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Democrats introduce bill to oppose Trump’s proposed Muslim immigration ban

May 15, 2016 12:32 pm By Robert Spencer

“Beyer said the legislation is an attempt to ‘appeal to hope rather than fear.'” In our pusillanimous and puerile age, “fear” is not just a weakness of character, but a moral flaw: if you fear being beheaded or blown up by Islamic jihadists, you’re an evil person. And to be sure, fear is never to be encouraged or given into, but its opposite is not hope, it’s courage and resoluteness.

Beyer is not offering courage or resoluteness. He is proposing a ban on using someone’s religion as a reason for blocking them from entering the country based on the politically correct fiction that Islamic jihad terrorism has nothing to do with Islam, and that therefore to be concerned about jihad terrorists entering the country along with peaceful Muslim refugees is simply a manifestation of bigotry, racism and “Islamophobia.”

What Beyer is offering is “hope” and a rejection of “fear.” We should “hope” that there will be no jihadis among the immigrants. We should “hope” that there will not be another jihad attack a la San Bernardino perpetrated by another refugee like Tashfeen Malik, the San Bernardino jihad murderer who had passed five separate background checks from five separate U.S. government agencies. We should “hope” that the Islamic State will not make good on its threat to send jihadis into Europe and North America among the refugees. We should “hope” that we can continue to pursue self-destructive and suicidal policies without suffering any negative consequences.

To reject all of Beyer’s “hopes” would be, in his view, to succumb to “fear,” and remember: fear is morally wrong.

Don Beyer

“Democrats Introduce Bill That Would Oppose Trump’s Proposed Immigration Ban on Eve of His Capitol Hill Visit,” by Margaret Chadbourn, ABC News, May 11, 2016:

A group of Democrats on Capitol Hill are using Donald Trump’s visit to Washington this week to highlight their opposition to the presumptive Republican nominee’s immigration policies, including his past calls to ban Muslims from coming to the United States.

On Wednesday, they introduced legislation, which is just one paragraph, that would restrict the United States from using someone’s religion as a reason for blocking them from entering the country. The new bill, known as the Freedom of Religion Act, would do so by keeping religious tests out of the immigration process.

“It’s very narrow in scope. We’re not going to discriminate when it comes to immigration based on religion,” Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, who authored the bill, told ABC News.

Following the December shootings in San Bernardino, California, Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States “until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.” His comments were condemned by Democrats and Republican congressional leaders, but he has not backed down on this stance.

Beyer said the legislation is an attempt to “appeal to hope rather than fear.”

The bill has little chance of advancing in the Republican-controlled House, but Democrats say that’s not the point. “At the very least, having the bill out there gives encouragement out there to Americans that Donald Trump’s ideas are not ruling the day on this issue,” Beyer said. “We’re pushing back with a strong, clear voice.”

Trump will hold high-profile meetings in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, including with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, who is so far withholding his support for Trump, saying he wants learn more about how the candidate will unite the party after a divisive primary.

Democrats don’t want to let his visit go to waste and are trying leverage the attention surrounding the trip to score some political points.

“We didn’t plan it based on his visit but I think it is a coincidence is a fortuitous one,” Beyer said….

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  1. Dan says

    May 15, 2016 at 12:39 pm

    Pusillanimous and puerile?

    What?

    He have to go to Thesaurus.com for those?

    Well here’s my opinion, that nobody needs to go to that hemorrhoidal dinosaur for. (Beyer’ll probably need the joke explained.)

    *iss off.

    • mortimer says

      May 15, 2016 at 7:30 pm

      Dan wrote: “Pusillanimous and puerile?”

      No. Naïve Pollyanna.

      What happens when REAL EVIL knocks on the door and you don’t have the intellectual ability to recognize it?

      Answer: That’s the description of Rep. Don Beyer… a naïve Pollyanna.

      Jihad is knocking on the door and Beyer can’t tell jihad from falafel.

