I’m not aware of any attempts to impose Sharia law in the United States. I am, however, aware of efforts by right wing Christians to impose their religious beliefs on the rest of America.
Passing laws to mandate the display of the 10 Commandments in public schools?
Directing public funds (vouchers) to private religious schools while excluding Islamic and secular institutions?
Basing reproductive health laws on their religious beliefs?.
CINOs: christian in name only. H/T to Nina Simmonds. I was using American taliban, but CINO removes an implication that their beliefs or behavior are American.
This has been evident since I was a child in Christian church Sunday school in the 1960s — how I should look, how I should dress, how I should be in relation to men. Quit then; not going back.
You mean the Stable Genius needed someone to teach him, he was not born with the knowledge of Athena already implanted? Aren't narcissists born, not made?
I'd choose to have dogs in my house over Republican politicians any day - I don't think they're housetrained. As an atheist, I find Islam to be no more offensive than any of the other religions. All of them have rules that can interfere with the freedoms I hold 'sacred'. I'm happy to let people do whatever they want to do so long as it doesn't interfere with others' ability to do the same. And a call to prayer is no worse than a lot of regular noises in public places (like sirens, train whistles, and clocks that chime the hours).
One of my core beliefs is that people should be free to live and do however they want as long as they are not harming anyone (including themselves). Forcing others to accept your beliefs over their own is harmful.
Unfortunately, there is a large part of our citizenry that cannot accept anyone who is not white, yhe “right” kind of Christian and male.
>> "Republicans used to distinguish radical Muslims from mainstream Muslims. The caucus is abandoning that distinction. "
I mean, some Republicans did. Others never have.
All in all, quite rich for Christian nationalists to get up in arms about Sharia Law. Maybe this whole separation of church and state protects Christians too, eh?
(Frankly, the Pilgrims would be horrified by the theology of most of today’s evangelical right. It’s ahistorical to think today’s right wingers would be any more accepted as good Christians by the Mayflower’s passengers than were their contemporaries, Catholic and Protestant alike. But right wingers Christian culture by and large doesn’t know its history, so…)
(And lolz for days quoting John Adams and thinking you’ve scored a win for evangelicalism. Again: these people are clueless.)
And they have no idea of what Sharia Law actually is. There isn't a single Sharia Law. They are different all over the world.
In the US, they are social compacts that people volunteer for, independently agree to. The compact is used to solve social issues, disputes, agreements, support its members, no different than your standard HOA or Golf Club Bylaws.
I receive such sinister whisperings in Facebook DM's from a retired Evangelical pastor. He insists that the vast majority of Muslims who have moved to America have moved here to take over the country, not to seek a better life. He has cited some of the circumstantial evidence documented in Will's post. I explain to him that similar conjectures have been throughout history about my people---Jews---and I know that the motives ascribed to us are baseless.
The "didn't show up on the Mayflower" comment struck me, I assumed it was true, but it made me wonder, when did the first Muslim come to America. So, fun fact, Estevancio (sometimes known as Mustafa Azemmouri) was a Moroccan enslaved by the Portuguese and brought to America in 1527 and is considered the first Muslim in America, predating the Mayflower by almsot 100 years. He was one of four survivors of the Narvaez Expedition and spent more than 8 years traveling across present day Florida, Texas and New Mexico.
Later on in the 1630s, Anthony Janszoon van Salee was a prominent landowner in New Amsterdam known for his Muslim heritage.
Setting aside the sheer ignorance and desperation of this 'caucus', these are the same people that would legally impose Christianity on all Americans. The only thing better than GOP propaganda is their unflagging hypocrisy.
Except they’re not being hypocrites in this regard. They’re not saying they don’t want any established religion and then going around advocating for their flavor of evangelicalism to rule all our lives. They’re quite clear that their issue is with imagined Muslims who think that Islam should be enshrined in law, not with religious rules determining secular law generally.
