Oct 14, 2026 · 19 min · 10 segments
Appo School Board member rebuked by board for posting she does not want muslim majority countries' ideology in the US. Muslim State Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton talks about it with Rick Jensen
Madinah Wilson-AntonGuestRick JensenHostUh, it's funny 'cause I think about the differences in my religion, and they're more stark.
For example, years ago I was attending a Baptist church, and I had to tell people, "I'm not the same as the Westboro Baptists."
For people who don't remember, this was a handful of maniacs from Topeka, Kansas, who would go around the country and they would protest, even at a service of a Marine or anybody in the military who had been killed and was gay, and they would say, "Oh, you deserve to be dead." And I'd say, "Yeah, they're idiots." And I actually had the, uh, the woman on who was heading this up and, and I asked her, you know, "Do you think that gay people should be dead?" And she said, "Well, yes.
So if you find out your son is gay, um, are you gonna do the deed yourself or have someone else do it?" And she got very angry with me.
... between, uh, the, the Sunni a- and the Shia or not, but that's the disagreement that I, as a Christian, had with the Westboro Baptist Church.
Um, yeah, I mean, there's definitely been violence between the two sects over the years in different countries, going back to the beginning like, you know, 1,400 years ago.
Um, but the... it's, it's funny, right, when there are people who rise to prominence from groups that we tend to not wanna associate ourselves with, and then all of a sudden things change, right? So for example, I, I do remember s- hearing folks say some pretty messed up things about Shias, and then Zohran Mamdani comes on the scene and wins the, the race for mayor of New York City, and all of a sudden-
So I think it's, it's kind of a human, uh, impulse to otherize people until there's some way that you can benefit from being associated, and then all of a sudden all those differences don't really matter.
Uh, it's funny 'cause I think about the differences in my religion, and they're more stark.
For example, years ago I was attending a Baptist church, and I had to tell people, "I'm not the same as the Westboro Baptists."
For people who don't remember, this was a handful of maniacs from Topeka, Kansas, who would go around the country and they would protest, even at a service of a Marine or anybody in the military who had been killed and was gay, and they would say, "Oh, you deserve to be dead." And I'd say, "Yeah, they're idiots." And I actually had the, uh, the woman on who was heading this up and, and I asked her, you know, "Do you think that gay people should be dead?" And she said, "Well, yes.
So if you find out your son is gay, um, are you gonna do the deed yourself or have someone else do it?" And she got very angry with me.
... between, uh, the, the Sunni a- and the Shia or not, but that's the disagreement that I, as a Christian, had with the Westboro Baptist Church.
Um, yeah, I mean, there's definitely been violence between the two sects over the years in different countries, going back to the beginning like, you know, 1,400 years ago.
Um, but the... it's, it's funny, right, when there are people who rise to prominence from groups that we tend to not wanna associate ourselves with, and then all of a sudden things change, right? So for example, I, I do remember s- hearing folks say some pretty messed up things about Shias, and then Zohran Mamdani comes on the scene and wins the, the race for mayor of New York City, and all of a sudden-
So I think it's, it's kind of a human, uh, impulse to otherize people until there's some way that you can benefit from being associated, and then all of a sudden all those differences don't really matter.
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