  2. Seneca III says

    May 15, 2016 at 12:41 pm

    It would appear that the ‘Democrats’ are determined to ensure Mr. Trump’s election as the next President of the United States of America. Power to ya, Guys and Gels, you are doing a real service to the future of our species.

  3. خَليفة says

    May 15, 2016 at 12:43 pm

    We now see what the democrates’ priorities are, – not to protect American lives.
    Time to Vote for Republicans.

    • paul says

      May 16, 2016 at 10:57 pm

      The Democtas version of America is one scary place requiring us to commit suicide for the delusional beliefs they have. Men in with the kiddies bathroom breaks?

      Sick twisted morons.

  4. jihad3tracker says

    May 15, 2016 at 12:52 pm

    Most Democrat elected officials get EVERYTHING THE “KNOW” ABOUT ISLAM FROM SEDITIONISTS SUCH AS NIHAD AWAD AT CAIR.

    And so does this legislation sponsor, Don Beyer of NothernVirginiastan — where oodles of ultra-ignorant privilege guilt voters live, also the residence of along with no-longer-clueless Me.

    If you want to see a video of the parade of fools and stealth jihadists talking about the bill, here is a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG7uiObLDZ8. Nihad Awad appears briefly at 24:14 or thereabouts.

    • jihad3tracker says

      May 15, 2016 at 1:00 pm

      If you want to try and knock a few ounces of clear thinking into Congressman Beyer’s head, remember the method for doing that with ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL even if you are not in their constituent regions: SEND A FAX. Quoting the text of Robert’s remarks is a terrific way to drive the point home regarding muddled thinking on the actual meaning of words.

      Email template forms, are unfortunately designed to weed out citizens who do not vote in the districts of those officials, but fax pages land with a resounding thud at the inboxes of those machines. Copies to other multicultural cretins will help too, even if we are justifiably cynical regarding their educability.

    • mortimer says

      May 15, 2016 at 7:33 pm

      J3T wrote: “Most Democrat(s) … “KNOW” ABOUT ISLAM FROM … CAIR”

      Neville Chamberlain ‘knew’ about Nazism from Hitler.

      Hitler lied.

  5. RM says

    May 15, 2016 at 12:52 pm

    Lets just let everyone who wants to come into this country come right on in and get this destruction of our culture, laws, and christian beliefs done with already. Thats what democrats and liberals want. And lets hope they become the first victims of the annihialistic sharia laws that they are so fond of.

  6. Janwaar Bibi says

    May 15, 2016 at 12:57 pm

    in Old English, there was a proverb, “A fool and his money are soon parted.” In contemporary Western countries, this aphorism has to be updated: a fool and his country are soon parted.

  7. Christianblood says

    May 15, 2016 at 1:00 pm

    (Democrats introduce bill to oppose Trump’s proposed Muslim immigration ban)

    Just another pro-islamic, anti-Christian organization!

    • eagle says

      May 15, 2016 at 7:16 pm

      Instead, When the right time comes, encourage congress to move on S.2230: Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015 and HB0461. This would have to be after our Muslim president leaves our great Capital. The sooner the better

  8. Jay Boo says

    May 15, 2016 at 1:05 pm

    Democrat Hillary Clinton would have laid out welcome mats for Boko Haram Muslims before she was forced to admit they were terrorists.

    • Christianblood says

      May 15, 2016 at 2:02 pm

      Jay Boo posted

      (…Democrat Hillary Clinton would have laid out welcome mats for Boko Haram Muslims…)

      Thank you “Jay Boo”. You are so right!

  9. jewdog says

    May 15, 2016 at 1:09 pm

    That’s okay, I’d rather give in to caution, rather than take a chance on hope. I don’t know too many old people who got there on hope alone.

  10. nic says

    May 15, 2016 at 1:12 pm

    Hmmm…. isn’t this just a symbolic effort ?

    In the UK, there is a prime principle that “No Parliament can bind the hands of subsequent Parliaments” .. or words to that effect.

    Even if this bill passes (which is unlikely, from the sounds of it), then presumably a hypothetical Trump presidency could simply request that Congress reverses/annulls it, just as would happen in the UK ?

