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The mayor of Dearborn,The mayor of Dearborn, Mich., rejected assertions by Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle that Islamic religious law, or “sharia,” had taken hold of the Detroit suburb. Angle made the claim after saying a “militant terrorist situation” exists in parts of the United States.
“There’s no sharia law in Dearborn, Mich. … It isn’t even talked about in Dearborn,” Mayor Jack O’Reilly told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday night. “This is an invention of some people who have, as their goal, they believe that Muslim faith is a false faith, it’s dishonest. And they really believe at the heart of it … that if Muslims won’t convert, they should be removed from America.”
O’Reilly, who is not a Muslim, said he sent a letter to Angle on Monday, inviting her to visit the city of nearly 100,000 residents, about 30 percent of whom are Arab-American.
“I wanted to give her some background, so she’d be better informed,” O’Reilly said. “I’d like her to take it up, but I know she is a little distracted right now. She has a lot on her plate, but I still would like to have her come out and really see for herself what our community is like, because it’s very diverse.
“It’s really a microcosm of American society,” he added.
Angle, a Republican running against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, met with a Nevada tea party group in late September and was asked to share her thoughts about Muslims “wanting to take over the United States” and “taking over a city in Michigan.”
Angle responded: “We’re talking about a militant terrorist situation, which I believe isn’t a widespread thing, but it is enough that we need to address, and we have been addressing it,” according to a recording of the event the Mesquite Local News provided to multiple media outlets.
“My thoughts are these. First of all, Dearborn, Mich., and Frankford, Texas, are on American soil and under constitutional law. Not sharia law. And I don’t know how that happened in the United States,” Angle added. “It seems to me there is something fundamentally wrong with allowing a foreign system of law to even take hold in any municipality or government situation in our United States.”
While Dearborn has a large Muslim population, Angle’s reference to Frankford is unclear. The city was annexed by Dallas in 1975, and a CNN camera crew found that a small church and cemetery are all that remain.
In his letter to Angle, O’Reilly wrote that Muslims and Christians have lived peacefully alongside each other in Dearborn for decades.
“I am deeply distressed that you have been misled about our community and the way that we conduct our affairs,” he wrote. “Muslims have been practicing their faith in our community for almost 90 years without incident or conflict. To suggest that they have taken over ignores the fact that Dearborn hosts seven mosques and 60 Christian churches.”
Scott Wong
Politico The mayor of Dearborn, Mich., rejected assertions by Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle that Islamic religious law, or “sharia,” had taken hold of the Detroit suburb. Angle made the claim after saying a “militant terrorist situation” exists in parts of the United States.
“There’s no sharia law in Dearborn, Mich. … It isn’t even talked about in Dearborn,” Mayor Jack O’Reilly told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday night. “This is an invention of some people who have, as their goal, they believe that Muslim faith is a false faith, it’s dishonest. And they really believe at the heart of it … that if Muslims won’t convert, they should be removed from America.”
O’Reilly, who is not a Muslim, said he sent a letter to Angle on Monday, inviting her to visit the city of nearly 100,000 residents, about 30 percent of whom are Arab-American.
“I wanted to give her some background, so she’d be better informed,” O’Reilly said. “I’d like her to take it up, but I know she is a little distracted right now. She has a lot on her plate, but I still would like to have her come out and really see for herself what our community is like, because it’s very diverse.
“It’s really a microcosm of American society,” he added.
Angle, a Republican running against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, met with a Nevada tea party group in late September and was asked to share her thoughts about Muslims “wanting to take over the United States” and “taking over a city in Michigan.”
Angle responded: “We’re talking about a militant terrorist situation, which I believe isn’t a widespread thing, but it is enough that we need to address, and we have been addressing it,” according to a recording of the event the Mesquite Local News provided to multiple media outlets.
“My thoughts are these. First of all, Dearborn, Mich., and Frankford, Texas, are on American soil and under constitutional law. Not sharia law. And I don’t know how that happened in the United States,” Angle added. “It seems to me there is something fundamentally wrong with allowing a foreign system of law to even take hold in any municipality or government situation in our United States.”
While Dearborn has a large Muslim population, Angle’s reference to Frankford is unclear. The city was annexed by Dallas in 1975, and a CNN camera crew found that a small church and cemetery are all that remain.
In his letter to Angle, O’Reilly wrote that Muslims and Christians have lived peacefully alongside each other in Dearborn for decades.
“I am deeply distressed that you have been misled about our community and the way that we conduct our affairs,” he wrote. “Muslims have been practicing their faith in our community for almost 90 years without incident or conflict. To suggest that they have taken over ignores the fact that Dearborn hosts seven mosques and 60 Christian churches.”
