Conservative Muslims join forces with Christian right on Michigan book bans

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/16/dearborn-michigan-book-bans

Conservative Muslims join forces with Christian right on Michigan book bans

‘This has nothing to do with Trump,’ a parent says, as people pressure officials to censor books with LGBTQ+ themes

Tom Perkins in Dearborn, Michigan
Sun 16 Oct 2022 05.00 EDT

A recent school board meeting at which about 1,000 people gathered in Dearborn, Michigan, to pressure district officials to censor books with LGBTQ+ themes was in most ways similar to hundreds of other recent book ban hearings across the US.

Speakers alleged the books “promote mental health issues” and “self harm”, while the school district and liberals were seeking to “indoctrinate children”. Gay people, they said, were “creeps and pedohiles”, and gay lifestyles were equated with zoophilia.

“American values and the American way is not child pornography,” one angry parent told the Dearborn public school board.

But the speakers were not the white, rightwing conservative Christians usually behind efforts to censor literature in public schools. Instead, the heated audience was almost all Muslim Arab Americans.

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[David__77]

1. Unsurprising.

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[LastDemocratInSC]

2. They aren't brothers but they are definitely first cousins.

[nycbos]

4. Of course they are.

Jews, Christians, and Muslims all worship the same god from Abraham.

as Jon Stewart said.

"Jesus, Muhammed, and Moses all went to the same high school.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Fundamentalism of all stripes is moral bankruptcy. In fact, it should stop being used as a modifier.

Because for a fundamentalist, the religion doesn't matter - Fundamentalist Christian, fundamentalist Muslim, fundamentalist Jew, fundamentalist liberal/conservative/etc. really has nothing to do with whatever comes after the word "fundamentalist". The fundamentalism is itself the god that is being worshiped. The word being modified is just there to give the fundamentalist some legitimacy.

Take away the second word, deny their legitimacy, and call them only fundamentalists.

[Aristus]

5. I'm surprised it took the GOP this long to get cozy with Sharia Law.

It's just Republican "Family Values" but with calligraphy and lamb kebabs.

[eppur_se_muova]

6. GOProud to be endorsed by the Taliban. nt

[Grins]

7. Christians who hated Muslims coming together...

…over hate. Hate brought them together. So nice.