Muslim Group Invites Islamophobic Congressman To Dinner, And He's A Total Jerk About It

The Alabama Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Monday asked Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) to apologize for previously claiming that Muslims want to kill every gay person in the nation. The group also invited the congressman to attend a Ramadan interfaith dinner at a local mosque so he could actually meet some of the constituents he had offended.

In an appearance on Alabama talk radio June 16, Brooks claimed it was “mainstream Muslim thought” to seek the eradication of the LGBT community.

“Democrats are in a perplexing position,” said the congressman, because “on the one hand, they’re trying to appeal to the gay community, but, on the other hand, they’re trying to also appeal to the Muslim community, which, if it had its way, would kill every homosexual in the United States of America.”

CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group, says that’s simply not true....
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