In his last sermon, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, “All humankind is from Adam and Eve. An Arab has no superiority of a non-Arab, nor does a non-Arab have any superiority over an Arab, a white has no superiority over a Black nor does Black have any superiority over a White, except by piety and good action.” He also said, “All people are as equal as the teeth of a comb.”
When a country welcomes immigrants and embraces diversity, that’s a good thing for everyone. If Tucker Carlson believes otherwise, he can rant about the great replacement theory in a dark corner of the internet with other white supremacists. But he should not be able to do so on a national television network that is viewed by millions of impressionable people.
America cannot afford more deadly conspiracy theories. Neither can the rest of the world.
Edward Ahmed Mitchell is a civil rights attorney who serves as the national deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
This op-ed was originally published in the Sarasota Herald Tribune.
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