澳彩开奖

Regina Mustafa, founder of the Minnesota-based Community Interfaith Dialogue on Islam, reached out to Parrish after learning he attended a talk by Usama Dakdok called 鈥淩evealing the Truth about ISIS.鈥� Dakdok is one of a number of anti-Muslim speakers who have created a cottage industry touring the country to malign Islam as an inherently violent religion. In his , Dakdok said ISIS was the 鈥渢rue representation of Islam.鈥�

Mustafa sent Parrish an email, offering to meet with him face-to-face. 鈥淪ince you have attended this talk about my faith,鈥� she wrote, 鈥淚 figured you would also like to hear from a person who actually practices Islam.鈥�

In Parrish鈥檚 reply, he condemned Islam as fundamentally incompatible with U.S. law.

First, he claimed to have, 鈥渁 very unusual in-depth level of training, experience, and understanding regarding multiple faiths and the practice of Islam,鈥� which he has suggested in public interviews is related to his time in the U.S. Naval Reserve working in intelligence.

He continued, 鈥淚 separate Islam from the word faith because faith takes belief and Islam requires only submission. I will not participate in any faith dialog because Islam is ultimately not a faith.鈥�

Parrish demanded Mustafa 鈥減ublicly denounce Sharia and swear to adhere to, protect, comply with, accept, and defend the United States Constitution.鈥� He suggested that as a practicing Muslim 鈥� or as he put it, 鈥減racticing Islamist鈥� 鈥� she would be unable to do so. He also wrote, 鈥淚slam, Sharia, and the Quran are the antithesis of the U.S. Constitution.鈥�

Parrish鈥檚 public platform also vilifies Muslims and embraces anti-Muslim conspiracies. His campaign website suggests a fictitious, taxpayer-funded scheme to finance and promote terrorism, reading, 鈥淢innesotans will no longer fund jihadists through the exploitation of social programs. We will no longer train ill-intended people for nefarious and terrorist activities.鈥�

In a public appearance on Minnesota podcast 鈥溾�� last November, Parrish said, 鈥淚n one who practices Islam, there is no separation of civilian law from a theocracy.鈥� He told the hosts that Islam in America represents 鈥渁 violent, dishonest abusive culture that is getting a pass.鈥�

On Twitter, Parrish has retweeted falsehoods about Muslims, one alleging Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and another claiming that Saudi Arabian terrorists have taken over a Boston mosque.

He also uses social media to rail against 鈥減undits, globalists, political elite, One World Order, socialist, Marxist nutcases,鈥� and decry what he calls 鈥渋nformation warfare鈥� coming from the press.

Parrish was pressed for time when reached for comment, but said he objected to Mustafa sharing the emails, which he called a 鈥減rivate conversation.鈥澛� He also said that conversations with the press about the content of the emails were 鈥渋nsulting,鈥� and amounted to 鈥渆motional manipulation.鈥�

He stood by his claim that sharia law is being practiced with impunity in Minnesota, and further suggested that Muslims are being subjected to harsh, extralegal punishments under theocratic rule.

鈥淚t鈥檚 very clear based on research,鈥� he said. 鈥淎bsolutely.鈥� He said information supporting this claim was public, and available on government websites run by the state of Minnesota. He did not share those reports by press time, and a search of state statutes yielded no results.

Parrish also said he bases his objections on law, and not on religion, saying, 鈥淭his whole thing is about behaviors.鈥