Republican candidate Carson ‘absolutely’ stands by comments on Muslims

“As a candidate, as a businessman, as a man who is running for president, he should have been much, much sharper and clearer in his response and he wasn’t”, said Shameri, originally from Iraq.

He said a president’s faith should matter to voters and he described the Islamic faith as inconsistent with the Constitution, although he did not specify in which way Islam ran counter constitutional principles.

The first Muslim elected to Congress says “every American should be disturbed” by GOP presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson in light of recent comments they’ve made about Muslims in the United States.

Carson’s business manager said the candidate believes many Americans share his views.

During a press conference on Monday morning, CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad slammed the former neurosurgeon for saying he does not want to see a Muslim-American as president of the United States.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest called Ben Carson’s comments that a Muslim should not be elected president “entirely inconsistent with the Constitution” on Monday, and criticized Republicans for being willing to “countenance offensive views all in pursuit of political support“. Trump declined last week to correct a town hall participant who inaccurately stated that President Barack Obama is a Muslim.

The only group that ranked lower than Muslims on this question – atheists. He argued that Islam is not consistent with the Constitution. “How can anyone say that in any way, that is compatible with the standards that we adhere to here in America?”

“I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation“, Carson replied.

“I guess it depends on what that faith is”, he said.

The U.S. Muslim population is growing, according to a May survey by the Pew Research Center, which found the group represented just under 1 percent of the USA population.

Trump has since said that he has many Muslim friends and that he would have no problem appointing a Muslim to serve in his Cabinet.

Responding to these remarks, the ADL, which often concentrates on discrimination against Jews, urged presidential candidates to refrain from stereotyping Muslims during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Recently, the portrayal of Muslim-Americans in post-9/11 America has been a hot-button issue.

“No, I do not”, Carson said.

CAIR – and Republican Texas Sen.