Update April 27th: Jerry Gordon writing at New English Review has more on the Tennessee controversy here.
Longtime readers know that Tennessee has been a hotbed of Islamic activity and today Muslims were scheduled to rally at the state capital to among other things oppose a state bill that would bring some control of the refugee program back to a local level.
Muslim political activists and supporters of shariah law do not want local people to have a say in who is resettled in their home towns and they want to practice Islamic law when they get there. You can bet the citizens of Sioux Falls, South Dakota (in my previous post) were never consulted about Sioux Falls being chosen by unelected government “church” contractors and the federal government as a “preferred community” for Muslim resettlement.
From WSMV-TV Nashville:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Hundreds of Muslims are expected to rally on Tuesday against two controversial bills in the Legislature.
Committees in the House and Senate are scheduled to vote on measures outlawing Islamic holy law and giving local governments the ability to limit the number of refugees living in one area.
Presently Catholic Charities and the State Department are running the Tennessee refugee program and Senator Jim Tracy earlier this year introduced a bill to regain some state control over the program. We told you about it here.
Update: Here is how some of the debate went today—on the shariah issue.