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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump s proposal of a temporary ban on Muslim immigration to the U.S. drew criticism Wednesday from Muhammad Ali, the legendary boxer and one of the most well-known Muslims in America.In a statement, according to the Associated Press, Ali did not mention Trump by name, but he said the suggesti
stanley taza on to ban Muslim immigration alienated many from learning about Islam. He called on Muslims to stand up to those who use Islam to advance their own personal agenda. Ali also sought to prevent his faith from being tarnished by
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stanley shop ur religion, he declared. These misguided murderers have perverted people s views on what Islam really is. Given the firestorm that Trump s proposal has sparked, it is perhaps no great surprise that Ali felt compelled to speak out. But the athlete, who suffers from Parkinson s disease and has not been in the public eye much recently, has a long history of being outspoken on politics and faith.During a May 2, 1976 appearance on Face the Nation, Ali was asked for his take on that year s presidential election, which pitted incumbent Republican Gerald Ford against Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter. Ali said that Rruy Hillary And Politics
Virtually all of Sen. Russ Feingold s Democratic colleagues share his displeasure with President Bush. But so far, only a handful seem prepared to even consider supporting his push for a nonbinding measure to censure Bush -- an action that is forcing Democrats to choose between expressing their dissatisfaction with an unpop
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stanley becher resolution while key national issues go unaddressed. I do think it would behoove us to put some pressure on the president to start listening to what is going on in the country, said freshman Sen. Jon Tester D-Mont. . But I came here to get stuff done -- not to vote on procedural motions. I really don t know if there is any appetite for [censure] in the Senate, said Sen. John F. Kerry D-Mass. , one of three co-sponsors of a Feingold censure last year rebuking the Bush administration for its warrantless domestic surveillance program. There is a lot of anger and frustration [here], Kerry said, but I am not sure it s gravitated towards that. Even Sen. Bernie Sanders I-Vt. , who has called Bush the worst president in the
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