    Surely all that is happening is that the Democrats are revealing their agenda ? (not that this is really necessary).

    What is MORE interesting is that at least SOME democrats are worried that Trump could indeed be the next president ?

  11. ByGeorge says

    May 15, 2016 at 1:26 pm

    I believe The Immigration and Nationality Act of 27 June 1952, aka: Public Law 414, already prohibits the immigration of Islamics into America. Chapter 2, Section 212 prohibits entry of any alien who belongs to an organization seeking to overthrow the government of the US by Force, Violence, or other unconstitutional means. The law specifically recognizes the Koran, Shariah Law and the Hadith as insturnments antithetical to the US Government, and its Constitution by demanding submission to Islam and requiring Islamists to kill those who do not submit.

    It is by this law, never repealed, that Obama refuses to lable Islamic Terrorists as the danger they are.

    • Wellington says

      May 15, 2016 at 2:00 pm

      This 1952 law does not specifically mention the Koran, Sharia or the hadiths and the greater problem is that Islam has yet to be properly characterized for the spiritual fascism which it is by the bulk of America’s elites in academia, the media, the political realm and most especially in the judicial realm. It still, quite stupidly, is looked upon by the American powers that be as something good or at worst innocuous. So, the fundamental problem remains which is that until Islam, all of it, is looked upon as a negative, you can forget using this 1952 law to prohibit Muslims from entering the US simply because they are Muslims.

      Remember, religions are enshrined with all kinds of extra protections by over two hundred years of judicial interpretations of the Constitution. And it would be a complete waste of time to attempt to argue that Islam is not a religion for First Amendment purposes. Is it theoretically possible to use the 1952 law to ban Muslims? Yes, but this will be a legal mountain to climb of very great height, to put it mildly. Nowhere near this yet. Not even close. This iniquitous religion, in full parasitic mode, will use the freedom provided to it by free societies to end freedom if possible. It really is the longest lived and best disguised form of evil ever developed by man.

      • Tiredofstupid says

        May 15, 2016 at 3:02 pm

        Amen

      • mortimer says

        May 15, 2016 at 8:06 pm

        Question for Wellington: re https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Calcutta_Quran_Petition

        An Hindu tried to have the Koran put on trial as a contravention of the Indian Penal Code (IPC 153A and 295A). Are you aware of that case and could you comment on it, please? Could the Koran be put on trial in other countries for soliciting murder and genocide? Should we not try to do this to put the Koran under the legal microscope?

        “Chandmal Chopra of Calcutta, on March 29, 1985, filed a Writ of Petition in the Calcutta High Court stating that publication of the Quran infringes Sections 153A and 295A of the I.P.C. because it incites violence, disturbs public tranquility, promotes, on grounds of religion, feelings of enmity, hatred and ill-will between different religious communities, and insults other religions or religious beliefs of other communities in India’. He also requested a ruling nisi against the Government of West Bengal ‘to show cause as to why a writ of mandamus be not issued to it directing it to declare each copy of Quran whether in the original Arabic or in any of the languages as forfeited to the Government’ in terms of Section 95 of the Cr.P.C.”

        Note: As a result of the case and the ensuing riots, at least 12 were killed and a 100 injured.

        • Wellington says

          May 15, 2016 at 9:10 pm

          I know virtually nothing of Indian law, mortimer, so I won’t comment on this particular case. I will, however, make a general comment to this effect, to wit, that doing something like putting the Koran on trial is a red herring. Might as well put Mein Kampf on trial. What needs to be done, what is imperative, is that Islam in free societies be looked upon as Nazism is. Should this occur, then Islam and its stupid holy book need not be feared anymore than Marxism and the Communist Manifesto or Nazism and Mein Kampf, especially if ridicule accompanies the outright denial to totalitarian ideologies what they want. After all, mocking evil is the next best thing to crushing it.