Yes, this article is clear on their contempt for Muslims. It is impossible for me to read this and distinguish between the obvious goals of this caucus and the multiple, recent attempts in Congress to eliminate or mitigate secular law. Among these are Rep Harris and Sen Lankford introducing the Destroy Church-State Separation in Politics act in March 2025, the establishment of the Religious Liberty Commission in Sep 2025 that aims to "advance Christian dominance," a potential EO on encouraging prayer in school, along with various bills and guides related to making the distance between government and Christian organizations much thinner. Not to mention the similar goals happening at state levels, many of which use the guise of religion to cover naked cash grabs. It is hard to find a topic that the GOP is not hypocritical with, but I find the religious angle particularly gross.
Do they object to church bells ringing? That is a call to worship. Do they object to a Secretary of Defense who inserts Christian prayers into his press briefings? Or who tries to use Christian theology to justify acts of war? Disgusting!
Or a Secretary of Agriculture who sends a WILDLY Christian Easter email to all ~150,000 of her employees. (Give or take. USDA’s workforce is down over 20% from December 2024, so I’m not sure what the current number is.)
Here in Texas, I sure hope people listen to James Talarico's message over Keith Self's. All people deserve our love and care, not just white Christians.
I'm pretty sure Jesus said something very similar on many occasions.
I’m not aware of any attempts to impose Sharia law in the United States. I am, however, aware of efforts by right wing Christians to impose their religious beliefs on the rest of America.
Passing laws to mandate the display of the 10 Commandments in public schools?
Directing public funds (vouchers) to private religious schools while excluding Islamic and secular institutions?
Basing reproductive health laws on their religious beliefs?.
I cal them the Christian taliban.
"Teahadists" is my go-to.
Yes. What they want is best referred to as Christian Sharia Law. Religious bigots is what they are.
CINOs: christian in name only. H/T to Nina Simmonds. I was using American taliban, but CINO removes an implication that their beliefs or behavior are American.
Y'allqaeda
Post the Sermon On the Mount instead!
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
This has been evident since I was a child in Christian church Sunday school in the 1960s — how I should look, how I should dress, how I should be in relation to men. Quit then; not going back.
"Old Man Trump" is a song written by American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie in 1954.
The song describes the racist housing practices and discriminatory rental policies of his landlord, Fred Trump, father of Donald Trump.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_Trump
So, his defense will be that it is in his "jeans", which is how he would likely spell it on Untruth Antisocial?
Donny learned from the best. Fred and Roy taught him everything he knows!
You mean the Stable Genius needed someone to teach him, he was not born with the knowledge of Athena already implanted? Aren't narcissists born, not made?
Mary Trump thinks it was a family affair:
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0898S8WP8/?bestFormat=true&k=too%20much%20and%20never%20enough%20mary%20trump&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-bk-ww_k1_1_13_de&crid=CEKEFN1WXM3O&sprefix=too%20much%20and%20
I'd choose to have dogs in my house over Republican politicians any day - I don't think they're housetrained. As an atheist, I find Islam to be no more offensive than any of the other religions. All of them have rules that can interfere with the freedoms I hold 'sacred'. I'm happy to let people do whatever they want to do so long as it doesn't interfere with others' ability to do the same. And a call to prayer is no worse than a lot of regular noises in public places (like sirens, train whistles, and clocks that chime the hours).
One of my core beliefs is that people should be free to live and do however they want as long as they are not harming anyone (including themselves). Forcing others to accept your beliefs over their own is harmful.
Unfortunately, there is a large part of our citizenry that cannot accept anyone who is not white, yhe “right” kind of Christian and male.
or like Church bells
I’m starting to think that putting America’s stupidest people in charge of our government was a bad idea.
Ya think?
These are some of the worst things I have heard these people say, and they say a lot of bad things.
>> "Republicans used to distinguish radical Muslims from mainstream Muslims. The caucus is abandoning that distinction. "
I mean, some Republicans did. Others never have.
All in all, quite rich for Christian nationalists to get up in arms about Sharia Law. Maybe this whole separation of church and state protects Christians too, eh?
