{"id":14750,"date":"2015-02-19T12:09:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T20:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14750"},"modified":"2015-02-19T12:09:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T20:09:11","slug":"gop-show-their-love-for-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/19\/gop-show-their-love-for-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Show Their Love for Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Republican party faces a dilemma.  They claim to be kind and gentle, compassionate conservatives, while their behavior portrays the polar opposite.  For example, Republicans are hell bent on condemning Obama for not using the word Islamic in conjunction with condemning terrorists.  Could it be that they want to shift attention away from their own terrorist tactics?<\/font><\/p>\n

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Every other year since 2003, hundreds of Muslim Texans \u2013 families, young students, community leaders \u2013 caravan in from around the state to meet on the steps of the august Texas State Capitol building in Austin. They hope to meet lawmakers, advocate for issues important to them, and just learn about the American political process.<\/p>\n

Previous gatherings have mostly gone without a hitch, organizers say. But on Thursday, during the seventh biennial Texas Muslim Capitol Day, the hundreds who gathered were met by a group of angry protesters, who heckled and jeered the crowd as they began \u2013 as Texas political events often do \u2013 with prayer and the singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner."<\/p>\n

Emotions have run high as world events, including the rise of the Islamic State militant group and the terrorist massacre in Paris, have sparked pockets of anti-Muslim sentiment throughout the Western world. On Thursday, the protesters, about two dozen members of the Patriot Defense Foundation [Hate Delinked<\/em>], shouted slogans such as \u201cMohammed is dead,\u201d \u201cGo back to Baghdad,\u201d and \u201cRemember 9\/11.\u201d Some of the group\u2019s signs read "Save America, Stop Islam" and "Go Home and Take Obama with You."\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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It was actually far worse than the article lets on. Rachel Maddow covered this event in detail, and others, as part of her coverage of Obama’s statement on bigotry.<\/font><\/p>\n