          Proper identification is key and not suppression. Indeed, I would encourage free peoples to read the Koran, the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf (all three of which I have a copy of in my personal library) in order to see first-hand how various totalitarian ideologies not only have a host of stupid ideas but also, very important here, how ALL totalitarian ideologies set up certain groups of human beings for second-class status or death. Nazism does this with ethnic groups. Marxism does it with socio-economic groups (and, as Angemon shrewdly observed here at JW not long ago, the whole “white privilege” nonsense, now circulating in the least free places in America, i.e., college campuses, is just Marxist rot transferring the awful “them” to whites rather than to the middle and upper classes) and Islam does it with non-believers. Herein lies the real source of malevolence to be found in totalitarian ideologies like Islam and Marxism.

          Go from here. Knowledge is power. Good must be supported by both courage and strength. Freedom can survive any iniquity if it is accompanied by these things.

  12. Wellington says

    May 15, 2016 at 1:29 pm

    The Republicans are pathetic on the matter of Islam and the Democrats are even more pathetic. There are some Republicans who have, to one degree or another, whether from direct knowledge or instinct, grasped what a profoundly troubling religion Islam is and that it is a mortal threat to liberty and equality under the law, for instance Republicans at some state levels (examples being in Oklahoma and Tennessee) and a handful of national Republican figures like Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Alan West, Ben Carson and Donald Trump (the first three here are, however, presently retired from politics and Carson’s career in the political arena is a question mark right now), but most Republicans have functioned in full dhimmi mode, for instance Paul Ryan, John McCain, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Lyndsey Graham. As for the Democrats, off hand I can’t think of a single Democrat at any level of government who has indicated their reserve or concern about Islamic doctrines that run directly counter to rights found in the Constitution, most especially the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Can anyone?

    • Mark Swan says

      May 15, 2016 at 5:29 pm

      Wellington take a look at this and tell us what You think about it…Please

      Under U.S. Code, the president does have the statutory authority to keep anyone out of the country, for any reason he thinks best. Per 8 USC §1182

      “Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.”

      https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182

      • Wellington says

        May 15, 2016 at 7:41 pm

        Once again, Mark, all of this is dependent on American elites en masse——the President most assuredly, the federal judiciary, politicians in general, et al., concluding that Islam is a negative, something antithetical to liberty and equality under the law. This is the corner of corners which must be turned. No significant turning yet that I can detect.

        My God, Republicans like Paul Ryan and Lyndsey Graham keep making excuses for Islam, never mind the damn Democrats, one of whom, a very foolish man, currently occupies the Oval Office. Thus once more can be seen that iniquity is not the chief problem but rather ignorance and exculpation of iniquity is. Laws like the one you referenced mean nothing if ignoramuses, for whatever base or stupid reason, are the ones in power. Overwhelmingly, such people are still in power here in America as they are all over Western Europe. Oh yeah, still much trouble ahead, courtesy of willful ignorance far more than evil itself.

        • Mark Swan says

          May 15, 2016 at 11:39 pm

          Thanks Wellington…Maybe things will get to the point where public opinion swells
          against this madness, and lawmakers react proportionally…maybe.

        • Jay Boo says

          May 15, 2016 at 11:57 pm

          Wells & Mark

          With fine comments like that
          there is hope

      • robert says

        May 17, 2016 at 12:24 pm

        VOTE TRUMP-give him the power to use this law.

  13. Richard Paulsen says

    May 15, 2016 at 1:32 pm

    Better to think afterwards than before? A very naive attitude. Beware. Encourage people to think after, instead of before. A very dangerous philosophy. To react not until it´s too late.
    Can´t be offered responsibility for a welfare state.

  14. Richard Paulsen says

    May 15, 2016 at 1:37 pm

    Better your enemy being afraid of you, than you of the enemy.

  15. Custos Custodum says

    May 15, 2016 at 1:53 pm

    Beyer’s initiative unintentionally acknowledges a key point:

    Refusing would-be immigrants on grounds of religion is perfectly legal under the U.S. Constitution and current immigration law.

