State Sen. Greg Dolezal and candidate for lieutenant governor reiterated his stance on Sharia law in a speech he posted to X Saturday, saying fear can't dictate policy.
We can't let fear dictate policy. The radical left will not intimidate me.
Sharia law is incompatible with the Constitution and Georgia values. We will ban it.
Only American laws in American courts. pic.twitter.com/naSNBX2ybX
— Senator Greg Dolezal (@DolezalForGA) April 4, 2026
This comes after an ad released by Dolezal last month drew criticism from some lawmakers. The ad showed Muslims terrorizing Georgians, and ended with a message to "Keep Georgia Sharia free."
"The invaders who would rather pillage our generosity than assimilate are roaming Minnesota, New York, and LA," Dolezal wrote in the caption of the X post featuring the ad. "As Lt. Governor, I will fight the enemy before they're within the gates and keep Georgia safe and Sharia free."
Lawmakers and fellow lieutenant governor candidates criticized the campaign ad as hateful, and unnecessary.
Former Sen. Nabilah Parkes, who is Muslim, joined the lieutenant governor race last-minute, citing the campaign ad as one of her reasons for doing so.
"This was extremely hateful and Islamaphobic," Parkes said in a video criticizing the ad posted to X. "We cannot let that type of hate to continue in the state senate in the state of Georgia."
She said the campaign video causes real harm to Georgia families like her's.
As a mother, I can’t imagine ever putting a video out like this. The kind of video Greg Dolezal shared causes real harm to families like mine. He’s a frontrunner for Lieutenant Governor, and I’m running to make sure we put a real leader in that office. Join us. pic.twitter.com/FQh2Tzk3pD
— Nabilah Parkes (@Nabilah_Parkes) March 30, 2026
In Dolezal's most recent video calling for a ban on Sharia law in Georgia, he said he was under fire from the left because of his calls for the ban. "I am not afraid of the radical left," he said. "We must subvert and beat the radical left to save America."
He said most Republicans would be too afraid to talk about the need for a ban because publicizing those views puts you on an "island," but that he is willing to fight to end Sharia law in Georgia.
