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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 03:40 PM Nov 2015

"Senator Cruz! Are you now or have you ever been a member of Islam?"

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/20/ted_cruz_its_impossible_to_vet_the_syrian_refugees_since_the_quran_compels_muslims_to_lie/

On “Hannity” Thursday evening, Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz claimed that because the Quran requires Muslims engaged in jihad to lie, there’s little doubt that members of ISIS either already have or soon will infiltrate the Syrian refugee population if they’re allowed entry to the United States.





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OMG!

If jihadis deny being jihadis... and Ted Cruz denies being a jihadi...

He's not just canadian! He's one of... THEM!
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"Senator Cruz! Are you now or have you ever been a member of Islam?" (Original Post) DetlefK Nov 2015 OP
EXACTLY randys1 Nov 2015 #1
Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism use the same accusations. CJCRANE Nov 2015 #2

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
2. Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism use the same accusations.
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 04:04 PM
Nov 2015

The Anti-Semitism of the early 20th Century is very similar to the Islamophobia of the early 21st Century.

They talk about a shadowy group of people who all stick together and want to take over the world by any means and whose holy book tells them to lie to anyone outside their group.

Even the cartoons are similar and show stereotyped semitic features.

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