Congressman’s remarks upset religious leaders

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By JASON KEYSER - The Associated Press
Created: Saturday, August 11, 2012 5:30 a.m. CDT

CHICAGO – A Republican congressman’s warning that there are radical Muslims in Chicago’s suburbs and around the country “trying to kill Americans every week” provoked outrage Friday from religious leaders who said such speech stokes a fear of all Muslims and endangers their houses of worship.

Rep. Joe Walsh said at a town hall meeting this week in Elk Grove Village that another Sept. 11 was an absolute certainty and that political correctness had blinded government to “a real threat” from within that could strike in virtually any community in the country.

The tea-party backed politician has acquired a reputation for contentious rhetoric during his first term and especially during his tough battle for re-election in a district redrawn by Democrats last year to favor their party.

But Jewish and Christian leaders joining the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations at a news conference Friday said his recent remarks went further and made mosques vulnerable to attacks. The groups called on him to publicly retract his comments and apologize.

http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2012/08/10/congressmans-remarks-upset-religious-leaders/az55uv5/

Joe Walsh. Again.

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1. Good for them. Even conservative religious leaders are trying to distance

themselves from this blatant bigotry.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

2. I bet he doesn't think there is any problem from radical Christians in the country

Walsh defended his comments in a statement Thursday, saying that although most Muslims in America are peace loving, “we would be foolish to ignore the fact that there is a radical minority that simply wants to destroy America and the values that we stand for.”

I hate how his type will say the 'I'm sure most are peaceful' crap before insisting that they are only worried about a radical minority. Walsh probably associates the 'radical' aspect with 75% or more of the Muslim American population. He ought to also be worried about the 'radical minority' in his own religion.

He is probably one of those people that when faced with the damage done by a 'radical' Christian will excuse it as the 'act of a single person' with no link to religion as opposed to it being linked to a larger group of followers.

They all make my head hurt (I need to find a better Pissed Wolf smiley, you can barely see the steam coming out of my ears in this one)

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3. Try this.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

4. Thanks, I saved that one

I'm still looking for a smiely sized one. Some people get pissy when you use a full sized pic instead of a little one.