Carson: Investigate Muslim advocacy group for terrorism ties - thehill

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is calling for a federal investigation into whether the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), has ties to terrorism.

In a policy proposal released on Tuesday outlining his call for a declaration of war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Carson said the State Department must investigate the Washington-based nonprofit group as an alleged “supporter of terrorism.”

“The Department of State should designate the Muslim Brotherhood and other organizations that propagate or support Islamic terrorism as terrorist organizations, and fully investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood and a supporter of terrorism,” Carson wrote.

Carson and CAIR have been openly warring since the presidential candidate said in late September that he does not believe a Muslim should be president unless they fully reject the tenants of Sharia Law.

At the time, CAIR called on Carson to drop outof the race. Carson responded by accusing the nonprofit of breaking the law by injecting itself into a political campaign. - Read More at the Carson

Carson: Investigate Muslim advocacy group for terrorism ties

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