GOP Activists React To Anti-Islam Remarks Controversy
Republican activists denounce leader’s anti-Muslim remarks
STEVE LONG, RedDirtReport.com
EDMOND, Okla. — As you might be well aware, State Rep. John Bennett (R-Sallisaw) made some hateful comments about Muslim Americans, stating that we should be wary of them.
Understandably, the Executive Director of CAIR-OK, Adam Soltani, requested that the leaders of the GOP denounce these anti-Muslim comments.
In response, the Chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party, Dave Weston, defended Bennett stating that Soltani is attacking State Rep. Bennett and that he should not be held accountable for his extremist views. Weston further made demands of the Muslim community in Oklahoma that they meet to discuss their legitimacy before they are allowed to discuss the situation with him.
What is it that Dave Weston and John Bennett and others in the GOP have against Muslims or the religion of Islam?
I understand not being all “shiny happy people” about ISIS but ISIS is not Islam. ISIS is a minority group of Muslims that happen to be terrorists. Terrorists that were funded by our government before they became ISIS by the way. But that’s a story for another time. Again, ISIS is not Islam.