Warning About Islam Draws Blast from Muslims

A legal team that advocates for the Judeo-Christian heritage in the United States has been put in a bull’s-eye by Muslims after its leader commented about special privileges for Islam.

According to the Thomas More Law Center of Ann Arbor, Mich., several Islamic news sources such as Ahlul Bayt News Agency and the International Islamic News Agency recently targeted the organization and its president, Richard Thompson, in articles claiming U.S. Muslims are treated unfairly.

The agencies reported the story of a Muslim girl who said she was hesitant to practice her faith while in public school and cited comments from Thompson.

The IINA, for example, said, “Some also say providing Muslim students with prayer rooms and special food constitutes an organized attempt to push Islamic law in public settings. In fact, some of the most outspoken critics of accommodation for Muslim students are Christian groups. ‘What (school officials) are doing … is to give Muslim students religious benefits that they do not give any other religion right now,’ Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel at the Thomas More Law Center, a Christian advocacy group, told USA Today.’”

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