    Under current law, immigrants do NOT have Constitutional “rights” not to be discriminated against on grounds of religion, health, age, race, height, etc. The sovereign (We the People) has the right to pick any or no immigrants as we see fit.

  16. Halal_Kuffir says

    May 15, 2016 at 1:56 pm

    I fully support this bill. We should welcome all Muslims here! How else we will learn how to beat our wives? It will be included in all family counseling and marriage therapy sessions. Here is a link :-
    http://nypost.com/video/saudi-arabian-family-therapist-explains-how-to-beat-your-wife-properly/

  17. Voytek Gagalka says

    May 15, 2016 at 1:56 pm

    If their intention, they claim, is not “to discriminate when it comes to immigration based on religion,” why they keep silent when Obama right now brings predominantly Muslims only to America? Is that not example of “discrimination” coming directly from their boss and a “god”?

  18. somehistory says

    May 15, 2016 at 2:44 pm

    “Fools rush in (and he looks like a big one, sounds like a total) where wise men *fear* to tread.”

    And it isn’t so much as a *fear,* but an understanding and knowledge of just what islam is; what its true nature is; what the goals of moslims are.

    The intelligent man makes sure his brakes work and his tires are properly inflated before leaving on a long journey. And it isn’t so much *fear* that tells him this as it is knowledge of what can happen if he doesn’t.

    But it is the goal of some to have the country overrun by those who can only be trusted to not be trustworthy.

    (Revelation 13)

  19. Westman says

    May 15, 2016 at 2:48 pm

    Liberal Americans and the administration are bewildered, not understanding that they have forced liberalism down the throats of too many citizens. I would suppose the Shah of Iran was just as bewildered and unaware in 1978 that a revolution was imminent.

    In the US revolution is accomplished by the ballot box.

    This election year is the eve of a political revolution. Many who will vote for Donald Trump or any other final Republican candidate for POTUS – and many will be life-long Democrats – would vote for Mickey Mouse in preference to more stupidness, excessive PC, and loss of personal sovereignty.

    There is no excuse for anyone to be a citizen slouch and not vote in the presidential election. The momentum of the US to complete dissipation and hedonism will be reversed or accelerated by the results. This may sound strange coming from an Agnostic, an Agnostic who watched the results of two generations of sustained adolescents who grew up with little ethical training other than liberal Media. Generations of non-patriots, who wouldn”t serve their country; who had the “right” to anything and the reponsibility for nothing.

    We are watching “old” Europe die because they diminished family size and made up the difference by importing workers who are having large families; workers who brought an ideology that intends to enslave Europe when it has sufficient power. And why? To have more of everything, the good life, hedonism. In this great life, protected at US expense under NATO, the dreams of unlimited dissipation grew like floodwater. Now the reality of the fruits of dissipation are coming due at the hands an Ideology that intends to, and may succeed to, enslave them.

    We must stop following in the footsteps of Europe, a Europe is on its way to becoming as undefined as a compost pile.

