The 'March Against Sharia' Protests Are Really Marches Against Muslims

An unholy alliance of Islamophobic hate group members, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and armed anti-government militia members will rally against the nonexistent threat of sharia, or Islamic, law in the U.S this weekend.

The March Against Sharia rallies are set to place on Saturday in 29 cities across 21 states, and are being organized by Act for America, the nations largest anti-Muslim hate group. Act for America has billed this weekends events as some kind of noble stand against atrocities it attributes wrongly to sharia.

But a quick look at the groups origins and its members statements reveal that pretext to be a ruse. Saturdays marches are against Muslims and Islam itself, and theyre attracting some of the most dangerous elements of the far right.

They are calling them Anti-Sharia rallies, but let us call them what they are: Anti-Muslim protests, Muslim activist and Womens March organizer Linda Sarsour wrote on Facebook . If your definition of Sharia was defined by an anti-Muslim bigot, you might want to rethink it and ask a Muslim who actually follows the religion of Islam.

What You Need To Know About Act For America

Act for America is listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group. It was founded by Brigitte Gabriel , a Christian immigrant from Lebanon. She has said that every practicing Muslim is a radical Muslim and that Muslims are a natural threat to civilized people of the world, particularly Western society.

Although the March Against Sharia event page claims Act for America believes in religious freedom, Gabriel has also said that a practicing Muslim, who believes in the teachings of the Quran, cannot be a loyal citizen to the United States of America.

Gabriel and Act for America have worked for years not only to spread fear of Muslims, but to strip Muslims of rights afforded to the followers of other faiths.

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