Mayor Beth Van Duyne has been under attack by Muslims and Leftists for taking a stand against creeping Sharia in Irving. Tonight’s Irving City Council meeting will have two rival community groups that are organizing to speak out on a statehouse bill widely believed to target Islamic influence in America.
DALLAS NEWS In the two weeks since a widely split City Council voted to endorse the bill, disputes about religious freedom, bigotry, crimes and the Constitution have spread from Irving all the way to the Capitol. The local leftist judenrat rabbi and other leftist residents plan to join Muslims tonight to speak out against the bill and its backers on the council—namely Mayor Beth Van Duyne.
A “patriot” group is organizing on Facebook to counter them, and both sides are promising heavy turnout. We’ll see. While we wait, here’s a quick and dirty rundown of recent events before tonight’s meeting:
The Islamic Center of Irving has received about half a dozen threats since the vote, the center’s imam Zia Sheikh tells me. Letters, emails and phone calls that have mosque leaders worried for the hundreds of children who regularly visit the center. (Oh, Boo Hoo)
Irving police are investigating several anonymous emails, though a police spokesman said the ones he’s seen look “derogatory and rude”—but don’t contain any direct threats. The Islamic Center said it’s contacted the FBI too.
Meanwhile, Van Duyne is portraying herself as a victim of the dust-up on Facebook, saying the events have put her “under attack.”
I asked her who was attacking her, and she texted me a long statement fingering the media — including my own reporting, which said the dispute has made her “a hero among Texas patriots who believe Muslims — a tiny fraction of the U.S. population — are plotting to take over American culture and courts.”
And it has. The mayor’s Facebook page overflows with accolades from across the continent, like this one:
If you don’t know what Shariah law is, it’s an Islamic moral and legal code — similar to codes used by Christians and Jews. Irving’s Islam dispute went national when the mayor conflated a voluntary mediation service for Muslims, “The Islamic Tribunal,” with a court that threatened constitutional equal protection rights.
That fed a chain of justified concerns spreading across the country among people who fear, with credible evidence, a Muslim assault on the U.S. Constitution. And it led to last month’s council vote to endorse House Bill 562, “American Law for American Courts,” which doesn’t mention religion but whose author has cited the Islamic Tribunal as a “problem” it will help solve.
“Equating conservative, Constitutional efforts as ‘fringe’ is a fairly standard media attack used to demean or diminish,” Van Duyne told me in her text statement. “You and others have a defined narrative in mind when you have written recently.”
I asked the mayor to call me with her thoughts on the police investigation into reports of threats against Muslims. She hasn’t yet, but last night she accused Sheikh, the imam, of breaking the law himself. In a Twitter exchange, state representatives Matt Rinaldi and Ken Sheets argued late into Wednesday night with Sheikh over whether he had asked the mayor for an apology in a meeting last month.
The mayor interjected to claim that in an early version of the Islamic Tribunal’s website (since changed), the imam falsely called himself a lawyer:
Not that what Muslims call “man-made” law means anything to Muslim garbage like Imam Zia (see above statement from Mustafa Carroll of CAIR):
Islamic Center director Abderraoof Alkhawaldeh told me the mosque was trying to extract its worshipers from the political fray.
“I don’t want to turn this into the center versus the mayor or the Muslim community versus the mayor,” he said. “We’re concerned this bill might create some tensions. We have seen some these threat letters might impact our community. We don’t to be victims of politics in town. We’re worried about copy cats. We have lots of kids in the school,” he said. “We, at this time, don’t want to make a lot of noise.”
We’ll see how much noise is made at City Hall tonight. But even if the planned rallies peter out, I expect this issue to keep bubbling for months to come.
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Say no to this broken abusive ideology. There is no place for this in America. Follow NO SHARIA LAW IN AMERICA on facebook. We cannot change a millennia of laws for a culture that has one end game in mind.
Not a good Idea to introduce laws that are fundamentally incompatible with the US constitution or any other western country democracy. who gives them this power to be so demanding without giving two shits about his other non muslim neighbours??
It is a pleasure to see someone stand up for the Constitution. Instead of giving in to these thugs. Practicing Muslims are above the law? Yes I guess thats true in Iran. But we still have some who won’t buckle.
https://www.facebook.com/BanTheReligionOfPeace
Bc Sharia Law is their law of their land and most islamis countries, ie, cutting off hands for thievery . When they come to a non Islamic state, they want their Sharia Law to be above the law of that country. It ant gonna happen!
If they want their Sharia Law
Then they SHOULD Get Lost.
Go back home to where their home is
The Middle East
Shari Law has No place to be in our lives. Our world.
