Amid all the self-righteous posturing and rage from Fauzia Rizvi, the sinister Hussam Ayloush, and Eugene Montanez recounted in this article, the central question is never answered or even addressed: was Randy Fox right or wrong? Will Fauzia Rizvi say no to Sharia or not? Ayloush, as disingenuous as ever, says that Fox’s “intent was obviously to rile up potential voters using buzzwords that create fear based on people’s misperception of what sharia means.” What misperception, exactly? Did Fox characterize Sharia at all?
Wherever Sharia has been the law of the land, throughout Islamic history and in Saudi Arabia, Iran, and other areas of the Islamic world today, it has had largely the same character. That character has never resembled liberal democracy by any stretch of the imagination. Sharia polities throughout history and today have denied the freedom of speech and the freedom of conscience, and they have mandated discrimination against women and non-Muslims. So Fauzia Rizvi, and every candidate for office in the U.S., should oppose it as a matter of course in defending American principles and law. But this fact is being obscured by the likes of Hamas-linked CAIR, amid spurious claims of victimhood such as what we see here.
“Corona councilman – a pastor – under fire for sermon’s remarks about Muslim candidate,” by Shane Newell, The Press-Enterprise, October 8, 2018:
Less than a week after a controversial video surfaced on Facebook, Corona City Councilman and pastor Randy Fox is facing calls for a censure after he said a council candidate “will not say no to sharia law.”
The second half of the 20-minute video, taken from his Aug. 12 sermon at New Hope Family Worship Center in Corona, shows Fox discussing the Nov. 6 City Council election. Fox, elected in 2014, is not seeking a second term.
In the video, Fox refers to a candidate who is a “member of the mosque leadership there, who will not say no to sharia law, most certainly.”
Fauzia Rizvi, a District 4 council candidate who said she’s Muslim and once had a leadership post with the Islamic Society of Corona-Norco, said she believes Fox’s comments targeted her….
“I find it disgraceful that my opponents are using my religious background as political props instead of engaging on the issues,” Rizvi wrote in a statement.
When asked if his comments were about Rizvi, Fox this week did not answer that question.
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and early 200 residents, who signed a petition, have called on the city council to censure, or reprimand, Fox for those comments.
Hussam Ayloush, a Corona resident and the group’s executive director, blasted Fox.
“I’m appalled and disgusted that an elected official would bring such politics of fear mongering and hate into our city,” Ayloush said Friday, Oct. 5.
“His intent was obviously to rile up potential voters using buzzwords that create fear based on people’s misperception of what sharia means,” Ayloush added.
Fox, in a written statement, said no organization should “put pressure” on the council to issue a censure for a sermon.
“City Council has no jurisdiction over the religious services of the Faith Community,” Fox wrote. “We do not have the right to call out a pastor and tell him what he can and cannot say in the pulpit.”
Fox added that pastors and churches have “the same 1st Amendment rights as anyone else.”
“It is inconceivable to me that this freedom is being challenged in Corona,” he wrote.
The next regular council meeting is set for Wednesday, Oct. 17, but it’s not clear if there are plans for a possible censure.
Vice Mayor Eugene Montanez on Friday, Oct. 5, said he “was obviously very disappointed” with Fox’s comments….
Berengaria says
Randy Fox was oh so right, no muslim, male or female, will say
NO to Sharia.
I Stand With Pastor Fox, & NO Dhimmified Mayor or Diverse Councilman or Councilwoman has a
Right to dictate what a Pastor says to his Flock.
Mayor Montanez, no doubt, sponsoring Ms. Rizvi, will start putting pressure on Pastor Fox, but Randy Fox has the Rule Of American Law on his Side & he has a perfect right to question whether Ms. Rizvi believes in the Rule of Law or Sharia!
PRCS says
“Randy Fox was oh so right, no muslim, male or female, will say NO to Sharia.”
That is true, as the Sharia–which includes every aspect of a Muslim’s life (even toilet etiquette) applies to every Muslim, everywhere–even in Corona (though not all Muslims have fully “submitted”).
But, the problem.
Fox’s use of the term “Sharia law” plays right into Ayloush’s hand–his assertion concerning “people’s misperception of what sharia means”.
You are correct and accurate in noting that no Muslim will say NO to Sharia.
Carol says
NO to Sharia. Plain and simple. And this is America. The pastor can say what he wants regarding his religion in his pulpit. IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT, LEAVE.
