Muslim woman gives leftist actress Susan Sarandon a powerful 'taste' of reality for weaponizing Muslims at anti-Israel rally



An American Muslim went viral on Monday over her response to leftist activist Susan Sarandon.

Last Friday, Sarandon joined pro-Palestinian protesters at a demonstration in New York City. She was captured chanting, "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," a Hamas rallying cry that celebrates the extermination of Israel.

Additionally, Sarandon appeared to celebrate the rise of anti-Semitism in America while minimizing the Muslim experience by regurgitating the narrative that America is not a safe place for Muslims, the New York Post noted.

"There are a lot of people that are afraid, that are afraid of being Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country," the actress told her fellow protesters.

But according to Asra Nomani — an influential American female Muslim and former journalist — Sarandon could not be more wrong.

"Let me give you 'a taste' of what it 'feels like' to be a Muslim in America," Nomani told Sarandon in response.

First, Nomani began with her dad, who earned a PhD from Rutgers University and eventually was awarded a full professorship at West Virginia University. "That’s what it means to be Muslim in America. You get your full rights," Nomani said.

Second, she turned to her mother. "Being Muslim in America meant she got to live FREE with the wind in her hair," Nomani explained. Being a Muslim in America also meant Nomani's mother could start a business and achieve financial independence, something Muslim women in the Muslim-majority world rarely experience.

For Nomani personally, being an American Muslim meant she could travel without a male chaperone, a rarity in countries where Shariah law is enforced.

"I'm going to fast forward because this is just a 'taste' of what it means to be Muslim in America. In 2002, I fled Pakistan with a souvenir that could have gotten me imprisoned or killed: a baby growing inside of me, a wedding ring not upon my hand. Sharia law makes sex out of marriage a crime in Muslim countries like Pakistan. My body? The mullah's tyranny," Nomani explained. "And even dare to be atheist like [Yasmine Mohammed]? It’s also a crime punishable by death — in Muslim countries but not in America!"

America, according to Nomani, is a safe haven for Muslims, where they get to "enjoy equal rights as Muslim AmeriCANs, not AmeriCANTs."

"This is a 'taste' of life for a Muslim family in America," Nomani said. "Please don’t minimize the experience of Jewish Americans by sanitizing the hell that it is for Muslims living in Muslim countries and vilifying America for the life — and freedoms — she offers Muslims like my family. Go, live like a Muslim woman in a Muslim country. You will come back to America and kiss the land beneath your feet."

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In other news, United Talent Agency, one of the premier talent agencies in Hollywood, has reportedly dumped Sarandon as a client over her anti-Jewish remarks.

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Maryland Democrat equates American Muslims with 'white supremacists' over their support for parental rights and opposition to LGBT propaganda



A Maryland Democrat has equated parents who take issue with their children's subjection to LGBT propaganda in the classroom to white supremacists — even if the defiant are non-white Muslims.

What's the background?

Concerned parents in Maryland, like others across America, took a stand this week against the gender ideology and LGBT agitprop pushed on their kids in elementary schools.

Parental rights groups Moms for Liberty and Family Rights for Religious Freedom organized a peaceful protest outside the Montgomery County Public Schools Headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.

Chief among the groups' stated concerns was the MCPS' recent decision to prevent parents and families from opting their children out of lessons and instructional content that stood in direct conflict with their religious beliefs. Previously, parents were able to spare their children from having to read LGBT activist literature.

The following are among the newly approved "LGBTQ-Inclusive Texts" for use in kindergarten to grade five MCPS classrooms that, extra to various activist lessons, are apparently no longer optional:

  • "Pride Puppy," detailing a young child's conversations with various activists at a Pride parade while looking for his lost dog;
  • "Uncle Bobby's Wedding," about a little girl's peripheral involvement in her uncle's gay "wedding";
  • "Intersection Allies: We Make Room for All," touted as "a smooth, gleeful entry into intersectional feminism";
  • "My Rainbow," a story about a mother's efforts to groom her transvestic son; and
  • "Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope," a story by activist and Chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board Jodie Patterson about her daughter's misapprehension in thinking she's a boy.

Christian and Muslim parents together chanted "protect our children" and "religious freedom now," reported Newsweek.

\u201cVIDEO THREAD: "Protect our children!" Today a Muslim-led coalition rallied outside the Montgomery County Maryland School Board against the removal of an "opt-out" option from human sexuality related material.\n\nPro-LGBT activists counter-protested, chanting "secular schools!"\u201d
— Ford Fischer (@Ford Fischer) 1686086415

Former Georgetown University professor Asra Nomani suggested the protest amounted to a "lethal blow" to the hard left, writing, "As a Muslim feminist, I don’t agree with many of the conservative interpretations of my Muslim community, but I do believe and they believe in the integral right of parents to parent."

"During the Obama administration, Muslim groups aligned with far-left interest groups that actually contradicted the socially conservative beliefs of many Muslims. This was not going to sustain itself, I knew," wrote Nomani. "Sure enough the hard left came after the one interest that no mama bear or papa bear is going to surrender: our kids."

Maryland Democrat signals a schism on the left

Abdullah Ali, a professor of Islamic studies at Zaytuna College, spoke to the alliance of Muslim and Christian parents in Maryland: "When interests converge and the stakes are so high, unlikely alliances form. This is far better than the fictitious alliance Muslim leadership in the West brokered with the left. The left took advantage of Muslim fears and longing for acceptance and then placed Muslims under the left’s umbrella in order to advocate for their agenda to the detriment of the Muslim community."

Montgomery County Councilwoman Kristin Mink (D) appeared to signal the breakdown of that "fictitious alliance" at the controversial school board meeting Tuesday, excommunicating Muslim parents over their refusal to uphold LGBT dogma.

