Bernie makes a very timely point.
Sanders: You can't praise Ali and disparage Muslims
By Mark Hensch
Bernie Sanders on Saturday said those mourning Muhammad Ali must remember the boxer’s deep Muslim faith.
“I’ve been all over this country and I’m talking to Muslim people who say, ‘You know, Bernie, our kids are now afraid,’” he said during a press conference in Los Angeles. “I say to those people, one of the great American heroes in modern American history was, a very proud Muslim."
“Don’t tell me how much you love Muhammad Ali and yet you’re going to be prejudiced against Muslims in this country," he said.
Sanders cited Ali’s opposition to the Vietnam War as an example of the pugilist’s bravery and integrity in and out of the ring.
“The reason that Ali struck a chord in the heart of so many Americans was not just his great boxing skill,” he said. "It was his incredible courage. At a time when it was not popular to do so, Ali stood up and said, ‘I am opposed to the war in Vietnam and I’m not going to fight in that war.'
“And that incredibly courageous decision cost him three and a half years of his prime fighting life. But he chose to stand by his ideals, his views. What a hero. What a great man.”
Islamophobia in the United States needs to be condemned. I hope Bernie’s words are carried far and wide.
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The Disturbing Rise Of Islamophobia In America
BY ADRIENNE MAHSA VARKIANI
FEB 10, 2016
In the last three months alone, ThinkProgress has found at least sixty-five incidents in which Muslims throughout the country have been subject to shootings, personal assaults, harassment, and attacks on their houses of worship.
Can we please leave the whole primary race for other diaries.
