As Muslims' status as political punching bag fades, some are fighting against LGBTQ+ acceptance

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LA Time but here is an easy to access link:

 

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I thought this was hilarious:

 

It all bewilders some who say they supported Muslims when they were under attack from the far-right and now feel betrayed.

"When they wanted to broadcast their call to prayer from mosques, we defended them. When they were being hit with hate crimes, we stood by them, and we opened our arms when they were refugees," said Russ Gordon, who was kicked off the Hamtramck Human Relations Commission this year after he defied the flag ban. "We live in America, but this feels like a theocracy."

Muslims were once reliable allies in a coalition of racial, religious and sexual minorities courted by the left. The umbrella grew after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and hit a stride during the Trump presidency as policies and pronouncements from the White House targeted each group with regularity.

Now, some of the 3.5-million followers of Islam in the U.S. are speaking out on topics where their conservative take on the faith more closely aligns with Republican politics.

 

"The Muslim leadership post-9/11 got so afraid, everyone got so scared, [saying:] 'Our visas are going to be revoked, we're going to get kicked out of the country, we're going to have to move somewhere else...," he said. "So people are like, 'Let's just team up just with anybody who is willing to talk to us.' Not thinking about the long-term consequences. And when we look at that in retrospect, that was a huge mistake, and now it's coming back to bite us."

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Of course it is less risky as the other Abrahamic Religions are their allies.  I do find it funny these groups are surprised some are not willing to give up their personal religious beliefs for other religious beliefs.

 

“Muslims have long stayed out of these controversies," said Youssef Chouhoud, a political science professor at Christopher Newport University in Virginia who studies the role of Muslims in politics. “But now, they are jumping in. It's seen as less risky than it was before."

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Why would they think they would switch from one Religion to another? Especially when it is hierarchical and you are no longer at the top?