Toronto Blue Jays Player Faces Career-Threatening Backlash for Questioning Islam and Sharia

Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Santander, and his infractions have nothing to do with baseball. Instead, Santander has committed thoughtcrime, and in these days of a resugent and vengeful left, that could spell the end of his professional career.

TV Insider reported Friday that Santander is “facing backlash after sharing ‘disgusting’ anti-Muslim content on social media following the 2026 midterm election results in Michigan.” Disgusting anti-Muslim content? Oh, heavens to betsy, that’s distressing. Was it a call for violence against innocent Muslims, or for the firebombing of mosques, or for some similar act of terror?

No. Nothing like that at all. TV Insider continued: “On Wednesday, the 32-year-old Venezuelan MLB player reposted two videos to his Instagram story criticizing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, who defeated Republican Mike Rogers on Tuesday to become the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate. The re-shared posts included captions stating ‘America voted for Sharia Last Night’ and claiming ‘Islam is not peaceful.’”

The Toronto Blue Jays, which are based, after all, in uberwoke Canada, quickly tried to put out the firestorm, issuing a statement that put the organization on record as duly denouncing Santander’s double plus ungood posts, and trying to show that the Blue Jays were as ready as anyone to burn incense to the gods of diversity and multiculturalism.

“Baseball is for everyone,” the Blue Jays noted with an admirable grasp of the trivial and irrelevant, “and the Blue Jays have created an inclusive experience where all fans feel welcome at our ballpark.” Oh, that’s good. We certainly wouldn’t want to see anyone who didn’t think Islam was peaceful daring to enjoy a baseball game. “Individual comments,” the Jays added piously in full please-don’t-hurt-us mode, “do not represent our organization’s values and beliefs.”

That doesn’t seem to have been enough for the notorious Amira Elghawaby, the grim-visaged founder of the Muslim Communities Research Observatory and the former Special Representative of Combatting Islamophobia of Canada. On Thursday, Elghawaby wrote: “Anthony Santander is a role model and public figure looked up to by young sports fans. His reckless actions have impact, and we have seen anti Muslim hate turn deadly in Canada. Deleting his posts is not enough — Santander owes fans an apology, and the Blue Jays need to take a stronger stand against Islamophobic hate, and be transparent about how they plan to make this right.”

On Friday, apparently not satisfied with the Blue Jays’ statement, Elghawaby added: “There has been a failure of leadership at the Blue Jays. They have not condemned the Islamophobic nature of the posts. Nor have they made it clear that they uphold zero tolerance for hate against anyone, including Muslims. This points to a systemic problem that will require real commitments from this organization or risk letting down many of their fans.”

In a similar vein, Omer Osman, cofounder of an X page called Raptors Updates, wrote: “I’m all for free speech, but this is extremely disgusting and flat out disrespectful stuff shared by Anthony Santander. Islamophobia is never acceptable, and I hope the @BlueJays take the appropriate action, considering they have some Muslim employees as well.”

Santander quickly deleted the posts, but everyone piled on anyway, and it’s noteworthy how none of the self-righteous and indignant responses dealt with the most important question at hand. The Blue Jays affirmed that baseball is for everyone, although Santander didn’t say that he didn’t want to see Muslims watching baseball. Osman said he was “all for free speech” and then immediately demonstrated that he wasn’t, calling on the Blue Jays to take action against Santander, and implying that Muslim employees of the Blue Jays would otherwise be endangered. Elghawaby fulminated against “hate” without explaining what was hateful about what Santander posted.

Santander could now be fined, suspended, or released, but no one is asking one simple question: was he right? Is Islam not peaceful? Did Americans vote pro-Sharia candidates into office? Also, if Santander had posted material that was critical of Christianity, do you think everyone would be piling on today? Even simply stating these things is now an unacceptable level of “Islamophobia” that can mean professional ruin. And with the left now firmly back in the driver’s seat, it’s only going to get worse.