They Are barbaric in their way of thinking. Islam is a cult
NOT A Religion. Muslim men HATE Woman and to
Even THINK to Allow Sharia Law into ANY Of OUR
Countries is A Scary Thought. I Am Live in Canada
Our Prime Minister Steven Harper has said
NEVER EVER WILL CANADA SEE SHARIA LAW.
Muslims are just sneaky people. Give them an inch
And they take A Mile ! In case People don’t know
Just what they are up to go to YouTube and type
In MUSLIMS in London. It’s as close to the Middle East
Over there now as you can get !!
Texas can NOT ALLOW that to happen just as
Canada won’t. We MUST FIGHT These evil
Pedophile inbreeding vile people. They are out to
Take over the World ppl. Do NOT let them start
With Texas in America. We must unite. All
Countries join together against these sub human
Ppl. They behead children, female mutilation ,stoninga woman
Because she was Raped ???? Because she was Raped
She needs 4 men to be on her side ( NEVER HAPPENS )
They claim she asked for it if she gets Raped and
Then loses her life for it also. Must kick them
Out
Of ALL OUR COUNTRIES AND LET THEM LIVE
Their sick twisted evil lives in their countries
NOT OURS.
PEACE TO ALL AMERICANS. CANADIANS.
GERMANS And ALL Others around the world
That are Not ISLAM / Muslim.
Peace brothers & sisters
Hold hands and fight the fight together.
God Bless us All
Amen
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Muslims if given the chance to establish their sharia court will then try to ask the state particularly Texas to allocate funds to support it. Just like what they did with the Bangsa Basic Law or BBL in the Philippines where if not scrutinized by some patriotic Philippine senators could have been approved and passed granting the muslims the right to establish a different state within a free and democratic country and funds amounting to billions of Philippine pesos…
Cair and the Muslim brotherhood have been recognized as terrorist organizations and look at what they have both supported around the world. If you live in America you must live by American Laws just as if you live in most other countries you must live by their laws you cant go to any other country in the world and demand your own courts and justice system. Enough is enough to become an American you must learn the American way of life if you want Sharia law you must go back to the country you came from and live with their economy and their laws. you cant have it both ways.
The law of the land is the US Constitution. Sharia is the law in a foreign muslim country. Whoever immigrates or comes here in the United States is under the US Constitution not any foreign law like Sharia. Foreigners that come here or grow up here or born here must assimilate to the American way of life not the other way around. If you don’t like the American way of life like the US Constitution go back where you came from. This is the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
your right !! those goat fu*kers come to Europe and want to implement their midevil law
It is our country, that means our laws…PERIOD!
Why not practice ‘Sharia’ where its beeing practiced like Iran and other 50-52 ‘sharia’ countries? I think those countries will happily grant 1st class citizenship for american muslums who r so much interested in ‘Sharia’ practice!!! What generally American patriots do in movies when aliens try to bring their world ibto earth???
America has NEVER had the Sharia Law and we DON’T need it now. Texas is just a start and if they win there they will continue. NOW is the time to stop them in this town. Get the Cowboys (not just the football team but ALL the cowboys) and have them show the Muslims what America and Texas is all about. Go Mayor and the City Council.
We Support your choice. We need to defend our way of life. If they want their way of life then they need to go where it is practiced.
So the leftists want Sharia Law. I understand that they are all for the beheading of Christians and Jews. Do the feminists, LGBTs, and MSM know they price they will pay? Sharia Law enslaves, and mutilates women, kills LGBTs and totally regulates media. Last time I checked mainstream Christians and Jews are way more tolerant of the LGBT life style than Muslims and gave women way more rights.
HEY EVERYONE THIS IS AMERICA AND WE HAVE OUR LAWS THAT PEOPLE BEFORE YOU HAVE LEARNED TO LIVE WITH FOR CENTURIES SO LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT ALSO .AMERICA LAWS RULE
not to toot my own horn, BUT I’ve sent her my choice passages from the SHARIA book, the ones I’m not getting tired to post here.
on “Caliphate”
killing the apostates and non-muslims
FGM
Don’t know if she knew them, yet she replied with a “thank you letter”…
Very good.
Voluntary does not make it LEGAL. We have established courts and laws to deal with the issues you claim this court will handle. That alone make this court MUTE and ILLEGAL in that it does not have Legal Authorization to perform nor is it sworn to uphold the Laws as they exist. Don’t like it, go back to your Muslim homeland and shit all over each other there.
Yee haw! I sincerely hope this DOES turn into a showdown “Cowboys and Arselifters”….I give 10 to 1 odds in favor of the Cowboys…to put down some filthy stinking arrogant mu-slimes, and they WILL stay down if they start some shite with TX Cowboys!…Allahu assbar, and piss be upon you too, muzturds!….
