Romney: Islam Is a Peace-Loving Religion
Saturday, 10 Dec 2011 11:54 AM
By Gary Cohen
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Republican
presidential candidate Mitt Romney says the Muslims he knows
are "peace-loving and America-loving individuals."At a campaign event in
Cedar Rapids Friday, the subject of how to handle the threat posed by radical
Islam was raised.As
reported in the Des Moines Register, Romney reminded the gathering he
had grown up in the Detroit area which has a large Muslim
community.About radical Islam Romney said, "They take a very different
view of Islam than the Muslims I know.""I believe people of the Islamic
faith do not have to subscribe to the ideas of radical, violence and jihadism,"
added Romney.One man at the event claimed he had not heard Muslims
denouncing Islamic jihad or terrorism.Romney countered, saying , "Most
Muslims are peaceful people who deserve respect" but he emphasized radicals pose
a threat to Americans and others around the world. Writes Wilfredo Amr
Ruiz in the Huffington, Romney has had trouble resonating with the American
Muslim Community. Ruiz, a Muslim chaplain in addition to being an
attorney and political analyst, pointed out in a report that the Council of
American Islamic Relations called on Romney to remove Dr. Walid Phares as a
foreign policy adviser on his campaign.The council said Phares had
belonged to a Christian militia known as the Lebanese Forces. and was involved
with other militia groups responsible for killing Muslims. Phares is
also an adviser to Congress on Middle East issues.
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