Jody Hice, a Republican candidate for a U.S. House seat from Georgia, does not believe that Islam is truly a religion and doesn’t think it should be protected under the First Amendment.
In his book published in 2012, “It’s Now Or Never,” Hice made some anti-Islamic statements, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“Although Islam has a religious component, it is much more than a simple religious ideology,” he wrote. “It is a complete geo-political structure and, as such, does not deserve First Amendment protection.”
Hice, a Baptist minister and talk-radio host, also wrote that he believes the Muslim Brotherhood is trying to infiltrate the U.S. to impose Sharia law on the country, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
And in 2011, he made similar anti-Islamic statements during an event with the Coweta County Tea Party Patriots, according to The Citizen.
“Most people think Islam is a religion, It’s not. It’s a totalitarian way of life with a religious component. But it’s much larger. It’s a geo-political system that has governmental, financial, military, legal and religious components. And it’s a totalitarian system that encompasses every aspect of life and it should not be protected [under U.S. law],” he said.
“This is not a tolerant, peaceful religion even though some Muslims are peaceful. Radical Muslims believe that Sharia is required by God and must be imposed worldwide. It’s a movement to take over the world by force. A global caliphate is the objective,” Hice continued.
Hice is running in the Republican primary to replace Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), who ran for the vacant U.S. Senate seat, but lost during the initial primary. Hice placed first in the Republican primary by a narrow margin, and faces Mike Collins in a July runoff election, according to the Journal-Constitution.
[H/t Raw Story]
And yet I’ll bet he believes Atheism is a religion.
And Buddhism is just an oversized self-help group because they believe anyone can achieve enlightenment and they don’t recognize Jesus Christ as the one true god?
His opponent must be a moderate.
Hice did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
“It’s a geo-political system that has governmental, financial, military, legal and religious components.”
Oooh, scary! But don’t conservative Christians believe the Bible should be the basis of all our American “governmental, financial…and legal components”?