From Liberty Counsel................
"Appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America" this morning, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump touched off a firestorm of commentary after suggesting he would temporarily ban Muslims from entering the U.S. until lawmakers could put together a plan to properly vet them.
"This is war," said Trump. Without the proper processes in place, he continued, "we can't identify what their attitude is."
Weeks ago, when President Obama announced that he was moving forward with plans to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S., Trump loudly protested, warning that the influx of Syrians could represent "a Trojan horse."
While the argument is made that these refugees deserve a haven of safety and will assimilate, consider the contrary findings of a recent survey conducted by our friends at the Center for Security Policy...
"According to the just-released survey of Muslims in America, a majority (51%) agreed that 'Muslims in America should have the choice of being governed according to shariah.'
Even more troubling is the fact that nearly a quarter of the Muslims polled believed that, 'It is legitimate to use violence to punish those who give offense to Islam by, for example, portraying the prophet Mohammed.
Nearly one-fifth of Muslim respondents said that the use of violence in the United States is justified in order to make shariah the law of the land in this country."
There is no doubt that these incoming Muslims will desire the opportunity to practice their religious tenets, which is also the basis for their culture and laws. LCA fully supports freedom of religion, and unlike Donald Trump, would not advocate a religious test as part of our immigration policy. But we insist on vetting immigrants to identify and reject terrorists.
CNSNews reports of the 2,184 Syrian refugees admitted into the U.S. since the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011, only 53 (2.4 percent) have been Christians while 2,098 (or 96 percent) have been Muslims — this according to State Department statistics updated on November 16.
+ + U.S. lawmakers are duty-bound to protect our citizens.
With deadly violence here in the U.S. and evidence suggesting 1 in 4 American Muslims support a global jihad and wish us harm, it is reckless for the President to proceed with his plan."
