Muslim Activist Donning American Flag Hijab Rips Anti-Mosque Rhetoric on Fox

Donning a red, white, and blue hijab, Muslim-American activist Saba Ahmed took Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson to task last night, immediately shutting down Kelly’s assertion that mosques “tend to be hotbeds for political activity, not as much religious activity.”

“Megyn, we go to the mosque to pray,” Ahmed replied, adding “it’s absolutely horrifying to hear that our constitutional rights of free exercise of religion are now going to be challenged” in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.

Ahmed argued there would not be a discussion about shutting down churches “just because there are one or two Christians acting badly.”

“The mosque has nothing to do with the terrorist. Yes, there are people who misuse the religion for their perverted ideology but that has nothing to do with my faith,” Ahmed said.

Ahmed, founder of the Republican Muslim Coalition, used to identify as a Democrat, but felt her values “aligned best with the Republican party platform.” Last year, she became the first Muslim to speak at an event for the Heritage Foundation where she faced an onslaught of questions from fellow panelists asking whether she was “American.”

Ahmed told Kelly and Pierson that the Muslims she knows work “hard to be good American citizens,” suggesting that Pierson’s candidate should visit a mosque in New York.

“Mr. Trump has so many business dealings all over the Middle East. He’s worked with Muslims; he knows we’re good, hardworking people. You cannot alienate the Muslim-American voters,” Ahmed said.

Pierson argued the debate over shutting down mosques “is not about alienation.”

“You have to investigate and you have to implement due process. If it’s one person, fine, but if it’s the entire mosque it needs to be shut down,” Pierson said.

Watch the video above, via Fox News.

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