I noted that he devoted about one-fifth of this 13-minute speech to pleas that Americans not discriminate against Muslims. According to Hussam Ayloush, the Los Angeles director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the United States is “partially” responsible for the massacre.
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“The Muslim and Arab communities have been nothing but compliant in working with the government, especially our Arab American community in Dearborn”, she added. Good for America, good for Europe. George W. Bush, you might recall, made similar statements in the days after September 11, 2001.
Better yet, show up at a mosque, as President Bush did, and show the world what tolerance and unity really look like. American Muslims, like their fellow citizens, are patriotic Americans, who have been living and working in this country for centuries.
Nevertheless, support for the ISIS in all nations did not exceed 15 percent.
Both presidents showed a lack of confidence in the ability of ordinary Americans to carry in their heads two ideas seemingly in tension.
“I have been saying that Muslim immigration into the United States should be stopped until we can properly vet them or until the war with Islam is over”. Not all Muslims come from the Middle East, and there is no guarantee that terrorists will be prevented from entering the United States under any procedure to prevent them from doing so. This is not actually a hard concept.
“We should have a robust debate about foreign policy in this country”. How do you determine who is a Muslim? Hours before he spoke, Hillary Clinton – his former secretary of state and the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination – said the U.S.is “not winning” the fight against IS.
Constitution prohibits a “religious test” only for public officials.
No near-term congressional action is expected on the White House’s request for authorized military force against the Islamic State group. For many years American law provided for special treatment for Soviet Jews.
An unscientific survey by the advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations found that Mr Bush captured 70 per cent of the Muslim vote.
As noted, earlier this week I was prepared to write more along these lines.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio criticized Trump’s “habit of making offensive and outlandish statements”.
It’s as if he believes we’re all a bunch of unhinged, hate-filled masses waiting with 2×4’s and a sack of doorknobs for some event that will unleash a barrage of beatings upon those of the Muslim faith that live amongst us.
Hate speech has been on the rise in the US specifically after the mass shooting in California last week by a Muslim couple at a workplace holiday party. When Trump said parts of London have become so radicalized and that police fear going there, Mayor Boris Johnson shot back, “The only reason I wouldn’t go to some parts of NY is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump”. Wilders was one of the few world leaders praising Trump, tweeting, “I hope @realDonaldTrump will be the next US President”. While the Republican presidential candidates press their varying views, Congress as a whole has been strangely silent. But the president hasn’t gotten it all wrong. In the past decade, 29 Americans have been killed in terrorist attacks on home soil compared with more than 132,000 killed in gun violence. Neighbors of the San Bernardino terrorists noticed peculiar goings-on but didn’t report them to authorities.
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The sad truth is that religious freedom is very limited or nonexistent in some of the countries that sound most deeply offended by Trump’s intolerance. That’s a problem not easily solved, and Obama’s and Trump’s “misunderestimates” aren’t helping.
