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Related: About this forumBernie Sanders Visits DC Mosque, Blasts Trump For ‘Bigotry’ Against Muslims
Bernie Sanders speaks as Imam Talib Shareet listens at Masjid Muhammad on December 16, 2015 in Washington, DC. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images
Bernie Sanders became the second Democratic presidential candidate to visit a mosque on Wednesday. The U.S. senator from Vermont attended an interfaith roundtable at Masjid Muhammad, a mosque located some two miles from the White House in Washington, D.C. Sanders and various faith leaders called for an end to the anti-Muslim rhetoric and hatred they say has been inspired by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders were at the roundtable, and included Muslim Congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota. Masjid Muhammad, which calls itself "the nation's mosque," was opened in the 1930s.
@BernieSanders sits down for interfaith round table at mosque in DC with @keithellison pic.twitter.com/zEBlD5MGqi
MaryAlice Parks (@maryaliceparks) December 16, 2015
Now, at this moment, with all of the fears and anxieties people have of terrorism, there are demagogues out there, people like Donald Trump, who are once again attempting to divide us up in xenophobic and racist ways, Sanders said.
They want us to believe the average Muslim is a terrorist and they want us to stop Muslims from coming here. And unbelievably, there are some, in defiance of the Constitution, who are talking about shutting down mosques like the one were in here, he said. Do we come together or do we allow demagogues to divide us up?
Sanders, who is Jewish, said that such rhetoric mirrors the language Nazis in Germany spread before World War II.
We must never forget what happened under the racist ideology of the Nazis, which led to the deaths of millions and millions of people, including family members of mine, said Sanders, adding that Trumps rhetoric has contributed to a rise in hate crimes and speech against Muslim-Americans.
Interfaith leaders at the event included the mosques president, Talib Shareef; Baptist minister the Rev. Reginald Green; U.S. Army Chaplain Abdul Rasheed Muhammad; and female Rabbi Batya Steinlauf.
I am calling on all of us in public life and all Americans to condemn anti-Muslim hatred, to say no to those who promote this hatred.
Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 16, 2015
read: http://www.ibtimes.com/bernie-sanders-visits-dc-mosque-blasts-trump-bigotry-against-muslims-2229162
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Bernie Sanders Visits DC Mosque, Blasts Trump For ‘Bigotry’ Against Muslims (Original Post)
bigtree
Dec 2015
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beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)1. Thank you for posting that, bigtree.
HerbChestnut
(3,649 posts)4. It's all about bringing people together.
No matter your race, religion, or ethnicity we're all in it with each other.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)5. rec