Identity politics is the greatest scourge manipulated by Leftists against the West. No federal judge or candidate for any political office deserves to be in a position because of his or her identity, race, or religion, but solely on the merits of the candidate’s qualifications, competence, and commitment to the rule of law, as well as to human rights and freedoms.
“In their letter, Meng and the two legal organizations cite the nearly 400-year history of Muslims in the American colonies and the United States. The first Muslims in what is the now the U.S. were trafficked to the colonies as slaves stolen from Africa.”
To claim that Muslims have a 400-year history in America is wildly exaggerated. Also, did the letter cite Islam’s role in the transatlantic slave trade? Of course not. Nor does it say anything about the ongoing Islamic genocide against Christians in Africa. Anything about the black slavery that still persists in Libya, Mauritania, Algeria and Sudan? No.
The letter was intended for ignorant Leftist social justice warriors who have no clue about Islamic history, and who, instead of educating themselves, prefer to indulge in a victimhood narrative and wallow in guilt over things for which they were not responsible, comforting themselves with an unjustified feeling of moral superiority. All the while, they aid and abet Muslim Brotherhood interests.
Meng apparently could not name which Muslim judges she would recommend or why they might be good for American interests. As long as they are Muslim, that’s qualification enough for her.
“Meng urges Biden to appoint country’s first Muslim judges to federal bench if elected,” by David Brand, Queens Daily Eagle, October 13, 2020:
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng is using her influence among national Democrats to push for the appointment of Muslim judges to the federal bench for the first time if her party wins back the White House.
Meng, the vice chair of the Democratic Party, delivered a letter to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign Oct. 9 asking him and running mate Kamala Harris to publicly commit to the appointment of Muslim judges to the federal judiciary should they win next month’s presidential election. The letter was drafted by the Muslim Bar Association of New York and signed by the South Asian Bar Association of New York.
“The judiciary today does not reflect the America it presides over,” the letter states. “As of 2020, there is to our knowledge no appointed member of the federal judiciary who identifies as Muslim, nor has there ever been.”
In their letter, Meng and the two legal organizations cite the nearly 400-year history of Muslims in the American colonies and the United States. The first Muslims in what is the now the U.S. were trafficked to the colonies as slaves stolen from Africa.
Today, roughly 3.5 million Americans identify as Muslim, according to a 2018 Pew report.
Representation is crucial as Americans demonstrate for equity and against discrimination, including anti-Islamic prejudice, Meng and the bar associations told Biden….