"This issue has unfortunately put ... some Muslim families on the same side of an issue as white supremacists and outright bigots," said Mink.

The imposition of LGBT activist literature on children is "not an infringement on, you know, particular religious freedoms," added Mink. "Just as we cannot allow folks to opt out of teachings about evolution, we can allow them to teach about this."

Mink later reiterated in a post on her Instagram, "1. LGBTQIA+ people exist, and 2. othering them (such as by allowing families to opt out of materials that include LGBTQIA+ people or show them being accepted for who they are) increases bullying, depression, and suicide. A curriculum that excludes the LGBTQIA+ community does not reflect reality."

\u201cMontgomery County, Maryland Councilmember Kristin Mink tells the county public school board @MCPS that Muslim families who seek the right to opt out of teachings on sexual morality that violate their religion are on the same side as white supremacists\u201d
— Islam RFI (@Islam RFI) 1686091917

Mink noted she was not swayed by the testimony of various children who spoke to their desire to learn without compromising on their religious beliefs.

One MCSP graduate, Yasmeen Elkoshairi, said, "Freedom of religion is a fundamental human right that protects the conscience of all people. It allows us to think, express and act upon what we deeply believe. But around the world and in the United States, this freedom is eroding," reported Fox News Digital.

Another student said, "Never should a student be marginalized or excluded because of their opinions. Giving kids the option to skip these sessions enables us to exercise our right to practice our religion freely while preventing us from experiencing harassment at school."

One parent said, "We identify with our religion. You have to be fair and equal in accepting different identities. Please reinstate the opt-out since it's fair, it's equal, and it respects all."
The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team, part of the Religious Freedom Institute, noted on Twitter, "An Arab parent, a West African imam, and an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian priest walk into a school board protest… Here are some of Montgomery County councilmember Kristen Mink’s 'white supremacists' at today’s rally."
\u201cAn Arab parent, a West African imam, and an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian priest walk into a school board protest\u2026\n\nHere are some of Montgomery County councilmember Kristen Mink\u2019s \u201cwhite supremacists\u201d at today\u2019s rally\u201d
— Islam RFI (@Islam RFI) 1686091917


This is not the first time that Mink has pushed for the incorporation of gender ideology into the MCPS curriculum.

In March 2022, she pressured the school system to "ensure the inclusion of transgender, nonbinary, and other LGBTQ+ people in our school curricula "in all subject areas and across all grades."

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'Let them die!': PTA, NAACP official demonizes parents against critical race theory



Crowds gathered outside the Luther Jackson Middle School in Virginia, where concerned parents were rallying against critical race theory being taught to students in Fairfax County Public Schools. During Thursday's "Stop CRT Rally," a PTA and NAACP official spewed rhetoric against the parents, including proclaiming, "Let them die!"

An event flyer for the "Stop CRT Rally" stated: "It's not about race or equity, it's about a Communist Radical Takeover of America!" At the rally, there were counterprotests, including a diatribe delivered by federal employee Michelle Leete, who is also the vice president of training at the Virginia Parent-Teacher Association, vice president of communications for the Fairfax County PTA, and first vice president of the Fairfax County NAACP.

Leete lambasted anti-critical race theory parents, even going so far as to say, "Let them die!"

So let's meet and remain steadfast, steadfast, in speaking truth, tearing down double standards, and refuting double talk. Let's not allow any double downing on lies. Let's prepare our children for a world they deserve. Let's deny this off-key band of people that are anti-education, anti-teacher, anti-equity, anti-history, anti-racial reckoning, anti-opportunities, anti-help people, anti-diversity, anti-platform, anti-science, anti-change agent, anti-social justice, anti-health care, anti-worker, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-children, anti-health care, anti-worker, anti-environment, anti-admissions policy change, anti-inclusion, anti-live-and-let-live people. Let them die. Don't let these uncomfortable people, don't let these uncomfortable people deter us from our bold march forward.

Asra Nomani, an education activist and vice president for strategy and investigations for the watchdog group Parents Defending Education, shared footage from the rally and counterprotest on Twitter.

"I listened, stunned, as Michelle Leete, an executive of the NAACP and the PTA, put a target on the backs of parents just because they have a different point of view," said Nomani, whose son recently graduated from Fairfax County Public Schools.

"What we heard tonight was hate speech, pure and simple. It was shocking that anyone would cheer and applaud a call to violence," Nomani told the Daily Wire, "Ironically, her hateful, intolerant words are a perfect illustration of the divisive ideology of critical race theory in action. In the name of tolerance, it preaches intolerance and is a betrayal of all values of humanity and decency."

Harry Jackson, who has three children in the Fairfax public school system and is president-elect of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Parent Teacher Student Association, told the Daily Wire, "I was in shock looking at the crowd, watching Ms. Leete pander to white liberals with her hateful rhetoric … Her call to violence against every kind of parent, including parents who oppose changes to admissions policies at schools like TJ, also reveal that she has a serious conflict of interest."

In May, Nomani delivered a stirring speech where she slammed the Fairfax County Public Schools board for pushing "anti-racism" propaganda.

"And then by the fall, every single one of you voted to remove the merit-based race-blind admissions test to TJ. And we pled with you, as Asians, as an immigrant (I came at the age of 4, I knew no English), and you didn't listen to us," Nomani scolded the school board.

Thomas Jefferson School for Science and Technology, ranked the top math school in the country, instituted a "merit lottery," where race became a factor in admissions and academic qualifications were a lesser determinant.

The Daily Mail reported that admissions data for the class of 2025 at the prestigious school shows that black students rose from 1% in 2021 to 7%, Hispanics grew from 3% to 11%, white students increased from 18% to 22%, but Asian students dropped from 73% to 54% because of the new standards.

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