National Islamic furor focuses on Irving vote tonight
Irving, Texas -- A national furor over Islam has touched down in the heart of North Texas, where Irving’s mayor has accused mosque leaders of creating separate laws for Muslims, and requested a City Council vote this evening to endorse a state bill that Muslims say targets their faith.
The dispute has made Mayor Beth Van Duyne a hero among a fringe movement that believes Muslims — a tiny fraction of the U.S. population — are plotting to take over American culture and courts.
“It fuels anti-Islamic hysteria,” said Zia Sheikh, the Islamic Center of Irving’s imam.
“Her whole point was to rile up her supporters. ... People are trying to galvanize their base. The problem is we become the whipping boys.”
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Cross-posted in the Religion Group and the Texas Group.