{"id":2633016,"date":"2026-07-21T09:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-dem-lawmakers-want-first-in-america-state-commission-for-muslims-would-advance-protect-islam-in-massachusetts\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T09:30:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:30:52","slug":"alert-dem-lawmakers-want-first-in-america-state-commission-for-muslims-would-advance-protect-islam-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-dem-lawmakers-want-first-in-america-state-commission-for-muslims-would-advance-protect-islam-in-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert: Dem Lawmakers Want First-in-America State Commission for Muslims &#8211; Would Advance, Protect Islam in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falert-dem-lawmakers-want-first-in-america-state-commission-for-muslims-would-advance-protect-islam-in-massachusetts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2633016&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-making-babies-in-test-tubes-is-not-pro-life\/\" title=\"Why Creating Babies in Test Tubes Contradicts Pro-Life Beliefs\">article discusses proposed legislation<\/a> in Massachusetts that aims to establish a permanent commission dedicated to issues related to American Muslims.The bills, H.3351 and S.2134, would create an 11-member body appointed by government officials for purposes such as promoting research, informing the public and officials about Muslim-related cultural and social issues, fostering unity within the Muslim community, serving as a liaison between government and interest groups, identifying qualified Muslim candidates for government positions, and assessing state programs affecting Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that many of the bill&#8217;s provisions are vague, possibly advocating for state-sponsored pro-Islam propaganda or discriminatory practices.Particularly concerning are points that suggest fostering unity among Muslims, which raises questions about the separation of church and state, and the proposal to identify and suggest Muslim candidates for public office, which critics view as a religious test incompatible with the First Amendment. Despite the legislation being stalled in committees, there is concern it could become law, especially given Massachusetts&#8217; political climate. The article underscores that such measures could threaten constitutional principles and highlights the double standards in how similar proposals for other religions might be treated.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>And today in unsettling news: The People\u2019s Republic of Massachusetts is looking to potentially become the Islamic Republic of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, sure, the transformation will be slow and the legislation is currently stuck. It\u2019s also horribly unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn\u2019t mean that Massachusetts bills H.3351 and S.2134 aren\u2019t long-term threats, especially since they would create a \u201cpermanent commission on the status of people who practice Islam,\u201d including promoting Muslims to higher office.<\/p>\n<p>The title of the bill is \u201cAn Act promoting the civil rights and inclusion of American Muslims in the commonwealth.\u201d Sounds harmless enough \u2014 maybe another piece of identity politics nonsense from a state already known for this sort of thing.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would create an 11-person body appointed by various individuals within the government (all uniformly Democrat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/suspected-illegals-make-11-15-arrested-massive-1-4m-massachusetts-fraud-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this being Massachusetts<\/a>) that would deal with issues related to Islam.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not until you get into the meat of the bill that you realize just how insidious it is.<\/p>\n<p>According to S.2134\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/194\/S2134\/Senate\/Bill\/Text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">text<\/a>, the commission would (emphases all ours):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cpromote research and serve as a clearinghouse and source of information on issues pertaining to American Muslims in the commonwealth\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cinform the public and leaders of business, education, human services, health care, state and local governments and the communications media of the unique cultural, social, ethnic, economic and educational issues affecting American Muslims in the commonwealth\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<strong>foster unity among the American Muslim community and organizations in the commonwealth<\/strong> by promoting cooperation and sharing of information and encouraging collaboration and joint activities\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<strong>serve as a liaison between government and private interest groups with regard to matters of unique interest and concern to American Muslims<\/strong> in the commonwealth\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<strong>identify and recommend qualified American Muslims for appointive positions at all levels of government, including boards and commissions, as the commission considers necessary and appropriate<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>\u201cassess programs and practices in all state agencies as they affect American Muslims, as the commission considers necessary and appropriate\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cadvise executive and legislative bodies on the potential effect on American Muslims of proposed legislation, as the commission considers necessary and appropriate\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cgenerally undertake activities designed to enable the commonwealth to realize the full benefit of the skills, talents and cultural heritage of American Muslims in the commonwealth.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Some of this stuff \u2014 most of it, actually \u2014 is vague enough to either be meaningless or mephitic. Generally undertaking activities designed to enable the commonwealth of Massachusetts to realize the full benefit of Muslims in regard to their unique talents and cultural heritage is either a bullet point in search of a coherent thought or enabling religious discrimination in favor of Muslims through a mishmash of foggy verbiage. There\u2019s not really an in-between there.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, a call to \u201cinform the public\u201d of issues affecting Muslims is either a waste of keystrokes or a call for state-sponsored pro-Islam propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is at point No. 3 where we get especially problematic. It\u2019s the goal of the state government to \u201cfoster unity among the American Muslim community\u201d? Since when? Are we talking spiritually, or in some form of religious practice? This sounds suspiciously like a mosque-and-state partnership from the same people who want you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/priceless-video-jamie-raskins-plan-bully-teen-testifying-sharia-law-backfires-teen-uses-raskins-question-publicly-destroy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">believe a wall should exist between church and state<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Point No. 4 is also problematic: Since when has a permanent state commission acting as a liaison between <em>any<\/em> religious group and \u201cgovernment and private interest groups\u201d been remotely constitutional?<\/p>\n<p>But finally, No. 5, the most blatantly unconstitutional of them all: \u201cidentify and recommend qualified American Muslims for appointive positions at all levels of government, including boards and commissions, as the commission considers necessary and appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Forget about what a board determines is \u201cnecessary and appropriate\u201d for a Muslim: The First Amendment prohibits any \u201claw respecting an establishment of religion,\u201d and Article VI of the U.S. Constitution specifically states that \u201cno religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s an explicit call for a religious test, and just because it\u2019s a pseudo-autonomous government body doesn\u2019t make it any better.<\/p>\n<p>Now, to be fair, the <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/194\/S2134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill<\/a> is being slow-walked through committee hell, with the last action on it in January, when the legislation was referred to the Massachusetts Senate Ways and Means Committee. It\u2019s also worth noting that, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billtrack50.com\/billdetail\/1605560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BillTrack<\/a>, similar measures have been proposed in the past and also stalled.<\/p>\n<p>However, given the cant of Massachusetts\u2019 politics, it\u2019s not hard to see this becoming law. After all, the line between commies and Islamists is so foggy these days as to defy distinction, and the primary difference is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scotus-hear-pivotal-parental-rights-case-involving-gender-transitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at least the Supreme Court<\/a> has the authority to strike down religious-based committees designed to bake Islam into state government.<\/p>\n<p>If MAGA lawmakers ever tried to do this for Christianity, it would set off klaxons all over the media. As it should. 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