Speaking of embarking on an unjust campaign against ‘The Left,’ American actor Mark Ruffalo has come under fire and bigotry accusations for Islamophobia after calling into attention a list of conservative policy ideas as the “Sharia Law of the ‘Christian’ crazy people. ”
On Tuesday, Ruffalo commented on a post on X (formerly Twitter) concerning Project 2025, viewed as a policy agenda fashioned by America’s think tank, The Heritage Foundation. Project 2025 is not a game. It is white Christian nationalism,” he declared. ” Shari Law of the jealous Christian zealots who do not know Christ at all and want to dominate your life with their interpretation of the meek and benevolent Christ’s message … Forced pregnancy and forced preaching … Trump’s American Taliban.
Ruffalo’s decision to use words of Islamic relation when addressing extremism in Western societies received backlash from hundreds of his followers on social media platforms. Sharia, derived from the Arabic term that translates as ‘the right way,’ is the collection of laws and rules identified with the Islamic religion and the Holy Quran.
Political comedian Aamer Rahman had a critical opinion towards Corrie’s ad: “White liberals will not miss any opportunity to use Islam as the standard of what needs to be purged, ” Rahman said, “White Christian nationalism is the founding ideology of your whole country, what the fuck do Muslims and sharia have to do with it?”
Another x user said, “Hey man. Can we go 5 minutes without using Muslims as ‘scary example of bad thing’?” Arguably, one of the most prominent prejudices is the term sharia which is used to trigger hatred against Muslims, as several X users pointed out, one of them writing, “The term has been propagandized to incite fear and hate against Muslims. This needs to stop. We have been demonized.”
Misinformation was directed to Ruffalo regarding the most popular conceptualization of Islamic law. A reader, for instance, said, “@MarkRuffalo, actually under Sharia, it is okay to abort a fetus even at 40 days or even in the second trimester, depending on how one wants to interpret it. ” This could directly relate to what Ruffalo said about the anti-abortion laws in the US and the Islamic law.
Project 2025, also called the Presidential Transition Project, identifies goals and recommendations that would be put through if Donald Trump planned on running for the 2024 presidency and emerged the winner. The agencies’ reorganization proposal, under which the Trump administration endeavors to restructure the federal government based on conventional conservative tenets, has been dubbed dystopian and authoritarian by critics.
Ruffao’s comment enraged people, especially those with knowledge of his prolific activism and support for Palestinians. A frustrated user said, “Liberals can’t make it through a week without their Islamaphobic peak showing aggressive neck veins – this is the same Islamaphobic hatred that is used to call for the genocide of Palestinians at the moment. ”
Ruffao has also come out to support Palestine, even supporting sanctions being placed on Israel and a permanent stop to every violence that is being carried out. In February, he was among several celebrities who wore pins symbolizing the “Peace Lilies and Artists for Ceasefire” at the Directors Guild of America Awards.
The outrage that met Ruffalo’s use of the religious term demonstrates that the religious realm has loaded connotations concerning politics – showing how such language in public discourse must be employed with caution.