‘Cowboys vs muslims?’ That, my friends, should be ‘ow you zay, ze zlam dunk!!’
Go, cow people, GO!! Rope ’em, brand ’em and get the bastards out of America!
Maybe they can be sold as tainted halal meat!
I stand with Mayor Van Duyne. Sharia law violates the rights of women and children. It allows the men of Islam to beat their wives and children and allows them to kill their wives if they are accused of cheating on them. This type of law does not belong in a civilized society and should not be allowed in any state of the union. If the Muslims want to live by this archaic law, they need to go back to their own countries and leave the civilized world alone.
Dear Mayor Beth Van Duyne of Irving, Texas…I admire your courage & dedication to this great country, her people & her laws.. I as an AMERICAN WOMAN stand with you in your battle against Shariah law. Mayor Van Duyne, This I don’t quite understand, we American women, have risen above a male dominated society, we fought for our right to vote, we fought fought for more equality in the male dominated workforce, there was a time when a woman who had a job wasn’t allowed to keep her wages but had to turn them over to her husband….how can we, women of America, who fought so valiently for our individual freedoms, want or desire to return to a male dominated world & slavery…we will no longer have opportunities in any area to advance ourselves..we will be expected to stay at home, barefoot & pregnant like breeding cattle…How can any female endorse that kind law or thinking is beyond me. They are completely eradicating everything American women have fought so hard for…It doesn’t compute with me…
Mary, please send that directly to her.
What are these sand rats even doing in Texas? That picture of the bearded savage alongside the pretty woman Mayor….no,it’s just not right.Islam/muslims have no part in any civilised society,like trying to mix oil and water.
Wow! Mayor Duyne is amazing looking. I hope she keeps plenty of security around her whenever meeting or dealing with these third world savages. Hate for her to suffer a fate like Lara Logan. You know the Muslims she’s dealing with our losing their minds that a “woman” is contesting them. Must be unbearable for them. Which is wonderful. Sending her an email of support.
Wow…..shes hot!
I have been reading this and other Threats made buy those claiming to support islam, and all I need say is it makes me think about a joke I read about a month ago.
3 passengers were ridding on a train in South Dakota, One was a cowboy with his legs stretched out and his hat tipped forward, the second was an old American Indian, the third was a muzzlim exchange student, when the topics of where they all came from was brought up.
The Old Indian said that according to his people, they used to be many, the land open and full of game, then the ‘white man’ came and after many wars they were few, the land closed up and the game all but gone, He shook his head and said no more.
The muslim said that where He came from they were many, strong and would make their way of life the way for all, any where they went on the planet,!.
The cowboy said nothing but the other two could see the toothpick move from one side of his mouth to the other, then he tipped the brim of his hat up so his eyes were visible, and said in a western drawl, ” That is because we haven’t played Cowboys and Muslims yet!, but it’s a coming” the rest of the trip was made is the still rattle of the wheels on the train tracks,!.
NUFF SAID!
That’s funny! 🙂 Cowboy’s and muzlims will get a lot of air time from me! 🙂
Wow–beauty and the beast! “Zia Sheikh” and Beth Van Duyne. The contrast couldn’t be more stark: A beautiful, brave American patriot vs. an ugly, disgusting muslim throwback.
It’s never been easier to distinguish the cream from the scum!
You know they’re going to keep running their little Shariah scam anyway, right? The key is…to make certain that none of that garbage is recognized in our AMERICAN courts. Nothing they “rule-on” has any legal standing, nothing they “decide” counts, they’re functioning outside our law.
And, when they finally can’t avoid our law…they’re screwed–starting from scratch–in OUR system, OUR WAY, NOT THEIRS.
One obvious point to be taken from this is…muslims do NOT consider themselves Americans. They want–desperately–to supercede our laws with their own. And, like muslims, they’ll try to destroy anyone who opposes them. So, when you hear muslims claim to be “proud Americans”…take another look at “Zia Sheikh.” There’s your “proud American muslim!”
Did I mention that Beth is one beautiful lady? She surely is that! But, she’s a patriot and a hero, too. And, that’s what counts. Stand strong, Cowgirl!
come on Texas don’t let them that fought and died at the Alamo be all for naught them muzzies never shed a drop of blood for her don’t let them have any part of her they are not and never will be Texicans
Great work Mayor- don’t let these bastards get you down. You are an American heroine ( not hero, I’m not politically correct) and you have my admiration and support.
DL, please tell her.
id these moslems or whatever think they are above the law of the land they can jolly welll keAVE IT
“If you don’t know what Shariah law is, it’s an Islamic moral and legal code — similar to codes used by Christians and Jews”
What a massive lie! This is why I have no respect for professional journalists.
