CAIR helps prove Ben Carson’s point

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Power Line:

Paul Mirengoff

September 21, 2015

 

Ibrahim Hooper of the loathsome Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called for Ben Carson to withdraw from the presidential race. He cites Dr. Carson’s comment that “I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation; I absolutely would not agree with that.”

 

I don’t subscribe to the sweeping proposition that a Muslim shouldn’t be president of the United States. But CAIR is Exhibit A for the proposition that certain Muslims, including any who don’t denounce CAIR, shouldn’t be president.

 

CAIR emerged from a network of violent or political Islamic groups linked to the revivalist Muslim Brotherhood movement. The U.S. government named CAIR an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case. In that case, leaders of the Holy Land Foundation were found guilty of aiding the Hamas terrorists. Moreover, the United Arab Emirates has designated CAIR a terrorist organization.

 

Hooper’s comments reflects a misunderstanding of the Constitution. Hooper argued that Carson’s comments are unconstitutional because Article Six of the Constitution forbids a religious test as a requirement for qualification to any public office.

 

But Carson didn’t say that Muslims should be barred from public office. He simply said that he wouldn’t advocate that a Muslim be elected president. (Politico’s headline — “Ben Carson: America’s president can’t be Muslim” — does not accurately reflect Politico’s own account of what Carson actually said).

 

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