A Tennessee lawmaker is drawing intense criticism after calling for the removal of all Muslims serving in the U.S. military.Read the rest here.
Republican State Rep. Rick Womick first made the controversial remarks Friday during a conference on Islamic extremism in America.
"Personally, I don't trust one Muslim in our military" and "if they truly are a devout Muslims, and follow the Quran and the Sunnah, then I feel threatened because they're commanded to kill me," the U.S. Air Force vet told Think Progress.
When asked if Muslims should be booted from the military, he replied "absolutely, yeah."
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How about no Jews in the militaty because of Israel?
ReplyDeleteThat would be like banning Jews from professional football.
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