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Related: About this forumOklahoma GOP to Christians: Be ‘wary’ of Muslim Americans — they’ll ‘decapitate you’
Oklahoma GOP to Christians: Be wary of Muslim Americans theyll decapitate youThe executive director of the Oklahoma Chapter of CAIR, Adam Soltani, wrote a letter to Rep. Bennett in which he said, anti-Muslim bigotry and statements that promote misunderstanding and incite hatred toward a minority group have no place in the Oklahoma Republican Party. Individuals elected to represent the people of Oklahoma should be held accountable for such extremist, inaccurate and intolerant views.
We are requesting that you denounce these anti-Muslim comments and issue an apology for said derogatory statements, Soltani continued. Rep. Bennett responded by saying that
we must shine a bright light on the role of the Muslim Brotherhood and its varied tentacles in the U.S. These tentacles include unindicted co-conspirators of the U.S. vs. Holyland Foundation trial like the Council on American-Islamic Relations here in Oklahoma. Our borders are wide open to drug and human traffickers. Terrorism could come to Oklahoma just as easily.
Rep. Bennett then made it clear that Soltanis request would not be met:
Republicans in Oklahoma are standing behind Rep. Bennetts comments. Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Dave Weston told The Oklahoman that CAIRs request for an apology was
disingenuous at best. If we as Americans were ruled by Islam, then Christians and Jews like you and I could only keep practicing our faith if we paid a protection tax. But if youre Christian or Jewish and dont immediately convert to Islam, they imminently (sic) decapitate you. This is proven by ongoing observation around the world today.
Weston then said that if CAIR wants an apology and
an honest discourse, it can begin by acknowledging the Jewish Holocaust happened, recogniz(ing) the right of Israel to exist, and denounc(ing) the killing of Muslim converts to Christianity.
CAIR has not only acknowledged that the Holocaust happened, it has openly condemned conferences devoted to its denial. After the beheading of American James Foley by members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, CAIR released a statement in which it strongly condemn[ed] this gruesome and barbaric killing as a violation of Islamic beliefs and universally-accepted international norms mandating the protection of prisoners and journalists during conflicts.
DinahMoeHum
(21,806 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)I thought I'd give them some info.
You know, 'cuz it's so hard to google.
Feral Child
(2,086 posts)and forgive themselves for every sin.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)I thought the rulebook gives them a pass if their deity tells them it's okay.
Feral Child
(2,086 posts)is still OK if they say they're sorry afterwards.
After all, they really just need to believe and ALL their sins are forgiven.
Pretty fucking convenient, I say.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Who never stopped trying to save my soul, btw.
If we went to the Dio concert before being saved we would burn in Hell forever.
I don't understand it any more now than I did then.
Feral Child
(2,086 posts)It's incomprehensible; you can't make sense of it because there's no sense to it.
Cartoonist
(7,320 posts)I think that's what Mark Twain called it. How many black men were lynched in Oklahoma by upstanding Christian men?
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Marie Scott and Laura Nelson were both lynched in OK, after being raped. Nelson's teenage son was also lynched.