Owen Jones’s appearance on @piersmorgan is a masterclass in ideological dishonesty. He defends Sharia law while insisting the real problem for “queer Muslims” isn’t the doctrine itself. It’s those hateful Brits who “weaponise their plight” by pointing out the obvious conflict. His exact words: “I speak to queer Muslims, which I think is quite important to do because they’re erased from the conversation. They feel deeply frustrated that in a country where anti-Muslim prejudice and bigotry has got worse and worse, is that their plight is weaponised, not by people who want to advance LGBTQ rights but people who want to demonise Muslims as a whole.” Absolute weapon-grade nonsense. You cannot seriously claim to defend “queer Muslims” while downplaying or whitewashing Sharia. Under classical Sharia rulings (the ones still applied in multiple Muslim-majority countries and taught in many orthodox circles), same-sex acts are a major sin. Depending on the school of jurisprudence and the evidence required, the prescribed punishments include flogging, imprisonment, or death. That is not some fringe invention. It’s the traditional legal position. “Queer Muslims” who live under or are influenced by those interpretations face real pressure, family rejection, and in extreme cases violence. Pretending the main threat to them is “anti-Muslim bigotry” from people pointing out this contradiction is self-serving deflection of the highest order. Jones is doing the classic progressive two-step: shield the ideology, then smear anyone who notices the conflict as bigots. Clown. 🤡