Herman Cain sides with opposition to mosque in Tennessee
Republican Herman Cain has come forward to take the side of opponents to a mosque that could be built in a Tennessee neighborhood:
Herman Cain said he sides with the opponents of the construction of a mosque in Tennessee because he fears the Muslims building the mosque have bad intentions and want to implement Sharia law.So do I. The reason the residents could be concerned, to be more specific, is because the mosque could lead to potential acts of terrorism and violence within Murfreesboro itself if the imams in charge conduct incitement within. And that's a very valid reason to oppose its construction.
“Our constitution guarantees separation of church and state,” said Cain, a contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. “Islam combines church and state. They are using the church part of our First Amendment to infuse their mosque in the community and people in the community don’t like it. They disagree with it. Sharia law is what they are trying to infuse.”
The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO made the comments while on Fox News Sunday. Residents in Murfreesboro have been protesting the building of the worship center planned by the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro. Cain says he has the residents’ back. [...]
[Chris] Wallace asked him if it’s okay for any community to say we don’t want a mosque in our community.
“They could say that … Let’s go back to the fundamental issue that the people are basically saying that they are objecting to. They are objecting to the fact that Islam is both a religion and a set of laws, Sharia law,” Cain said.
“That is the difference between any one of our other traditional religions where it’s just about religious purposes. The people in the community know best. And I happen to side with the people in the community.”
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