handled the promotion of Islamic ideology, including Sharia."—witness, High School Student from Wylie, TX @HarisTarin
🔴 LIVE from Sharia-Free America Caucus Hearing: "The American people are awake, Washington is not. We must choose: the constitution of the Quran, America, or the Caliphate. Freedom of our submission. There is no middle ground"—@AmyMek@HarisTarin
🔴 LIVE from Sharia-Free America Hearing: "Across America, the Brotherhood is buying churches and converting to mosques. In Dallas, two imams, who preach hand amputations, sex with captives, and stoning adulterers are suing to seize a Christian Megachurch."—@AmyMek@HarisTarin
🔴 LIVE from Sharia-Free America Caucus Hearing: "The [Muslim] Brotherhood wrote the playbook. Today, every hostile Islamic regime and faction is executing it [Sharia] on our soil. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan, Hamas, the Taliban"—@AmyMek@HarisTarin
🔴 LIVE from Sharia-Free America Caucus Hearing: "We don’t need an anti-Sharia law law, or an anti-Christian law law, or an anti-Jewish law law, or an anti-Hindu law law. We already have one..... It’s called the First Amendment." —@RepRaskin@HarisTarin