The Caliphate appears in the Koran and is a fairly consistent dream of islam throughout their centuries, with many iterations of the caliphate established.
Islam is a POLITICAL philosophy as much as a religious one, TC.
That very fact itself is irrefutable, and it is also disqualifying of any candidate for our presidency.
So, I would NEVER vote for a muslim. I think that’s pretty much what Ben Carson was saying. They can run, but they’ll not get my vote.
Additionally — and this is me personally — I don’t think they’re qualified. I don’t think Bernie Sanders is either. He wants to set up a socialist form of government, and that, too, in my mind is treasonous. We are a constitutional republic.
I see your point, but I think these are judgment calls the voters are to make, rather than preconditions under which someone ... Who? ... would have the authority to exclude candidates.