{"id":102727,"date":"2026-08-26T19:23:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=102727"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:23:31","slug":"muslim-senate-candidate-faces-backlash-for-comparing-sharia-law-to-canon-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/muslim-senate-candidate-faces-backlash-for-comparing-sharia-law-to-canon-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Senate candidate faces backlash for comparing sharia law to canon law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing backlash after comments he made during a television interview comparing Muslim sharia law to Catholic canon law.In a heated exchange that aired on the evening of Aug. 24 on Fox News\u2019 \u201cJesse Watters Primetime,\u201d Watters asked El-Sayed if he thinks opposing sharia \u2014 the religious law of the Islamic faith \u2014 is akin to \u201cwhite supremacy.\u201dWatters pointed to a 2022 speech El-Sayed made for the Oklahoma branch of the Council on\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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