In a recent sermon, Imam Karim AbuZaid called Texas Democrats midterm victories a chance for us Muslims to grab, and Sen. Ted Cruz answered, This is their plan. They admit it proudly. Hell no.
Discussing scripture in the same sermon, AbuZaid said the believers now have to confront the disbelievers, adding that this was not necessarily physically. He cited intellectual debate and elections as lawful means, but said it will escalate to a confrontation: It has to at the end. He later questioned how the winners would govern under man-made laws, argued that only Sharia could bring peace, and said were not going to force it on you.
AbuZaid called Republicans so Islamophobic, but said he does not vote and was making no endorsement. Cruzs November 9 post quoted a November 8 video whose caption portrayed the remarks as a call for Muslims to take over Texas, a framing that goes beyond the words AbuZaid is documented as using. The imam said Cruz was singing the blues by himself.
AbuZaid and San Diego imam Uthman ibn Farooq are listed as speakers at the November 27 inauguration of Dar Al-Tawheed Masjid at 201 N. Plano Road in Richardson, at the former Korean World Mission Baptist Church; the opening was moved from November 6 because construction ran long. Months earlier, at an Authentic Ilm Mission conference in Arlington, AbuZaid said Islam will rule the world again, and Farooq described making America a Muslim country as our goal. Democrats won the Texas governors race and a U.S. Senate seat on November 3, while Republicans retained the Texas Senate.
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