It’s not needed to protect right wing Christians if they get to run the whole show.
"didn't show up on the Mayflower" lol what lunatics
Neither did any Catholics. Take that, Pope Leo!
(Frankly, the Pilgrims would be horrified by the theology of most of today’s evangelical right. It’s ahistorical to think today’s right wingers would be any more accepted as good Christians by the Mayflower’s passengers than were their contemporaries, Catholic and Protestant alike. But right wingers Christian culture by and large doesn’t know its history, so…)
(And lolz for days quoting John Adams and thinking you’ve scored a win for evangelicalism. Again: these people are clueless.)
And they have no idea of what Sharia Law actually is. There isn't a single Sharia Law. They are different all over the world.
In the US, they are social compacts that people volunteer for, independently agree to. The compact is used to solve social issues, disputes, agreements, support its members, no different than your standard HOA or Golf Club Bylaws.
Sharia cant be as bad as the average HOA.
I receive such sinister whisperings in Facebook DM's from a retired Evangelical pastor. He insists that the vast majority of Muslims who have moved to America have moved here to take over the country, not to seek a better life. He has cited some of the circumstantial evidence documented in Will's post. I explain to him that similar conjectures have been throughout history about my people---Jews---and I know that the motives ascribed to us are baseless.
The "didn't show up on the Mayflower" comment struck me, I assumed it was true, but it made me wonder, when did the first Muslim come to America. So, fun fact, Estevancio (sometimes known as Mustafa Azemmouri) was a Moroccan enslaved by the Portuguese and brought to America in 1527 and is considered the first Muslim in America, predating the Mayflower by almsot 100 years. He was one of four survivors of the Narvaez Expedition and spent more than 8 years traveling across present day Florida, Texas and New Mexico.
Later on in the 1630s, Anthony Janszoon van Salee was a prominent landowner in New Amsterdam known for his Muslim heritage.
Setting aside the sheer ignorance and desperation of this 'caucus', these are the same people that would legally impose Christianity on all Americans. The only thing better than GOP propaganda is their unflagging hypocrisy.
Except they’re not being hypocrites in this regard. They’re not saying they don’t want any established religion and then going around advocating for their flavor of evangelicalism to rule all our lives. They’re quite clear that their issue is with imagined Muslims who think that Islam should be enshrined in law, not with religious rules determining secular law generally.
Yes, this article is clear on their contempt for Muslims. It is impossible for me to read this and distinguish between the obvious goals of this caucus and the multiple, recent attempts in Congress to eliminate or mitigate secular law. Among these are Rep Harris and Sen Lankford introducing the Destroy Church-State Separation in Politics act in March 2025, the establishment of the Religious Liberty Commission in Sep 2025 that aims to "advance Christian dominance," a potential EO on encouraging prayer in school, along with various bills and guides related to making the distance between government and Christian organizations much thinner. Not to mention the similar goals happening at state levels, many of which use the guise of religion to cover naked cash grabs. It is hard to find a topic that the GOP is not hypocritical with, but I find the religious angle particularly gross.
Sheldon Cooper's mom: "You don't respect me."
Sheldon Cooper: "Oh, please. You're my mother; of course I respect you. I just don't respect anything you do, say, or believe."
Calls for the faithful must include church bells
And LDS pamphlets...
these people are nuts
Do they object to church bells ringing? That is a call to worship. Do they object to a Secretary of Defense who inserts Christian prayers into his press briefings? Or who tries to use Christian theology to justify acts of war? Disgusting!
Or a Secretary of Agriculture who sends a WILDLY Christian Easter email to all ~150,000 of her employees. (Give or take. USDA’s workforce is down over 20% from December 2024, so I’m not sure what the current number is.)
Full text of her letter, along with the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s response, is in the (PDF) link. https://ffrf.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Secretary-Brooke-Rollins-Easter-Email.pdf
Here in Texas, I sure hope people listen to James Talarico's message over Keith Self's. All people deserve our love and care, not just white Christians.
I'm pretty sure Jesus said something very similar on many occasions.