A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears.
To some extent, Mohamed Hussein knew he was preparing to enter the lion’s den.
But he made the decision to attend the Republican Party of Texas Convention to confirm for himself that he had a place in the GOP, even as members of the party have railed for months about the urgency of ending Sharia Law and the so-called “Islamification” of Texas.
What he found was a party that didn’t want him. He arrived with hope but left in tears after being told explicitly that he should leave the country.
Hussein was among four Muslims who arrived at the convention in earnest — not as protesters, but as delegates or attendees — to participate in the annual meeting of the state’s most hardlined Republicans as they vote on the party’s priorities and hear from GOP leaders. Two prevailing themes from the Houston gathering were party unity and combatting Sharia Law, a movement that veered into outright Islamophobia by members of the convention.
“When they say Sharia-free, that means Muslim-free, no practices of Islam,” Hussein said in an interview with The Texas Tribune. “No one is calling for the state to implement Sharia laws.”
Hussein said he was in disbelief that he was told to convert or leave — for the first time in his life — at a Republican convention with the tagline, “Unity drives victory.”
WHY? I’m sorry, my brothers in Muhammad, but… what else did you THINK would happen? You expected a political party that is openly hostile to Muslims to just… accept you or something? To treat you like a human being, never mind an American? The article only gets worse after that, and I have no sympathy for ANY of these people. I mean, the Republican party is in many respects a hate group, and you folks are one of its primary targets:
In an interview Sunday, Scarborough said he had some regrets about his interaction with Mohamed Hussein, even though he thought he only attended his panel because he viewed the pastor as an enemy of CAIR.
“I’m not an enemy that fights like they fight,” Scarborough said. “I’m gonna fight on my knees, and I will fight in an effort to win Mohamed to Christ.”
When Hussein broke down crying, Scarborough said he realized he had pushed Hussein too hard. After insisting that Hussein should give up Sharia or leave the country, “the pastoral side of me reached out to him in genuine care,” he said, and he offered to pray with Hussein.
Scarborough said he has asked God and Hussein for forgiveness for not setting a good example of Judeo-Christian morality. He prayed that Mohamed would convert to Christianity.
And even if he does, they will still hate Mohamed for not being enough like them. I’m pleased that, per the article, Mohamed is having second thoughts about the Republicans, but I’m kind of appalled this needed to happen for him to realise what cunts they are, and that their visible public actions and statements weren’t enough. I mean, if I can see it from the other side of the world, why couldn’t he see it close up?