Scott Wong
Politico The mayor of Dearborn, Mich., rejected assertions by Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle that Islamic religious law, or “sharia,” had taken hold of the Detroit suburb. Angle made the claim after saying a “militant terrorist situation” exists in parts of the United States.
“There’s no sharia law in Dearborn, Mich. … It isn’t even talked about in Dearborn,” Mayor Jack O’Reilly told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday night. “This is an invention of some people who have, as their goal, they believe that Muslim faith is a false faith, it’s dishonest. And they really believe at the heart of it … that if Muslims won’t convert, they should be removed from America.”
O’Reilly, who is not a Muslim, said he sent a letter to Angle on Monday, inviting her to visit the city of nearly 100,000 residents, about 30 percent of whom are Arab-American.
“I wanted to give her some background, so she’d be better informed,” O’Reilly said. “I’d like her to take it up, but I know she is a little distracted right now. She has a lot on her plate, but I still would like to have her come out and really see for herself what our community is like, because it’s very diverse.
“It’s really a microcosm of American society,” he added.
Angle, a Republican running against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, met with a Nevada tea party group in late September and was asked to share her thoughts about Muslims “wanting to take over the United States” and “taking over a city in Michigan.”
Angle responded: “We’re talking about a militant terrorist situation, which I believe isn’t a widespread thing, but it is enough that we need to address, and we have been addressing it,” according to a recording of the event the Mesquite Local News provided to multiple media outlets.
“My thoughts are these. First of all, Dearborn, Mich., and Frankford, Texas, are on American soil and under constitutional law. Not sharia law. And I don’t know how that happened in the United States,” Angle added. “It seems to me there is something fundamentally wrong with allowing a foreign system of law to even take hold in any municipality or government situation in our United States.”
While Dearborn has a large Muslim population, Angle’s reference to Frankford is unclear. The city was annexed by Dallas in 1975, and a CNN camera crew found that a small church and cemetery are all that remain.
In his letter to Angle, O’Reilly wrote that Muslims and Christians have lived peacefully alongside each other in Dearborn for decades.
“I am deeply distressed that you have been misled about our community and the way that we conduct our affairs,” he wrote. “Muslims have been practicing their faith in our community for almost 90 years without incident or conflict. To suggest that they have taken over ignores the fact that Dearborn hosts seven mosques and 60 Christian churches.”
Scott Wong
Politico Mich., rejected assertions by Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle that Islamic religious law, or “sharia,” had taken hold of the Detroit suburb. Angle made the claim after saying a “militant terrorist situation” exists in parts of the United States.
“There’s no sharia law in Dearborn, Mich. … It isn’t even talked about in Dearborn,” Mayor Jack O’Reilly told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday night. “This is an invention of some people who have, as their goal, they believe that Muslim faith is a false faith, it’s dishonest. And they really believe at the heart of it … that if Muslims won’t convert, they should be removed from America.”
O’Reilly, who is not a Muslim, said he sent a letter to Angle on Monday, inviting her to visit the city of nearly 100,000 residents, about 30 percent of whom are Arab-American.
“I wanted to give her some background, so she’d be better informed,” O’Reilly said. “I’d like her to take it up, but I know she is a little distracted right now. She has a lot on her plate, but I still would like to have her come out and really see for herself what our community is like, because it’s very diverse.
“It’s really a microcosm of American society,” he added.
Angle, a Republican running against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, met with a Nevada tea party group in late September and was asked to share her thoughts about Muslims “wanting to take over the United States” and “taking over a city in Michigan.”
Angle responded: “We’re talking about a militant terrorist situation, which I believe isn’t a widespread thing, but it is enough that we need to address, and we have been addressing it,” according to a recording of the event the Mesquite Local News provided to multiple media outlets.
“My thoughts are these. First of all, Dearborn, Mich., and Frankford, Texas, are on American soil and under constitutional law. Not sharia law. And I don’t know how that happened in the United States,” Angle added. “It seems to me there is something fundamentally wrong with allowing a foreign system of law to even take hold in any municipality or government situation in our United States.”
While Dearborn has a large Muslim population, Angle’s reference to Frankford is unclear. The city was annexed by Dallas in 1975, and a CNN camera crew found that a small church and cemetery are all that remain.
In his letter to Angle, O’Reilly wrote that Muslims and Christians have lived peacefully alongside each other in Dearborn for decades.
“I am deeply distressed that you have been misled about our community and the way that we conduct our affairs,” he wrote. “Muslims have been practicing their faith in our community for almost 90 years without incident or conflict. To suggest that they have taken over ignores the fact that Dearborn hosts seven mosques and 60 Christian churches.”
Scott Wong
Politico