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Minnesota Senator Announces Anti-Sharia Caucus to Protect Assimilation and America’s Identity

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Minnesota state Sen. Michael Holmstrom is unveiling the state’s first anti-Sharia law caucus to push back against migration from countries destroyed by Islamic regimes and to address concerns about the safety of the state’s communities.

As of 2020, there were at least 140,000 Muslims in Minnesota, many of whom were foreign-born, on welfare, or unable to speak English. But what worried Holmstrom most was that some practiced Sharia customs, such as the subjection of women, female genital mutilation, or pledging allegiance to foreign organizations.

“Minnesota has had an influx of Third-World migration from countries that implement Sharia law pretty vigorously, and it degraded the community,” Holmstrom told the Daily Signal.

That led the senator to take action. This week, he is launching a caucus of state lawmakers who will work together to address that specific issue.

“We have an American identity, and assimilation isn’t being taken seriously,” he said. “We don’t believe in Sharia law. We don’t believe in genital........

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