Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed sparked controversy on social media Monday night after comparing Sharia law to Christian canon law during an interview with Fox News anchor Jesse Watters. "Getting rid of Sharia law is White supremacy?" Watters said to El-Sayed, bringing up past comments from the Michigan candidate opposing a ban on Sharia law and comparing those efforts to white supremacy. "Can you explain that one?" Sayed responded by comparing Sharia, Islamic law based on religious texts, to Catholic Church law and governance.
"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 said. TRUMP INAUGURATION PASTOR SAYS DEARBORN CHRISTIANS 'AFRAID' TO SPEAK OUT IN MUSLIM-MAJORITY CITY The comparison sparked pushback on social media from users highlighting the differences between the two viewpoints and traditions. "He lies and says no one is trying to push Sharia (they are), and draws a false equivalency to Christian Canon law," Charlie Kirk Show Executive Producer Andrew Kolvet posted on X.
"Canon law determines how Christian leaders, churches, and Christians should live, but Canon law is limited to affairs of the Church (spiritual penalties). Canon law grants great autonomy to the state." Kolvet continued, "Sharia law is MUCH more comprehensive, governing all aspects of life, and historically, and according to many contemporary Islamic clerics, dictates the affairs of the state." EL-SAYED'S AGENDA PUTS ‘PERMANENTLY’ CHANGED AMERICA ON THE LINE IN MICHIGAN SENATE RACE, GOP FIREBRAND WARNS "Sharia law is incompatible with Western Civilization," political commentator Carl Jackson posted on X. "I’m tired of El-Sayed playing the victim card in attempt to avoid legitimate scrutiny of Islam." "Yeah, it’s over for him," Fox News contributor Kaylee McGhee White posted on X.
"Rogers by 6." "@AbdulElSayed doesn’t get to bloviate about sharia being a mere ‘practice’ of faith when it’s Islamic jurisprudence used to supplant western jurisprudence," conservative commentator and radio host Dana Loesch posted on X. "'Jesse, the Catholic Church requires ministers to use plant oils in sacraments with the blessings of a bishop, so why shouldn't courts allow Muslim men to have four wives?'" conservative commentator Michael Knowles posted on X. "Canon law applies to Catholics," conservative commentator Pamela Geller posted on X.
"There is no compulsion is Canon law. Jewish law applies only to Jews. There is no compulsion in Jewish law.
The sharia is a comprehensive legal system governing every aspect of human life, and asserts authority over non-Muslims." "This was a very strange prepared defense from Abdul," GOP communicator Matt Whitlock posted on X. "I expected him to say it was out of context, not reflective of current views, etc. Instead he accepted the premise and defended promoting Sharia Law - opening that lane up to more attacks." Fox News Digital reached out to the El-Sayed campaign for comment.
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