Everyone who bothers to actually read Sharia law (such as the manual Reliance of the Traveler) knows that it is not a “moral code”, it’s an IMMORAL code that supports human rights abuses around the freaking globe!
Clarionproject.org has stories about the specific immoral acts committed by sharia law governments like Saudi Arabia all the time, but the idiot leftist reporters won’t take two seconds to do any honest research.
Either they are incredibly stupid or they’re intentionally lying. Either way it doesn’t look good for them.
Sharia Law has NO place in Texas. The Constitution is NOT Sharia compliant. Anyone that wants to live under sharia law should move to a country that supports that theocracy. If muslims do not want to assimilate into our American culture, then they should leave. I will be glad to contribute to GET RID of those wanting to live under sharia law.
Say no to creeping sharia law.
There is an method to this muslim madness.
Once sharia law is applied to just muslims it will spread and be imposed on everyone.
Christians subjected to Sharia Law in the middle east are being murdered by Islamist without any push by Islam to protect them in any way, Christians live peaceful lives and are subject to barbaric daily persecution. Organizations that are in America demand Christians become subject to Sharia Law as well and for that to occur Islam must disprove persecution of Christians under Sharia Law is false, these same organization have not will not and would never consider protection for Christians in the middle east, not one Islamic organization in America has demanded Christians not be harmed, that goes against their Koran, Hadith and Shura ideology…To allow one Islamist the freedom to impose Sharia Law in America is an attack on all Americans.
Islam has no place in the civilized world.
Its about time people started standing up to the creeping islamification of our schools, our workplace, our communities and our lives. No body is stopping the islamist hoards from going back to the places they came from and practising their barbaric middle aged religion in whatever way they choose. Why bring it here and try and convert us and our children? Stand up for western values and our western way of life. Support Beth Van Duyne and her fight against the forces of the loopy left and the heathen Islamic hoards.
I cant imagine what these savage bully ingrates will expect as their due in the coming decade. I’m waiting for the push for the vile ‘halal’ foods to be mandated for the little kiddos in public schools as well special consideration for religious observances, considerations……blah….blah blah.
Cant wait to see how all this pans out and the Muzzies get slapped down hard and good.
Come on Texas, just say no to pisslam. No to sharia “law”. No to 3 training camps within your borders.
I didn’t spell the name correctly. However, I believe mayor Van Duyne is a very gutsy lady! I,too,live in Texas,and hope other mayors(and our governor),follow hefr example. We all must stand up against this sharia law crap!
DDD, send her an email of support.
It’s just staggering. None of this was necessary. Why did we ever let these subversives into our country. This is an assault on our values and culture, only the beginning of many. We need to stand firm, and work to diminish the threat. Muslims never concede, never give up. It only escalates from here. We need to deport Muslims. It’s not hard to imagine that this will come to blood in the streets, if what’s happening around the world is any indication..
‘Mosque leaders worried for the hundreds of children who regularly visit the center.’ No one is threatening or harming Muslim children!
Muslims never hold rallies protesting the many thousands of rapes of Christian children by Muslim monsters.
Muslims never protest that very young Christian children are beheaded by Muslim savages for refusing to renounce Jesus Christ.
Western civilisation is based on the Biblical Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule.
As Muslims reject our Bible-based laws and the Golden Rule and hate our Glorious, Wonderful Creator, and want non-Muslims enslaved under barbaric sharia, they need to get out of America and all Western nations now.
They know how to play the gane better than americans do ?
I live in Texas myself.Mayor Duyne must be one tough lady! Every mayor in Texas should follow her example.
She is. And the abuse she is getting by muslims and the left wing media is disgusting.
Seem’s as though your mayor is a member of that G.O.P Grand Ol’ Prejudice Party. Nothing Good has ever come out of the state of Texas, but trajedy .
So says the scumbag from the muslim-in-chief’s state, Illinois.
Idiot VOR…..can’t even spell tragedy…..
It’s America, you sleazy, sneaking, underhanded, muslims.
You thought you could just make an announcement and we would ignore the fact that you were introducing your barbaric, illegal, female mutilating law into our country.
WRONG ! ! Whether you claim that bunch of inhuman garbage is voluntary or not, it is illegal ant not binding in any court. You Lose ! You cannot sneak or slide your crap into our legal system under the door.
Take it back to the sand holes it came from and go with it !
Slide their legal system under the door?
They can and will…if our ultra-liberal socialist leaders let them. And their media puppets will sell it at every step as right and just,, and everyone opposed to it will be labeled as a Bible thumping hick bigot, because the lefties precious multiculturalism and diversity trumps all. Even basic human rights it would seem.