We certainly should follow the example of all the Islamic countries that have set up democratic constitutional republics that are even better than our own, all of which would be more than willing to elect a president who happened to be Christian or belong to any other religious faith other than Islam. After all, most of the freedoms and minority protections that we tried to enshrine in our constitution were actually rooted in Sharia law, so I can certainly see no reason why a devout member of a religion like Islam - who has a lifelong devotion to democratic principles like free speech and protecting the rights of women, minorities, and individuals in general - should have any problem taking an oath of office in our country to “protect and defend” a constitution that does the same.
Besides, what is the right afraid of if we had a Muslim president?
What? Are they worried that:
* A radical Islamic government, like Iran, might someday get a nuclear weapon?
* Our ally, Israel, would be antagonized?
* The president might say things like “the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam” or “the sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer”.
* Radical Islamists, knowing the president’s ideology and thus unafraid of U.S. reprisals, would begin a genocide against Christians in the Middle East?
* Millions of Christian, non-Islamic and secular Middle-East residents would begin a mass migration to Europe and other areas, including our own, as they fled persecution from the emboldened, more powerful, and more numerous radical elements in their own country.
Geez - get real folks, nothing like that would happen if we had a Muslim president.
And yes, this post, much like my underwear, is tagless, and also requires some attribution (thanks RL) for the “what if” comments
“But in the real world, a Muslim won’t be president in our lifetime or, probably, ever.”
I nominate this line from the article as the most absurd statement written in the year 2015. The time period is, of course, subject to expansion.