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It's funny when Abdul El-Sayed responds gracefully with humor when asked if he supports sharia law, with something cute like no, I support shawarma law or Shakira law. And it's also sad. Because making Muslim people disavow sharia law is uniquely dehumanizing. Nobody asks Catholics to disavow canon law because some abused it to protect priests who harm children or for slavery. Almost nobody's asking Jews to denounce halakha, because IOF soldiers justify taking homes with it, and worse. Never heard someone tell a Hindu to denounce dharma because some have abused it as cover for racist population transfers, or a Buddhist to condemn vinaya for "compassionate violence" against "less human" people. Sharia to a Muslim is the same as these beliefs. It describes when to fast and pray, how to marry, how to repair harm, etc. The only serious subsection of the religious in the US who want to replace democracy with faith-based law, are right wing Christians. And they're very close to doing it. They're also the ones feeding you lies about sharia while they do it, if you're paying attention.