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Irony Alert! CAIR Scared of Religion in Politics By Rizzuto Mon Feb 04, 2008 - So now the perpetually outraged folks over at the Council for American Islamic Relations are complaining that they are scared that they will left out of the electoral process because they are not Christian. Am I the only one who senses the irony in this fear? This from Yahoo News: In a U.S. election campaign where presidential candidates from both major parties have talked openly about their Christian faith, some non-Christians feel shut out or turned off. Despite the constitutional separation of church and state, religion plays a big and sometimes decisive role in politics in America, where levels of belief and regular worship are far higher than those in Europe. "Non-Christians are concerned that they will be excluded from the process," said Ahmed Rehab, a spokesman with the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "I welcome faith values if they inspire candidates to do good things. But I worry if it is used as a litmus test to include someone in political participation." This is the same CAIR that was founded by Omar Ahmad who said: Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant," a local reporter quoted him as saying, adding, "The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth. Right? Ok, just making sure...
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