A woman dressed in a full burqa walked up to the open public comment microphone at a Pinellas County, Florida board meeting Tuesday night and proceeded to blast the Islamic call to prayer at the assembled commissioners and audience. Yes, really.
Karma struck when she was kicked out of the room, thank goodness. But here’s the kicker: one commissioner, apparently more concerned with vibes than with what just happened in the room, turned around and lectured the audience about being kind to others. Ah yes, the real problem in the room was the people who were surprised.
Congressman Byron Donalds wasted no time making his position clear: Shariah law has no place in Florida or anywhere in America. Hard to argue with that.
Locals took notice too. One Pinellas County resident wrote on X that she has seen more burqas in the past year than in the previous 25 years combined. She added a pointed warning: “Vote Red or eventually you’ll be woken up every morning by prayer calls over neighborhood loud speakers.” That’s not hyperbole anymore, apparently. That’s Tuesday night at your county meeting.
Others online pointed out the obvious double standard. One commenter asked whether someone who walked into a similar government meeting in a Muslim-majority country and played a Catholic hymn would be treated with the same polite tolerance. Spoiler: they would not. There would be no commissioner asking the crowd to be kind about it either.
A preacher named Rich Penkoski noted on X that he is currently dealing with criminal charges in Tampa for preaching to Muslims on public property. So to recap: blast the call to prayer at a Florida county meeting and you get escorted out with a lecture about kindness aimed at the crowd. Preach Christianity on a public sidewalk and you get charged. Makes total sense.
The bottom line is simple. Florida has an election coming up, and what happened in that Pinellas County meeting room is exactly the kind of thing that should remind every conservative voter why showing up matters.
Byron Donalds has the right idea. Shariah law has no place in Florida, the call to prayer has no place at a county board meeting, and a commissioner scolding the audience afterward has no place in a functioning republic. Vote accordingly.
Here’s the video featured by Amy Mek:
ISLAMIZATION OF FLORIDA – YES, THIS VIDEO IS REAL!
One resident walked into the Pinellas County hearing in a burqa and started blasting the adhan. All hell broke out. Staff cut her off, told her the meeting was for public comment, not a recording, and escorted her out.
While… https://t.co/E1Od9QBkZS pic.twitter.com/Tnh2cEfeEy
— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) October 28, 2026
