US Muslim group calls on Carson to withdraw from prez race
Date
9/22/2015 8:36:59 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) The country’s largest Muslim civil rights group on Monday called on a Republican presidential candidate to withdraw from the race after he said he would not “advocate” having a Muslim as president.
"We urge politicians general public community leaders presidential candidates to repudiate his views" said Nihad Awad executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
"We ask Mr. Ben Carson to withdraw from the presidential race because he is unfit to lead" he added during a press conference at the group's Washington headquarters. "Because his views are in contradiction with the U.S. Constitution."
Carson told NBC’s Meet the Press a day earlier that he would not be comfortable with a Muslim in the Oval Office.
“I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation” Carson said. “I absolutely would not agree with that.”
In an interview with The Hill newspaper later in the day he said he doesn't believe Sharia is consistent with the Constitution. Sharia is the legal system for those living under Islamic rule.
Awad said he very much like many American Muslims was shocked by Carson’s remarks.
He noted that the Republican candidate should be reminded of Article VI of the U.S. Constitution.
"The Constitution of the United States clearly says that 'No religious test shall be ever required as a qualification to any office or a public trust under the United States.’ This cannot be misunderstood. This is a clear language to all Americans and to all generations" he added.
Awad also urged all Americans to learn Islam from its original source the Qur'an and announced that the organization will deliver copies of the Qur'an to all presidential candidates.
"We will be sending one of the Qur’ans to Mr. Carson so that he can read for himself that Islam is consistent with American values" he said.
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