Marjan Asi, Press TV, Washington
Should the Constitution protect American Muslims? This question was posed by Lt. General William Boykin in an article published recently in which he attacked Islam, saying Sharia provides “no individual freedoms while virtually enslaving those who live under its authority.”
Boykin served as Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence under Bush II from 2003-2007, in the heat of the so-called 'War on Terror'.
A born-again evangelical Christian, the retired army general is no stranger to controversy, having made anti-Islam statements before.
Council of American-Islamic Relations spokesman Ibrahim Hooper had this to say.
Shari'a law has recently been criticized in legislatures throughout the U.S., with states like Oklahoma banning Shari'a law and 12 others considering it, though it has never been established legally in any part of the country.
Comments like Boykin's regarding Islam and Shari'a law are being vocalized across the American political spectrum, leading to concerns by Muslims in the U.S. that this is yet another sign of the rising tide of Islamophobia.
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