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Ben Carson: Islam Inconsistent with Constitution

<p>A Muslim civil liberties group has called for Carson to withdraw from the race after he told &&num;8220&semi;Meet the Press&&num;8221&semi; that he would not agree with having a Muslim in the White House&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;He did not say that a Muslim should be prevented from running&comma; or barred from running in any way&comma;&&num;8221&semi; James Watts&comma; Carson&rsquo&semi;s campaign spokesman said&period; &&num;8220&semi;He just doesn&&num;8217&semi;t believe the American people are ready for that&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When asked if a candidate&&num;8217&semi;s faith should matter to voters&comma; Carson said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I guess it depends on what that faith is&period; If it&&num;8217&semi;s inconsistent with the values and principles of America&comma; then of course it should matter&period;&&num;8221&semi; When asked if he thought Islam is consistent with the Constitution&comma; Carson said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;No&comma; I don&&num;8217&semi;t&comma; I do not&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While numerous Muslim groups are outraged by Dr&period; Carson&rsquo&semi;s position on this topic&comma; there is truth to what is being said&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the 2013 Pew Research Center report&comma; 88 percent of Muslims in Egypt and 62 percent of Muslims in Pakistan favor the death penalty for people who leave the Muslim religion&period; The United States&comma; founded on religious tolerance&comma; is not compatible with such thinking&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Iran&comma; for instance&comma; a woman who is not wearing head covering will receive a written warning&period; If the offense occurs again&comma; she will receive 70 lashes&period; &nbsp&semi;Throughout the Hadith&comma; Muhammad even sentences numerous women to death by stoning for adultery&period; &nbsp&semi;Do these sound like polices anyone would like see enacted in America&quest;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There is no reason to concern yourself with the political correctness prescribed by ignorant ideologues on topics such as this&period; If you believe speaking out against a religion&nbsp&semi;merits a death sentence&comma; that a woman should be required to cover up in public&comma; then America is not the right place for you&period; There is nothing&nbsp&semi;tolerant about advocating for a return to the morality of warlords in 600 C&period;E&period;&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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