MSNBC host Ali Velshi blasted GOP efforts to restrict or ban abortion as America’s “Christian Shariah.”
The MSNBC anchor joined progressive radio host Dean Obeidallah on his Sirius XM present to argue that Christians within the Republican Occasion have been “imposing” their faith on society.
Obeidallah stated that as a Muslim, it drove him “loopy” to see the assaults towards his religion when, in his view, conservatives have been responsible of utilizing their spiritual beliefs to justify legal guidelines towards abortion.
“That is precisely true,” Velshi agreed. “It is Shariah proper?”
Ali Velshi has been among the many rotating group of “MSNBC Prime” hosts.
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“In the event you consider once more that you do not need individuals to have abortion rights, however you reside in America which constitutionally says you could’t impose a state spiritual perception on all people else, however you do it, that is really Shariah. That is really what all people else is complaining about what Shariah is,” he started.
Velshi argued that Muslims, not like Christians, had by no means compelled their spiritual beliefs onto society right here in America. “You have taken the great ebook and made that the legislation ebook,” he stated.
“That is the wild half about this entire factor. That is what that is. That is Christian Shariah,” he insisted.
Abortion rights adovcates collect in entrance of the J Marvin Jones Federal Constructing and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, on March 15, 2023. (MOISES AVILA/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
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Dozens of states have handed restrictions on abortion or handed measures to guard the follow after the U.S. Supreme Court docket overturned the federal proper to abortion final June.
The Supreme Court docket on Friday briefly allowed entry to the abortion tablet mifepristone after a Texas ruling final week set limits to using the drug. Choose Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court docket for the Northern District of Texas dominated final week that the Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) had improperly authorised the abortion drug.
Fellow MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart joined Velshi in protesting the anti-abortion measures. He claimed the Declaration of Independence “rings hole” in gentle of GOP legal guidelines.
“The Declaration of Independence actually rings hole as we speak because the Republican Occasion continues to push laws that isn’t solely wildly unpopular and harmful, but in addition strips these unalienable rights from Individuals,” he stated on MSNBC Sunday.
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Fox Information’ Andrea Vacchiano and Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.
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