Republicans and Islamophobia

So there is a new wave of Islamophobia coming from potential Republican Presidential candidates. In a recent CNN televised debate, Herman Cain said he would not be comfortable having a Muslim person in his administration and he would not appoint one.

That is, in my opinion, racist and down right ridiculous. Does he not realize that Muslims currently hold major government positions? Arab youth is a growing voting bloc in America so why would he make such a statement. Does he not realize or maybe he is just to arrogant to care that his attitude towards Muslims could actually cost him his bid for President?

He went on to say, "You have peaceful Muslims and you have militant Muslims — those that are trying to kill us, and so when I said I wouldn't be comfortable I was thinking about the ones that are trying to kill us." ---Umm buddy your statement is kinda ironic. I guess I should give him a little bit of credit because at least he can admit there are peaceful Muslims but wow how stupid could you be? When people are appointed to a government post by the President of the United States, do they not face an extensive background check? Do they not need security clearance? Are their credentials not checked out fully before the appointment is approved? So HELLO, Herman Cain, I am pretty sure you would know if that person has a background of being a "militant Muslim".

Herman Cain is not the only one spreading this bologna of anti-Islamic sentiment. The former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, noted that there was a need for caution against Muslims and "suggested a loyalty oath for Muslims". Are we serious about this? A loyalty oath for Muslims? Why is that Muslims are constantly having to defend our loyalty to the United States? Christians or Jewish people are not asked to defend their case of loyalty to this country so why are Muslims subjected to different rules than the rest of the country? Gingrich continued by saying "there are genuinely bad people who would like to infiltrate our country, and we have got to have the guts and stand up and say no." --- Obviously he was referring to Muslims here. Does he really think Muslims are the only group of people who have bad people? Come on now. I expect a bit more from someone who was the Speaker of the House.

At the end of the debate Herman Cain said he would in fact treat Muslims differently than members of other faiths. This is an absolute outrage. The far-right has gone too far in this conspiracy theory that Muslims are infiltrating America and trying to replace the Constitution with Sharia Law. Muslim Americans are some of the most loyal Americans I know. They are proud to be American and happy to have the freedoms that they may or may not have in whatever country their ancestors or parents originated from. I think the problem with Gingrich and Cain is that they are so disconnected from the average American.

Herman Cain is so intolerant of Muslims that he even took it as far as making a comment of skepticism when a doctor with a Muslim name treated him at the hospital back in 2006. When he learned that the doctor was Lebanese Christian his fears dissipated.

I lean more towards the Republican side when it comes to politics. However, some of the GOP party really just disappoint me! We are in the 21st century and Muslims constitute for 1.7 billion of the global population. I am pretty sure its time for Herman Cain to wake up and realize that Islam is one of the fastest growing religions despite this ridiculous campaign put forth by people like Cain and Gingrich to make Muslims look bad.