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09-21-2015, 02:58 PM
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the first Muslim elected to Congress, on Sunday condemned condemned GOP presidential candidates Ben Carson and Donald Trump for making offensive comments about Islam.
Carson told (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/bernie-sanders-ben-carson-muslim-president_55ff3a2ae4b0fde8b0ceba63) NBC's Chuck Todd that he would not support a Muslim becoming president because Islam is "inconsistent with the values and principles of America" and is incompatible with the U.S. Constitution. At a town hall event on Thursday, Trump declined (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/donald-trump-birther-backlash_55ff1e2fe4b08820d9191338) to correct a man who claimed President Barack Obama is Muslim.
“For Ben Carson, Donald Trump, or any other Republican politician to suggest that someone of any faith is unfit for office is out of touch with who we are as a people,” Ellison said in a statement. “It’s unimaginable that the leading GOP presidential candidates are resorting to fear mongering to benefit their campaigns, and every American should be disturbed that these national figures are engaging in and tolerating blatant acts of religious bigotry.”
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which calls itself the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., will on Monday call for Carson to withdraw from the race.
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Carson's rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, also rebuked (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/ted-cruz-ben-carson-muslim_56000008e4b08820d91939e6?kzyc766r) the neurosurgeon over his anti-Muslim comments.
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Carson told (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/bernie-sanders-ben-carson-muslim-president_55ff3a2ae4b0fde8b0ceba63) NBC's Chuck Todd that he would not support a Muslim becoming president because Islam is "inconsistent with the values and principles of America" and is incompatible with the U.S. Constitution. At a town hall event on Thursday, Trump declined (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/donald-trump-birther-backlash_55ff1e2fe4b08820d9191338) to correct a man who claimed President Barack Obama is Muslim.
“For Ben Carson, Donald Trump, or any other Republican politician to suggest that someone of any faith is unfit for office is out of touch with who we are as a people,” Ellison said in a statement. “It’s unimaginable that the leading GOP presidential candidates are resorting to fear mongering to benefit their campaigns, and every American should be disturbed that these national figures are engaging in and tolerating blatant acts of religious bigotry.”
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which calls itself the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., will on Monday call for Carson to withdraw from the race.
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Carson's rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, also rebuked (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/ted-cruz-ben-carson-muslim_56000008e4b08820d91939e6?kzyc766r) the neurosurgeon over his anti-Muslim comments.
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