Umar Farooq

Cruz hosted a showing of God’s Not Dead 2 at a local theater Saturday evening. The film, a sequel to a 2014 movie that was a hit with faith communities, focuses on religious liberty.

“Ever since these Paris attacks, people have been tweeting at me with all these verses in the Quran saying to conquer land, expand borders, force everyone to convert or pay the jizya,” she said, referring to a tax levied on non-Muslims.