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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 03:26 PM Jun 2014

GOP congressional candidate (obviously): 'Most People Think Islam Is A Religion, It's Not'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/23/jody-hice-islam_n_5523166.html

"Although Islam has a religious component, it is much more than a simple religious ideology," Hice wrote in his book titled "It's Now Or Never: A Call To Reclaim America." "It is a complete geo-political structure and, as such, does not deserve First Amendment protection."

Hice is a Baptist minister who is challenging businessman Mike Collins in a July 22 GOP primary runoff for Rep. Paul Broun's (R-Ga.) seat. This isn't the first time he has made offensive comments about Islam....

"Most people think Islam is a religion, it’s not. It’s a totalitarian way of life with a religious component," he said. "But it’s much larger. It’s a geo-political system that has governmental, financial, military, legal and religious components. And it’s a totalitarian system that encompasses every aspect of life and it should not be protected (under U.S. law)." ...

"These things are in no way compatible with the U.S. Constitution ... Islam and the Constitution are oceans apart," Hice said. "It’s about controlling your behavior, when and where you can worship and legal issues. The number one threat is to our worldview and whether we chunk it for secularism or Islam."


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GOP congressional candidate (obviously): 'Most People Think Islam Is A Religion, It's Not' (Original Post) KamaAina Jun 2014 OP
Sounds identical to evangelical Christianity to me. arcane1 Jun 2014 #1
it's different when you're converting heathens to the correct god unblock Jun 2014 #4
My idiotic RW brother has been claiming this for years AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #2
this is what you get when all you watch is hate tv unblock Jun 2014 #3
Lew Alcindor KamaAina Jun 2014 #5
thanks. in my defense, he doesn't spell his name that way anymore, either ;) unblock Jun 2014 #6

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(51,920 posts)
4. it's different when you're converting heathens to the correct god
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 03:34 PM
Jun 2014

or, you know, killing them otherwise.

because christianity has never ever done anything like that. i mean, what the muslins are doing, it's almost like a crusade of some sort!

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(51,920 posts)
3. this is what you get when all you watch is hate tv
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 03:33 PM
Jun 2014

i'm sure he's never heard of any muslims who weren't terrorists bent on imposing totalitarian regimes on non-believers.

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