A Congressman Attacked Our Masjid - Here Is The Truth

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Alhamdulillah, all praise is due to Allah,

the one and the unique.

It is the only worship and it is blessings that we seek.

Yesterday, Congressman Keith Self showed a map

of our masjid and the neighborhood surrounding our masjid

in Congress.

And he made many false claims about you and me

and about our masjid and about the people

living around the masjid.

Sharia is alive, well, and operating in Plano, Texas.

Right now, as I speak, there is an existing Sharia

adherent enclave run by the East Plano Islamic Center

in my congressional district.

It's been functioning for 12 years, right in our midst.

This is not a hypothetical or future threat.

It is here, now, and operational.

74 homes sold exclusively to Muslims affiliated with Epic.

No outsiders permitted.

A massive mega mosque serving as the central anchor

of the enclave.

Sharia adherent Islamic schools and doctorating

the next generation.

Oh, by the way, we believe that the girls

disappear at a certain point.

A medical clinic, multiple businesses

in Islamic financing institution,

providing a Sharia compliant financing

that rejects conventional American banking principles.

Most alarming of all, according to a former senior Plano

law enforcement official, there is speculation

that there are unattended deaths in this Muslim-only community

that are not being reported as required under state law.

That is, individuals in this community die as is natural.

And first responders are never, they are never being called

to the scene.

And let me be clear, not reporting a death is a crime

under Texas state law.

In my office is going to follow every lead we have on this

to ensure American law is being followed.

This is in our Congress.

This congressman keeps self.

He represents Texas third district,

that is parts of Plano, McKinney, Allen, Wiley,

and other surrounding neighborhoods.

And this congressman is the primary founder of an entire caucus.

It is called the Sharia Free American Caucus,

which is a political caucus that claims that America is facing

an existential threat because of Islam and the Sharia.

Our congressman isn't somebody who is particularly fond

of facts and truths.

His entire tirade against us, against you.

His entire tirade was riddled with wild accusations

and conspiratorial craziness.

The fact of the matter is to read in something sinister,

to a mosque and a thriving community.

To read in conspiratorial craziness to Shawarma shops

and halal products.

To claim that a coincidental closeness

to a small local training facility is somehow

a sinister agenda to take over the country

when in most circumstances, be scoffed

at some type of conspiratorial, glendback talk

of a person with very low IQ.

But when a member of Congress brazenly mentions

our mosque by name, when he displays a neighborhood map

with the actual houses of the people living around the mosque,

literally highlighted on his map.

When he brings in talk of sinister accusations of a takeover,

it is no longer some clown shouting outside of the street.

This is a direct threat to the safety of the people

of our community and of the innocent families

living around our neighborhood.

This is not some deranged, lone conspiracy theorist.

This is a sitting member of Congress

who is supposed to protect us.

And instead of protecting us, he is literally inviting

an unwarranted hatred attention to our communities.

But you see, what clearly demonstrates

this congressman's blatant deception

is that while he was running for office,

the very office that you used to attack us,

you were standing right outside our mosque over there,

not 10 feet from where I'm giving this lecture.

You were begging us for votes.

You were standing right there inside of our community,

asking us to vote for you.

And now you come and stab us in the back.

Have you no shame?

What's your real enclave are you talking about?

What parallel society are you accusing us of?

When you came here unannounced, unarmed,

you came here, walked in with full freedoms.

You came here begging for our votes.

Where did you see a second parallel universe?

Where did you see girls disappearing being zapped up

into the air?

Where did you see mysterious deaths?

All of a sudden, when you get into Congress,

when you're finally elected to the place

that our constituents used to elect you,

you backstab the very people you're supposed to be supporting

and whose very taxes pay your own paycheck.

Have you no shame, Mr. Keatself?

This is the reality that we have to deal with.

The gap between what you say in Congress now

and what you did yesterday outside of our mosque,

wanting to be voted in, that gap leaves no room

for interpretation.

You, sir, are a hypocrite of the worst kind.

You are a hypocrite of the worst type.

You took our votes.

You took our endorsements.

You knew full well.

We are a part of our society.

We are American tax paying citizens.

And when you got into Congress, you turn around

and you backstab the very people you are supposed

to be representing.

Congressman, I say to you directly, and I quote from you.

I'm quoting from your statement yesterday.

You said, make no mistake.

The enemy is inside the gates, end quote.

Given the fact that you were inside our gates,

let me state as a born and raised Texan

that I actually do believe there is an enemy

inside of our gates.

I do believe there is an enemy that is allowing this great

nation to be overcome with fear and is dividing

our societies based upon prejudice.

There is an enemy that is actively working

to dismiss the freedoms granted to us

by the very constitution you claim to uphold.

I do believe there is an enemy inside of our gates

that is seeking to distract us from the Epstein files

that wants to deflect attention away from yet another war

that this government is fighting on behalf of Israel.

Yes, there is indeed an enemy.

And it's not just inside the gates.

It's inside Congress.

It's inside the Senate.

And it's inside higher places than that.

The enemy is indeed within.

And that enemy is fermenting fear.

It is preaching misinformation.

It is preaching hatred.

And so I say to you and to everybody who is listening,

it is never too late.

No matter what you say about us,

we will extend an olive branch to you

in spite of your misinformation.

And we still will welcome you and anybody else

who has any confusion about us because we are so confident

that anybody who comes to our community,

anybody who visits us with an open heart

and an open mind with a clean heart,

wanting to seek information, wanting to interact with us.

We are confident that what you will see,

far from being an enemy, you will see loyal, hard working,

tax paying, honorable, dignified believers in God,

followers of the prophet.

The people of Epic, dear sir, are no enemy.

The people of Epic and all the Muslims of this country,

they represent the best of what it means

to be the God centric, the best of what it means

to be believers in God, the best of what it means

to contribute back to humanity.

And thus I firmly believe we represent

the best of what it means not just to be Americans,

but to be humans and to be representatives

of the religion of God on earth.

So help us God.

We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

to protect us from the evil machinations

of all of those who are plotting to go against us.