Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks at an event in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 25. (Jose Luis Magana, The Associated Press)
Re: “The double suicide of the 2015 presidential campaign,” Sept. 26 Charles Krauthammer column.
Normally I read Charles Krauthammer’s offerings with a high degree of agreement. However, his criticism of Ben Carson requires rebuttal.
Krauthammer tasks Carson on constitutional grounds over his statement that a Muslim should not be considered as president. It is Krauthammer’s contention that the Constitution guarantees consideration without regard to religion — and it does. However, an excellent case can be made that Islam is not a religion but a political system masquerading as one. It governs every aspect of the adherentap life, violating the separation of church and state. It espouses world domination by political means as well as jihad. It incorporates all of this and more into a quasi-religious framework and calls itself a religion.
Given the state of Islam in the world today, it would be hard to discount the argument against Islam as a simple religious entity. Krauthammer’s premise would be more credible without the religious regime of Iran singing backup for him.
Mike Dixon, Longmont
This letter was published in the Sept. 29 edition.
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