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barth
2008-08-13 15:17:46

To mtm:

You wrote:
“If the religion in question holds that people of Christianity, Judaism, and other faiths are enemies to be wiped off the face of the map, then, yes, Islam is not compatable with the plurality of American life and any candidate should be examined closely to see if he or she is extensively connected to it.”

Your very carefully-worded statement is a hypothetical statement, in form.

Would you also directly declare that all or most adherents of the Islamic religion hold that “people of Christianity, Judaism, and other faiths are enemies to be wiped off the face of the map?”