Does Linda Sarsour Know ANYTHING About Islam?
Most Americans are, no doubt, familiar with Linda Sarsour, a women’s rights activist and self described Muslim. News coverage of her is ubiquitous because she seems to represent two contradictory sociopolitical ideologies that “progressives” fantasize can coexist: feminism and Islam. Sarsour does garner much media attention, simply because there are so few real life individuals in that category. That’s not to say that there are no Arabic women activists, however. There are numerous advocates of women’s rights in the Arab world, but the vast majority of them, such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Nonie Darwish, Wafa Sultan, Bridgette Gabriel, and others, leave Islam, the religion of their birth, and the mideast, behind. Other activists, like Benazir Bhutto, leave behind their lives (Butto was Prime Minister of Pakistan, and a committed liberal. She was assassinated on Dec 27, 2007. The attack was carried out by a teenager but the mastermind was Baitullah Meshud of the Taliban. Her crime was “insulting” Islam with her liberalism). So, as a result, there’s an acute shortage of female Muslim women’s rights activists. The astute reader will, of course, ask “Why is that?”
The foremost explanation is that Muslimas more knowledgeable than Sarsour know that sharia is incompatible with women’s rights. In fact, aside from the imperative of wearing the hijab, one might ask if Sarsour knows ANYTHING about Islam or Sharia.
During her participation in the women’s march in January of 2017, she appeared blissfully unaware that she was taking part in participatory democracy, which is prohibited in Islam. (In fact Islamic teaching prohibits democracy because the laws of society shouldn’t come from man, but only from Allah).
This question came up, again, last week when she showed up at the Congressional hearings for the appointment of Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court (how DOES this women get all these invitations?). She’s seen on video screaming as she is being forcibly removed from the chamber for her blatantly disruptive behavior. Her appearance at the hearings prompted condemnation from a number of prominent Muslims. In fact, Imam Mohammad Tawhidi tweeted: “Linda Sarsour violated Sharia Law once again by purposefully and intentionally putting herself in a situation knowing that she will definitely be touched by men other that her husband (police).” In case the reader is wondering about credentials, Imam Tawhidi is an Iranian born Muslim living in Australia. He was ordained in 2010 by Grand Ayatollah Sayid Sadiq Shirazi at the Qon Seminary in Iran. So, Ms. Sarsour, the self described “Muslim advocate of women’s rights” has violated the Sharia Law that she also advocates! Isn’t that rich!
But there’s another irony here. The “progressive” posse that Sarsour joined at the Capitol, was there to protest the appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, primarily motivated by fears that he will allow the Roe vs. Wade verdict to be overturned, thereby limiting the abortion “rights” of American women. The irony is, however, that Roe vs. Wade permits (non lifesaving) abortion up until 196 days after conception (28 weeks) whereas Sharia permits (non life saving) abortion only until 120 days, a much stricter ruling. Source: IMANA (Islamic Medical Association Of North America) Ethics Committee, Islamic Medical Ethics: The IMANA Perspective, www.imana.org 1-12, 9. Stricter than Rowe vs. Wade! Isn’t that rich!
In addition to strictures on abortion, Sharia prescribes a host of extremely anti women laws such as stoning for adultery, female genital mutilation, caning for touching any man who is not a husband, half value of legal testimony, extremely lax divorce laws (all a Muslim husband has to do to get a divorce, is…to SAY IT THREE TIMES! Yes, that’s it. Three times and you’re out, lady!), caning for lesbian intercourse (one took place just last week in Indonesia, an often designated “moderate” Muslim nation.), and many others, that Sarsour, apparently, doesn’t know anything about, either.
And, in addition to ignorance of Sharia, I suspect that Sarsour doesn’t know much of anything about the Arabic language either. Why? Because if she did, she might consider changing her last name….in Arabic, the word “sarsour” means…cockroach! Don’t believe me?…Look it up!