James Lincoln says
When CAIR is enraged, you know that somebody’s doing something right.
JW_reader says
“His intent was obviously to rile up potential voters using buzzwords that create fear based on people’s misperception of what sharia means,” Ayloush added.
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Oh Mr. Ayloush. we know exactly what sharia means. Far from misperception, our perception of sharia could not be any more clear. Those non muslims who do not know what sharia is, they can always google it. The days of fooling the non muslims by Islamist like Ayloush are over. One sharia trivia
What is Allah’s punishment for a muslim who lies to a non muslim (according to Sharia)?
gravenimage says
LA: Hamas-linked CAIR enraged over pastor saying Muslim city council candidate “will not say no to Sharia”
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Notice that neither CAIR nor Fauzia Rizvi actually refute this. They just hope the ‘filthy Infidels’ won’t notice that.
mortimer says
Request to all JihadWatchers: PLEASE ALWAYS SAY: *DISCRIMINATORY* Sharia law !
Thank you.
Explanation: Discriminatory Sharia law DISCRIMINATES against women and dirty KAFIRS.
PRCS says
Request to all JihadWatchers: PLEASE ALWAYS SAY *DISCRIMINATORY* Islamic law! And Sharia!
Notice that Alyoush didn’t say Sharia law.
He referred to “people’s misperception of what sharia means”.
mortimer says
I PERSONALLY *CONDEMN* Islam’s ESSENTIAL HATE DOCTRINE …. AL WALAA WAL BARAA …
ISLAM HAS A DOCTRINE OF HATE: ‘AL BARAA’ = Islamic Apartheid, Shunning
‘Baraa’ is HATRED towards Kafirs ‘for the sake of Allah’…Al Bughoud or Al Mu’adaat (hatred) is the opposite of Al Muwalaat (love towards Muslims). Baraa is:
– To Hate
– To keep distance from
– To be enemy to
– To desert
– To decline to help
– To disrespect
– To put down
– Not to ally with
– Not to support
Allah ordered Muslims to have Baraa (to be cleansed) from the dirty kufaar and from kufr and shirk.
-Imam Abdul-Latif ibn Abdur-Rahman Rahimullah said, “It is not possible for someone to realize Tawheed (Islamic faith) and act upon it, and yet not be HOSTILE against the mushrikeen (i.e. wrong worshippers). So anyone who isn’t HOSTILE against the mushrikeen, then it cannot be said that he acts upon Tawheed nor that he realizes it.” [ad-Durar as-Saniyyah 8/167]
-“The doctrine of al Walaa wal Baraa is the REAL IMAGE for the actual practice of this faith.” – source “Al Walaa wal Baraa According to the Aqeedah of the Salaf”, by Sheikh Muhammad Saeed al Qatani, authoritative Saudi Sharia lawyer and imam at the Abu Bakr and Al Furqan Mosques in Mecca. – https://islamfuture.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/al-wala-wal-bara-according-to-the-aqeedah-of-the-salaf-parts-123/
-Shaykh Ahmad ibn ‘Atiq said:
“There isn’t in the Book of Allah the Exalted – after the issue concerning the obligation of tawheed and the forbiddance of its opposite (kufr=wrong belief)- any issue which has as so many proofs, nor so clearly explained, than the issue of al-walaa’ and al-baraa’.” (W-B is ‘Islamic apartheid’)
– from Sufi scholar Ahmad Sirhindi (1564-1624): “The honour of Islam lies in INSULTING kufr and kafirs. One who respects the kafirs dishonours the Muslims… The real purpose of levying jiziya on them is to HUMILIATE them to such an extent that they may not be able to dress well and to live in grandeur. They should constantly remain TERRIFIED and TREMBLING. It is intended to hold them under CONTEMPT and to uphold the honour and might of Islam.”
– from ibn Taymiyya, “Book of Emaan”: “… true believers show ANIMOSITY and HATRED towards disbelievers and NEVER support them.”
– from Umar Sulayman ‘Abd-Allaah al-Ashqar, “Belief in Allah”: “The Muslim should regard the Kuffaar as ENEMIES and HATE them because of their kufr (wrong belief), just as he hates their kufr (disbelief) itself.”
– from [Chap.iv] “The Islaamic Concept of al-Walaa’ wal-Baraa’” by Khalid El-Gharib: “… to SHOW ENMITY to those who show enmity to Allaah and His Messenger”.
