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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Mar 11, 2019, 09:08 AM Mar 2019

Muslim Fox News producer calls out Pirro: 'You have Muslims working at the same network you do'


BY AVERY ANAPOL - 03/11/19 08:26 AM EDT

A Muslim Fox News producer added her voice to those criticizing Fox News host Jeanine Pirro for her comments on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) hijab.




Kamal Khan identifies herself online as an associate producer on Fox News’s “Special Report with Bret Baier.”

Pirro sparked backlash after her Saturday night remarks questioning whether Omar’s hijab means she is loyal to Sharia law, and therefore against the U.S. Constitution.

“Omar wears a hijab, which, according to the Quran 33:59, tells women to cover so they won’t get molested,” Pirro said Saturday. “Is her adherence to this Islamic doctrine indicative of her adherence to Sharia law, which in itself is antithetical to the United States Constitution?

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Muslim Fox News producer calls out Pirro: 'You have Muslims working at the same network you do' (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2019 OP
Who knew? C_U_L8R Mar 2019 #1
Ummm, so any adherence to religious beliefs, such as wearing a cross or yarmulke, AJT Mar 2019 #2
I know Hufsa TheCatQueen Mar 2019 #3

AJT

(5,240 posts)
2. Ummm, so any adherence to religious beliefs, such as wearing a cross or yarmulke,
Mon Mar 11, 2019, 09:59 AM
Mar 2019

is antithetical to the constitution? Well, I guess that 1st amendment went right over her head.

TheCatQueen

(27 posts)
3. I know Hufsa
Mon Mar 11, 2019, 10:16 AM
Mar 2019

My husband attended medical school in Pakistan with her father. She and her two sisters are excellent, accomplished young women. Her family are progressive Muslims and very humble people. Pirro needs to GTFO.

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