Virginia: Muslim State Senator Introduces Bill to Classify ‘Islamophobia’ as Assault

Muslims are the only immigrant group who come to the West with a ready made model of society they believe to be superior to Western law and they work furiously, by all means, to impose it. Under Islam, shariah (Islamic) law supersedes Western law. Anywhere Western law and Shariah law conflict, it is always Western law that must give way. What those of us working in defense of freedom did not expect, was the craven capitulation and cowardice by Western left elites to Islamic supremacy.

We warned you and you punished us for it.

Virginia: Muslim state senator introduces bill to classify ‘Islamophobia’ as assault

By: Robert Spencer, July 19, 2026:

“The bill would amend Virginia’s existing assault statute to recognize Islamophobia as ‘malicious prejudice or hatred directed toward Islam.’”

Yet ever since 9/11 and before then as well, the Islamic machine in the United States — the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and other Muslim Brotherhood groups — have insisted that opposition to violence committed in the name of Islam and in accord with its teachings, and to Sharia oppression of women and others, constituted “malicious prejudice or hatred directed toward Islam.” This has become the mainstream view; leftists, and many patriots as well, still take it for granted as axiomatically true, and unsavory groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center and the ADL spent millions to make these smears mainstream.

Now Virginia is going to codify them into law, adopting what is essentially a blasphemy law that will forbid criticism of Islam. The job is very nearly complete.

“Virginia Muslim Dem moves to codify ‘Islamophobia’ into state law despite free speech objections,” by Avery Hill, Post Millennial, July 16, 2026:

Virginia State Sen. Saddam Azlan Salim (D-Fairfax) has introduced Senate Bill 624, legislation that would define “Islamophobia” within Virginia’s assault laws and require law enforcement to track crimes allegedly motivated by anti-Islam bias. The bill would amend Virginia’s existing assault statute to recognize Islamophobia as “malicious prejudice or hatred directed toward Islam.”

The legislation would also direct the Virginia State Police, with directions from the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, to incorporate the definition of Islamophobia into the state’s hate crime reporting wing. Supporters of the law say the change would help police more accurately identify and classify bias-motivated offenses against Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim….

While Senate Bill 624 states it would not create a new criminal offense, civil cause of action, or restrict speech protected under the First Amendment or the Virginia Constitution, critics have raised concerns that placing a state mandated definition of Islamophobia into state law could blur the line between first amendment protected criticism of Islam as a religion and violent acts motivated by an anti-Muslim hatred or bias….