(Note: Muslims are to visibly demonstrate their ENMITY or HATRED towards the kufaar)
– from a lecture given by Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal (H.A.): “The implication of al-Baraa is that one HATES for the sake of Allah (SWT)…Al-Baraa means to recognize who your enemies are and to HATE them and EXTERMINATE them in their Endeavour to get rid of your Deen, al-Islam…Al-Baraa is to HATE the people who propagate Baatil (falsehood)—the Muslim should HATE them and (at least desire to) KILL them when the time comes.”
(Note: not ‘if the time comes’, but ‘WHEN the time comes.)
– “Killing a Kafir who is fighting you is OK. Killing a Kafir for any reason (i.e. criticism of Islam), you can say, it is OK – even if there is NO REASON for it. You can poison, ambush and kill non-believers. You must have a stand with your heart, with your tongue, with your money, with your hand, with your sword, with your Kalashnikov. Don’t ask shall I do this, just do it.”Abu Hamza al-Masri (Egyptian born British Cleric)
– “As a Muslim, I must have hatred for anything non-Islam” – Anjem Choudary.
– “The matter is clear on this issue. It is obligatory to disassociate and absolve oneself from the disbelievers and their religion. The issue of al-Walaa wal-Baraa is from among the greatest obligations in Islaam.” (Shaykh Salih Al-Fawzan, 2005, p. 308)
– Obligation to Hate Kufaar: “With regard to matters of love and hate in the heart, the Muslims’ attitude towards non-Muslims is based on the latter’s attitude towards Allaah. If they worship Allaah and do not associate anything in worship with Him, then they love them. If they associate others in worship with Him, or disbelieve in Him, or worship others alongside Him, or are hostile towards His religion and hate the truth, then it is obligatory to hate them in our hearts.” – Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
Indiana Tom says
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and early 200 residents, who signed a petition, have called on the city council to censure, or reprimand, Fox for those comments.
Given the locale, I am certain they will.
LA: Hamas-linked CAIR enraged over pastor saying Muslim city council candidate “will not say no to Sharia”
So, did CAIR or Fauzia Rizvi actually deny that Sharia Law would be voted for..
Carol says
Too bad. Too sad. I don’t care if you have 2000. Sharia is against the AMERICAN laws. Don’t like it? LEAVE.
Gary Fouse says
After all the inflammatory statements Ayloush has made about Jews, one can only conclude Ayloush is a hypocrite.
Spiro says
Aren’t they all
WPM says
I do not doubt Ayloush said inflammatory things about Jews ,I am just like to know what they were ,if the MSM covered them like the pastor,s remarks about Sharia law.
Joe says
Sharia law is the law of the land in many places. The attack on Fox is to say that Fox can not talk about government as a government official. Sharia law is law (not religion). The Muslim candidate is not smart enough to note the difference.
Chatillon says
I have some memory, somewbere, somehow, that there were to be further indictments as a follow-up to the Holy Land trial. Do I remember correctly? If so, when does CAIR go from “unindicted co-conspirator” to “indicted co-conspirator?”
DRAIN THE SWAMP!!!
Robert Half says
A nation based on the freedom of religion is doomed from the start. It is the basic reason Catholicism remains intact to this day, despite its current range of attacks by the devil, while the PROTESTant sects have divided, diluted and dissipated into over 59,000+ disagreeing and debating “churches” minus the Sacraments necessary for Salvation.
And now, today, after the mass murder of 60 million + babies ripped into pieces in their mothers’ wombs at the insistence of hedonistic males too petrified about feeding any mouth other than their own, we find the warning of the Almighty expressed in Isaiah 10:1-7 being fulfilled in our time:
10:1. Woe to them that make wicked laws (Roe (eggs) v. Wade (wallow in the sewage where our children were devoured by the rats and vermin in the sewers): and when they write, write injustice:
10:2. To oppress the poor in judgment (liberals, which includes everyone today), and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless (take note of what’s going on in Europe).
10:3. What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? (Nothing, in other words, because we boomers who survive so far are all emaciated weak old men who have no military skills to stop the invading hordes Obama guided into this nation)
10:4. That you be not bowed down under the bond, and fall with the slain? In all these things his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
10:5. Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands. (Notice how all the migrants from the Middle East were always described as “Syrian”? Hmmmmmmmm …..)
10:6. I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
10:7. But he shall not take it so, and his heart shall not think so: but his heart shall be set to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
Nations not a few? Like all of Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand? Not a few like that?
Satan has been unleashed, and we have all played into his leprous claws.