CHICAGO – An Illinois state senator is in hot water for social media posts that faith groups have called Islamophobic.
State Sen. Sara Feigenholtz replied to a post on X last week that referred to Westerners who praised Islam as “bootlickers” and suggested “They move to an Islamic country and stick their heads in the dirt multiple times a day for enlightenment.”
Feigenholtz replied “You are a [bad***] truth teller” to the post.
Several faith groups, including the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR), called on Feigenholtz to resign as state senator.
“When the intent is clear and the track record is clear, again, our intelligence shall not be insulted. I think the only way forward, if she is truly sorry as a matter of fact, is to step down as a statement of her being sorry and to work on whatever issues she might have because she has lost confidence as far …