The Council of American Islamic Relations is urging national religious and political leaders to repudiate proposals to restrict immigration of people from Muslim-majority countries and to put self-radicalized Americans in internment camps.
The plans came from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), former NATO Commander Gen. Wesley Clark and Christian evangelist and missionary Franklin Graham.
According to Al Jazeera America, both Clark and Graham have publicly stated they would support the use of internment camps in much the way this country imprisoned Japanese Americans during World War II.
Breitbart reports Paul suggested restricting immigration and visits from Muslim countries.
“We need increased scrutiny on those countries before those people come to our country to visit or permanently. We have to have heightened scrutiny.”
CAIR blasted all three proposals.
“It is utterly irresponsible for public officials, retired civil servants or faith leaders to use a national tragedy like the shooting that took place in Chattanooga to offer irresponsible immigration or internment camp proposals or to reintroduce failed immigrant registration programs that turn back the clock in our nation’s history,” said CAIR Government Affairs Manager Robert McCaw. “We call on other political and religious leaders to repudiate these reckless proposals and to take a stand against such reactionary anti-Muslim bigotry.”
