(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/11/16) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today challenged GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump to repudiate a top adviser, who spoke at the Republican convention and was considered as a vice presidential pick, for stating in an address to an anti-Muslim hate group that Islam is a “cancer” and not a real religion.
CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said that at an event Wednesday night in Texas hosted by the anti-Islam hate group ACT! For America, Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn likened Islam to “a cancer” and said the faith of 1.6 billion people worldwide “definitely hides behind being a religion.” (more…)