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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Trump’s Muslim Immigration Ban Should Touch Off a Badly Needed Discussion

Donald Trump’s rhetorical excesses aside, he has a way of pushing us into important debates, particularly on immigration. He has done it again with his bracing proposal to force “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.” 

I have no idea what Mr. Trump knows about either immigration law or Islam. But it should be obvious to any objective person that Muslim immigration to the West is a vexing challenge.

Some Muslims come to the United States to practice their religion peacefully, and assimilate into the Western tradition of tolerance of other people’s liberties, including religious liberty — a tradition alien to the theocratic societies in which they grew up. Others come here to champion sharia, Islam’s authoritarian societal framework and legal code, resisting assimilation into our pluralistic society. 

Since we want to both honor religious liberty and preserve the Constitution that enshrines and protects it, we have a dilemma.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If banning guns won't prevent criminals from using guns to commit crimes, what makes anyone think that banning Muslims will prevent Islamic terrorism?

And if you think that banning Muslims WILL prevent Islamic terrorism, then wouldn't you, by extension, support banning guns?

Anonymous said...

Love the fact Trump's poll numbers went up 20 points after he called for a halt to Muslim immigration without vetting. It’s like a great big IN YOUR FACE to the government controlled media. I heard today they are already attacking him on telling some lie, are you kidding me? How about the pathological liar Hillary Benghazi Clinton? Give me a break! Thank you Commie media, your attacks are continuing to grow and strengthen our resolve to make you irrelevant.