{"id":2649124,"date":"2026-08-24T23:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/el-sayed-says-preemptively-banning-sharia-is-discriminatory\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T23:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:14:53","slug":"el-sayed-says-preemptively-banning-sharia-is-discriminatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/el-sayed-says-preemptively-banning-sharia-is-discriminatory\/","title":{"rendered":"El Sayed says &#8216;preemptively&#8217; banning sharia is discriminatory"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fel-sayed-says-preemptively-banning-sharia-is-discriminatory%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=2649124&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>Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed stated that preemptively banning sharia law would be discriminatory and criticized his opponent, Mike Rogers, calling him a \u201cbeta\u201d during a heated interview on Fox News. El Sayed compared sharia to Christian canon law, emphasizing the importance of religious freedom in America and denying any attempt by Muslims to impose sharia. He argued that efforts to ban sharia law target the small Muslim community unfairly,appearing to deliberately single them out.El Sayed also taunted Rogers,asserting his primary goal is to win Michigan\u2019s senate seat and dismissing Rogers as weak. His victory in the Democratic primary highlighted his association wiht the socialist wing of the party,and the Michigan Senate race is viewed as a pivotal contest in the 2026 midterm elections,testing the viability of far-left candidates in swing states.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a> Democratic candidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abdul-el-sayed\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"23138\">Abdul el Sayed<\/a> claimed that \u201cpreemptively\u201d banning sharia would be discriminatory and lashed out at his November rival, Mike Rogers, as a \u201cbeta.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an at-times heated interview on Fox News\u2019s <em>Jesse Watters Primetime<\/em>, el Sayed was confronted over his past comments that it was white supremacy to ban sharia, a religious law followed by Muslims. El Sayed began by comparing it to Christian canon law, a set of nonlegally binding rules and regulations that govern the conduct of members and parishes.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4698959\/el-sayed-sharia-law-mike-rogers-beta\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>El Sayed says \u2018preemptively\u2019 banning sharia is discriminatory, calls rival Rogers \u2018beta\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4698946\/jeffries-kushner-meeting-trump-cartel-affordability\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jeffries confirms Kushner meeting, vows \u2018Trump cartel\u2019 won\u2019t get a pass<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4698692\/canada-trade-war-border-state-republicans-defense\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Canada trade war puts border state Republicans on defense: \u2018Not helpful\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t begrudge you your right to practice your faith as you choose. I don\u2019t know why the idea that I could practice my faith as I choose is a problem. Nobody is trying to push sharia law on anyone else. Just like I hope nobody is trying to push canon law on anybody else, because we live in America, where you should have the freedom of your religion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo the idea that you have somebody like [Sen.] Tommy Tuberville, who, you know, barely was good at coaching football, is out here trying to ban sharia law when there\u2019s less than 1% of the Muslim community in America, as if somehow Muslims are out here trying to push sharia law. That seems to me to be deliberately targeting the Muslim community because they\u2019re different,\u201d el Sayed argued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen people preemptively go out there and start preemptively passing laws to ban something that\u2019s not happening, what you\u2019re trying to do is target a very small community because they\u2019re different,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At another point, he taunted Rogers, calling him a \u201cbeta,\u201d a slang term for a weak individual, and claimed Jesse Watters agreed with the description after the host laughed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Sayed said he has only \u201cone goal right now: It is to win Michigan. So we\u2019re looking forward to doing that. And given the fact that Mike Rogers, who you agree is a beta, is my opponent, it probably shouldn\u2019t be very hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4698455\/abdul-el-sayed-opposes-hasan-piker-michigan-democrats-speak-out\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4698455\">ABDUL EL SAYED OPPOSES HASAN PIKER AFTER MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT CALLS HIM A \u2018HACK\u2019 AND \u2018DANGEROUS\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Sayed\u2019s victory in the Democratic primary served as one of the most high-profile victories of the socialist wing of the party, and has drawn him <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4680806\/abdul-el-sayed-distances-hasan-piker-controversy-michigan-senate-race\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4680806\">controversial associations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Michigan Senate race is considered one of the closest and most influential of the 2026 midterm cycle and will prove a testing ground for the electability of hard-left candidates in swing states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Sayed calls sharia ban discriminatory, mocks Rogers as &#8220;beta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2649125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-collage-bd1rb34t9-1787625636444-e1787625891246.jpg?1787611481&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5102,36930,84605,62604],"class_list":["post-2649124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-discrimination","tag-human-rights","tag-islamic-law","tag-sharia-law"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-collage-bd1rb34t9-1787625636444-e1787625891246.jpg?1787611481&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2649124"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2649128,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649124\/revisions\/2649128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2649125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2649124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2649124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2649124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}