Congressman rebukes fellow Muslim for linking Islam to terrorism
Washington (AP) A Muslim congressman has lashed out against a
fellow Muslim on Capitol Hill.
Congressman Keith Ellison denounced Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, President
of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, for warning that
political Islam has a militant strain that's used to justify
terrorism.
Jasser told a congressional briefing that terrorism won't be
stopped until his Islamic faith goes through its own Reformation to
separate mosque and state.
Ellison responded by accusing Jasser of giving people a
"license for bigotry." The Minnesota Democrat said every religion
has its violent extremists, and told Jasser, "I think people who
want to engage in nothing less than Muslim-hating really love you a
lot, because you give them freedom to do that."
But Jasser declared, "This is an Islamic problem and it needs
an Islamic solution."
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