Posted on 07/11/2023 6:18:19 PM PDT by Morgana
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Far-left Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota wants American Muslims to practice “solidarity” with homosexuals and gender-confused people, a call for unity in one of the rockiest pairings in the Left’s identity-politics coalition.
Progressive radio host Dean Obeidallah recently interviewed Omar on his SiriusXM show, during which they discussed the tension between their shared religion and their politics, which came to a head last month when the Muslim-majority city of Hamtramck, Michigan, voted to prohibit the flying of LGBT “pride” flags on government buildings, which sparked a bitter local debate and drew grave lamentations from liberals across the country.
Omar (one of four female minority Democrats in Congress collectively known as “the Squad” for their leftist solidarity) suggested that, because Muslims and people who identify as LGBT are both supposedly “marginalized communit[ies]” in the United States, the former should not “punch down” against the latter. “Solidarity for us has been lifesaving, and that solidarity needs to exist for others whose lives need to be protected.”
“We should not be the ones who are, you know, making people not be proud to celebrate who they are and who they choose to be,” she continued.
The American Left has anointed itself an “ally” of both Muslims and LGBTs, as part of their claims to a monopoly on representing the interests of all racial, religious, and sexual minorities in a society supposedly rigged against them. But the relationship is sometimes a contentious one thanks to conflicts between the groups’ values.
Islam teaches that homosexuality is a grave sin punishable by death, and to this day, majority-Muslim countries in the Middle East subject homosexuals to criminal penalties, violence, and alleged abuse unheard of in America, yet liberals tend to hold this record to a strikingly different standard than they do to mainstream Christian and conservative views on homosexuality.
Leftists regularly cast LGBT-identifying Americans as ongoing victims of institutionalized discrimination and deep-seated cultural bigotry, with the labels “homophobia” and “transphobia” commonly deployed against individuals who merely hold religious views of sexual morality incompatible with homosexual activity or object to the notion that gender is a malleable social construct, while nevertheless treating individuals with same-sex attraction or gender confusion with compassion and respect.
This double standard is most commonly seen in the corporate world, where left-wing companies mark June “Pride Month” with a bombardment of rainbow branding and pro-LGBT messages in western markets, but not in the Middle East, while entertainment giants such as Disney push pro-LGBT messaging in content for American children but agree to keep it out of Mideast markets in the name of “cultural sensitivity.”
Muslims will embrace homosexuals and gender confused people by way of suicide car bombers into their pride parades if you keep pushing it.
Most anywhere but in the US, Muslims would have off’ed her for such statements.
Because the ultimate goal is to destroy white people and once that’s accomplished, the Muslims will have no more use for the LGBTQ.
I was pretty much thinking the same thing.
I was thinking the same thing.
Is Omar a TransHuman?
Yes, embrace it. Also make sure roof access is unlocked. Should be fine, they’ll get along just well. /s
Muslims are better at sticking to their principles than a lot of Christians. Looks bad when idol worshippers are more faithful than the faithful.
she isn’t really a Muslim but she plays one on tv.
She married her brother so certainly there’s a few extra letters for that? At least a big ol “I”.
They conduct gravity experiments with homos.
Talk about not knowing your audience.
Is Bud Light Marketing a virus ?
Homosexuals are haram.
Can we let her make that statement in Anytown, Saudi Arabia and put the next 45 minutes of locals’ reactions on YouTube?
It does not matter what most USA Muslims think about LGBTQ.
In the Detroit metro area, most of the Muslims are Palestinians, and they vote 75%-80% Democrat, in every election!
Flamethrower get ALL antiAmerican Islam out of the United States !
-fJRoberts-
“And could you please refrain from tossing them off of buildings?”
“Off with her head!”
“Solidarity” shall be expressed by defenestration of professing LGBTQ, from rooftops, AR-15 target practice, vehicular street clearing, and other “honor killings”.
Ilhan does not have a clear grasp of the moral purity Mohammed Ali loosed upon the world.
I choose to be a conservative and apparently we’re a marginalized community. Where is our support?
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