  20. Tiredofstupid says

    May 15, 2016 at 2:58 pm

    We are so screwed,
    Trump is a know-nothing blowhard tv reality show character( although I do like his pronouncement about not letting in muslims) Hes bankrupted 4 companies so I have trouble believing he’s a great businessman, although he could be following the rommey model of vulture capitalism of sucking out every ounce of profit while running up huge debts in a company and then bankrupting it and sticking it to the suppliers and employees.
    Hillary is a sociopathic liar that lies even when the truth would do as well or better. She’s power hungry and cares nothing about anyone but hillary. She colluded with the OIC to try to get a bill through the U.N. general assembly to squash free speech in violation of the Constitution of the United States where she wants to rule.
    I like Bernies stance on rebuilding the infrastructure, raising the minimum wage, and getting the economic royalists to pay their fair share of taxes. We have to overturn citizens united which among other things lets anyone set up a lobbying corp to buy our politicians (and the bastards are cheap too!) GE, GM, and at least 40 other of the worlds largest and richest corporations will pay 0 in taxes this year (and last year, ad nauseum) but will receive billions in rebates from the taxpayers. But after over 30 years in government Bernie still doesn’t seem to have a clue on foreign policy, the very real muslim threat, and more.
    We need to address several major problems in our country and world.
    Global warming is real and a real problem and for those who disagree–go argue with the pentagon- if the military thinks it is a real problem so do I.
    The current attempt by muslims to conquer the world. I believe that we are going to have to kill millions of them (and the sooner the better) or they will be here killing millions of us, they have a track record of over 270 million dead already-and they are following the same plan they have for the last 1400 years, Why would they change the plan now?
    Kick out most of our current politicians and replace them with engineers, businesspersons, doctors, nurses, etc-people that actually solve problems in the real world.
    I don’t mind helping out those who need it, but if you are on welfare you should be on birth control. Period-if you can’t take care of yourself you don’t need to be having more kids you can’t take care of. And before some idiot calls me racist-I mean everyone on welfare-black, white, brown, christian, muslim, buddhist -everyone, and as soon as you get back on your feet and don’t need public assistance-have all the kids you want-just pay for them yourselves.
    Now would be a good time to start looking for a candidate for 2020 because I sure don’t see one I would want in this election, and if we survive the next 4 years I hope we can do better than the current crop of “politicians”

  21. Angemon says

    May 15, 2016 at 3:19 pm

    The new bill, known as the Freedom of Religion Act

    When was the last time a Democrat said “freedom of religion” without following it with “does not mean freedom to discriminate/hate”?

    Anyway, just another example of the Left co-opting a term and twisting it until it loses its original meaning. Trump’s proposed ban on muslim immigration would not prevent applicants or those already in America from practising their religion, it would just prevent muslims from entering the US. How is that infringing on their freedom of religion?

    The bill has little chance of advancing in the Republican-controlled House, but Democrats say that’s not the point. “

    Of course not – it’s virtue signalling, plain and simple.

    • Mark Swan says

      May 15, 2016 at 5:41 pm

      Right…and even if a President Trump did stop Muslim Imigration, and all heck breaks out,
      at least this will bring things closer to public conversation on what Islam Intends for all, maybe.

  22. Ren says

    May 15, 2016 at 4:33 pm

    “Insane” is the word for democrats.

  23. Pamela Devins says

    May 15, 2016 at 4:43 pm

    In 1952 Muslims were banned from the US! Islam is not a religion! We can prove that!

    • Dale Netherton says

      May 16, 2016 at 9:16 pm

      Islam is a religion. They have a deity, a creed and rely on faith. This defines the essentials of a religion and Islam definitely qualifies.

  24. Senthil Kumar says

    May 15, 2016 at 5:03 pm

    I liked the idea put forward by Oksana stating that if we democratically elect a president for four years then why not have a similar democratic opinion from public towards a major decision (e.g. Iraq war etc..) in the following video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkswENOAk6A

  25. DFD says

    May 15, 2016 at 5:05 pm

    I was under the impression that you Americans are racing to catch up with us Europeans.

    Was I wrong! Are you going to overtake us this year or next?

  26. Guest says

    May 15, 2016 at 5:16 pm

    The democrats have no right to pretend they are for equality.

    • Mark Swan says

      May 16, 2016 at 5:55 pm

      Absolutely None…In fact they are the divisive enablers.

  27. Mark Swan says

    May 15, 2016 at 5:42 pm

    Get Them Darn Democrats…Glenn Wilson

  28. Hope says

    May 15, 2016 at 6:01 pm

    Beautifully worded, Glenn Wilson! And I will join you in that chase!

  29. Northern Virginiastan says

    May 15, 2016 at 6:07 pm

    Don Beyer’s district in Northern Virginiastan, just outside DC, is home to many Muslims. Dar Al Hijrah mosque, which I nickname the 9/11 Mosque, straddles Beyer’s 8th district and Gerry Connolly’s 11th district (Connolly is an equally compromised politician).

