Democrat Abdul El-Sayed appeared on “Jesse Watters Primetime” on the Fox News Channel, where he was grilled by the host for his far-left, antisemitic views.
Watters challenged him over his stated adherence to Sharia law, which was recently criticized by Vice President JD Vance, as well as previous remarks in which he linked efforts to eliminate Sharia law to white supremacy. El-Sayed tried to equate it with Canon law.
“Nobody is trying to push Sharia law on anyone else, just like, I hope, nobody is trying to push Canon law on anybody else, because we live in an America where you should have the freedom of your religion,” El-Sayed says. “The idea that you have somebody like Tommy Tuberville — who barely was good at coaching football — out here trying to ban Sharia law when there's less than 1% of the Muslim community in America, as if somehow Muslims are out here trying to push Sharia law, that seems to me to be deliberately targeting the Muslim community because they're different.”
Meanwhile, a pastor accused the Michigan city of Dearborn of operating under Sharia law, not through legislation but favoritism regarding Muslims under the claim of religious freedom.
Ron Armstrong, who is president of Stand Up Michigan, says El-Sayed's response was a deflection.
“He's basically saying that people should be able to practice their Sharia law. What he isn't acknowledging — and certainly wasn't asked of him — is what Sharia law actually demands,” Armstrong says.
And that, he states, is pretty much the killing of anyone who doesn't accept their way of life.
“It also is the destruction of Christianity and or anyone who claims to be a Christian. It is, of course, entirely anti-God as a whole. It isn't you choosing your own God — that is a lie. That is not what they stand for, but that's how they get themselves into where they are,” Armstrong says.
In the August primaries, El-Sayed beat Rep. Haley Stevens as the Democrat candidate for Michigan senator. He is now facing off against Republican candidate Mike Rodgers, a former U.S. representative, in November.
