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Local Imam says he was forced to resign because he agrees with Trump on Muslim immigration
KFDM ^ | 12-11-15 | Haley Bull

Posted on 12/11/2015 7:45:13 AM PST by markomalley

A political conflict is playing out within the walls of the Muslim community in Southeast Texas. A man who was the leader of Muslims in the area said Thursday the conflict has resulted in his ousting.

"Don't get me involved in any political games in the name of religion. I am not here a political man," Dr. Nidal Alsayyed said.

But it's political motivations he said have forced him to resign as Imam.

"Sadly, it's Clinton versus Trump," he said.

Dr. Al Sayyed told KFDM News he was forced to resign as religious director of the Islamic Society of the Triplex after making comments Monday in which he agrees with Donald Trump's statements that the U.S. should temporarily stop accepting any new Muslim immigrants into the country.

While the religious leader said he expected the call to resign eventually, he said it was sped up by politics.

"I think any future candidates, presidents who do not support the fact that we need to be more safe and more cautious about whom to bring into this country, whether a Muslim or not," Dr. Alsayyed said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: badmuslim; elections; goodmuslim; imam; immigration; islam; trump; trumpwasright

1 posted on 12/11/2015 7:45:13 AM PST by markomalley
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h/t Drudge


2 posted on 12/11/2015 7:45:45 AM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: markomalley

Religion of Tolerance.

Not.

They can’t handle the truth.


3 posted on 12/11/2015 7:45:56 AM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: markomalley

I suppose the good imam could look on the bright side and consider himself lucky to still have his head on his shoulders.


4 posted on 12/11/2015 7:48:28 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Jane Long

If we had a problem with Catholics or Buddhists or Seventh-Day-Adventists being mass-killers....we’d deny them access too. Last time I looked....the Amish were about the only faith left on the face of the Earth with pure intentions and would never harm another being.


5 posted on 12/11/2015 7:48:39 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: markomalley

The only good muslim is a bad muslim.


6 posted on 12/11/2015 7:49:23 AM PST by Genoa
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To: markomalley

If that is true, he better get the hell out of there before another muslim kills him.


7 posted on 12/11/2015 7:50:38 AM PST by sport
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To: markomalley

Prof positive of their motives to destroy western civilization.


8 posted on 12/11/2015 7:55:30 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: pepsionice

So they are the only radicalized Christians?


9 posted on 12/11/2015 8:03:18 AM PST by MinstrelBoy (If you're a conservative today, you're a hero.)
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To: markomalley

Any questions.... crickets Didn’t think so.


10 posted on 12/11/2015 8:30:25 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.VE)
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To: markomalley
0’s cabinet Meeting:
the good news is we finally found some evidence of anti-muslim hate, the bad news is they hate him because he isn't radical enough.
11 posted on 12/11/2015 8:33:09 AM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: Genoa

What?


12 posted on 12/11/2015 8:33:56 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: TribalPrincess2U
What?

A common shorthand expression: The only muslim you would want for a neighbor is the one that doesn't take it literally. He's "good" to you because he's "bad" to the serious muslims.

13 posted on 12/11/2015 8:37:23 AM PST by Genoa
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To: markomalley

One of the thing’s Trump is doing is shoring up Muslims in America who WANT to stand up to extremism in their ranks but are afraid to...

It’s time for a Islamic Reformation - they can keep the ‘religious’ parts and dump the ‘political - sex slave, war, beheadings etc. parts.

It’s not as easy as people think. Trump is opening the discussion... he’s brushing aside the delusions of the left - and the power of radical Imams - at the same time. We must talk... tell the truth - work it out. It won’t happen by putting our heads in the sand.


14 posted on 12/11/2015 8:37:35 AM PST by GOPJ (The enemy? (UWEE) Unified Washington Establishment Elites (UWEE -sounds similar to a pig call))
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To: markomalley

The first people radical Muslims set out to kill are other Muslims.


15 posted on 12/11/2015 8:40:33 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: GOPJ

Unfortunately, all the bad stuff is in the Quran, which by definition is the word of Allah and CANNOT be changed, reformed, reinterpreted or ignored.


16 posted on 12/11/2015 8:45:01 AM PST by SC_Pete
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To: SC_Pete
Yes, the religious and political are intertwined in the Koran - and yes, untangling the mess is NOT going to be easy.

But maybe - like attempting to ‘untie’ the gordian knot - the problem has to be re-framed.

There is a solution.

17 posted on 12/11/2015 8:54:43 AM PST by GOPJ (The enemy? (UWEE) Unified Washington Establishment Elites (UWEE -sounds similar to a pig call))
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