Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
This is a tough issue in a way. I've known a lot of muslims, and for the most part, they were some of the best people you could hope to have as friends or neighbors. Like another stigmatized group, Mormons, they practice the kind of traditional family values that a lot of Christians only talk about.
They also share an awful lot of values and beliefs with conservative Christians. Unfortunately, that's not the end of it. There are two huge problems with them that lead me to agree with the OP that we should not be allowing them entry into the country.
First, they are fine as long as they are a very small percentage of the population. Once they reach a critical mass however, they start trying to flex their muscles. They build gigantic mosques and schools which blast out high volume calls to prayer at all hours. They teach hatred in their schools that would stand your hair on end. They start agitating for a separate justice system for them, based on sharia law. Islam is as much a system of government as a religion, and they regard it as within their rights to try to force as much of it on us as we will tolerate.
Second, we know from experience that while the vast majority are not terrorists, a signifcant percentage are. So why shouldn't we apply the standard enunciated by our President the other day? If it saves just one life, isn't it reasonable to ban all muslim immigration? It's not like they can't live somewhere else, so the burden on them is small co,mpared to protecting our citizens.
