April 24, 2006

Muslim woman fighting for separate exercise facilities defends homicide bombers, says, "If America falls to Islam, so be it"

Several people have criticized me for posting this story, pointing out that the women were merely protesting the fact that they were promised exercise facilities separate from those of men, and then the gym reneged.

Fair enough. I am not in favor of anyone breaking a contract. But the only comment I put on the piece was "Sharia in Dearborn," and that is all I wanted to highlight: the fact that a gym in Michigan would even offer separate exercise facilities for Muslim women indicates that the Muslim presence in the U.S., or at least in Dearborn, is growing in size and clout -- and that therefore we will see much more calls for implementation of various aspects of Sharia.

And now, an interesting side note: Ammerah Saidi, one of the Muslim women protesting the gym's reneging, showed up at Debbie Schlussel's site with some interesting remarks. She defends homicide bombers and says "If it [America] falls to Islam, so be it." Read what she wrote on Debbie's site. And that, of course, raises larger questions about Sharia in the U.S., and the ultimate goals of the Muslim community here.