Muslim republican gives best response to Islamophobic discussion on Fox News
Saba Ahmed, the president and founder of the Republican Muslim Coalition, appeared on Megyn Kelly’s The Kelly File wearing an American flag as a hijab in a show of patriotism and to highlight an important truth that many a times is not acknowledged by the instigators of hate against the Muslims: the existence of an American Muslim identity.
Ahmed won praise not only for her bold decision to wear the American flag as a hijab to make a political statement, but also for keeping her cool during the discussion on presidential candidate Donald Trump’s recent comments on shutting down all mosques after the Paris attacks last week.
She appeared on the show along with a spokesperson for Trump, Katrina Pearson, who responded to Kelly’s comments of “opening up a dangerous door if we get the government getting to go into a religious institution and decide what amounts to hate speech,” by saying: “Well we don’t have the right to plot terrorism or kill Americans.”
She goes on to give examples of Boston bombers belonging to the mosque in Cambridge and other examples of how mosques, in her opinion, have played a central role in the planning of terrorist attacks.
To this, Kelly interrupted Pearson by pointing the difference between religious and political activities, and Ahmed, who remained incredibly poised the entire time, simply replied stating the sole purpose of mosque, which is a place where Muslims go to pray, her tone reflecting her thoughts on the absurdity and senselessness of the debate.
“The mosque has nothing to do with the terrorists. Yes, there are people who misuse the religion for their perverted ideology, but that has nothing to do with my faith,” she continued.
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