    For more about more about Don Beyer, see my columns (shameless plug here):

    Follow-up to blog post @RepDonBeyer sponsors H.Res.569, http://northernvirginiastan.blogspot.com/2016/01/follow-up-to-blog-post-don-beyer.html (Thanks Jay Boo!)

    Don Beyer sponsors H.Res.569 on Condemning violence, bigotry, and hateful rhetoric towards Muslims in the United States. http://northernvirginiastan.blogspot.com/2015/12/don-beyer-sponsors-hres569-on.html

    • Rich says

      May 16, 2016 at 5:46 pm

      I think he should be stripped of his office and stick to selling Volvos. That’s what my NOVA recollections tell me what his business was. That area has changed more than most it seems, but this idiot needs a real education on Islam.

      • Northern Virginiastan says

        May 17, 2016 at 11:56 am

        Agreed. Beyer should go back to selling Volvos. Even if he gets a real education on Islam, he still has to suck up to his Muslim constituents and the 9/11 Mosque. Beyer also has a Muslim on his Congressional staff.

        Some people are getting it: see the comments on his press release https://beyer.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=341#Comments

  30. More Ham Ed says

    May 15, 2016 at 6:38 pm

    Trump’s temporary muslim immigration ban proposal is based on islamorealism.

  31. marble says

    May 15, 2016 at 7:09 pm

    Are these people really so stupid that the too stupid to be stupid principle does not apply to them? Or is there a reason to be revealed at a later, a too late, time?

  32. vlparker says

    May 15, 2016 at 7:58 pm

    Rep. Beyer, I’m sure your granddaughters and great-granddaughters will thank you.

  33. mortimer says

    May 15, 2016 at 8:16 pm

    In 1986, after the first edition of the “Calcutta Quran Petition” was published, a Hindi poster by Indra Sain Sharma and Rajkumar Arya was published by the Hindu Raksha Dal, Delhi. Indra Sain Sharma was the president of the Hindu Raksha Dal and the Vice-President of the All India Hindu Mahasabha. The poster cited 24 ayats from the Quran in Hindi.

    The poster with the 24 Ayats also stated that:

    “Some Ayats of the Quran Majid command the believers (Musalmans) to fight against followers of other faiths. … There are numerous (other) Ayats of the same sort. Here we have cited only twenty-four Ayats. Obviously, these Ayats carry commandments which promote enmity, ill-will, hatred, deception, fraud, strife, robbery and murder. That is why riots take place between Muslims and non-Muslims, in this country as well as [the rest of] the world. In the above-mentioned twenty-four Ayats of the Quran Majid, Musalmans are commanded to fight against followers of other faiths.”

  34. Lulu says

    May 15, 2016 at 10:07 pm

    Lone Survivor …

  35. underbed cat says

    May 16, 2016 at 12:43 am

    Democrats introducing a bill to stop Trumps from examining the issues of refugees resettlement in to the Western countries ignores the prolific warnings of dangers by analysts who have studied the very religion that brings sharia laws and commands to establish a religion worldwide (jihad), would be aghast to know this is what we have been fighting( and attacked by) since before 9/11. This is also the job of leaders…so many leaders have failed to even look at the doctrine or consult with experts. Yes, it would be bucking the current misinformation that is so common, until you learn about the OIC, the doctrine, the very words we must fear to say….
    The readers of JW, and many former intelligent analyst have the information which is being ignored by the” go along to get along and prosper”,type politicians. Trump must be reading and understanding and analyzing more than the average leader…and has raised the curtain, and have brought relief to those who have been perplexed and stressed by the cavalier attitude of ignorance. What you will find out is that you are going to introduce legislation that would work well for the religion of the caliphate….and it is not peaceful stuff. Then you will find out many strategies that have a long history….a history that does not go well with peace coexistence
    So, no surprise that the 9/11 commission report was revised, after a conflict of interest….and allowed potential enemies to hide within countries redefined as no threat.I can only hope Trump stands his ground with facts and the truth, that is urgent gets known. So this news article shows what the JW readers are up against ….and it truly is exasperating to see these plans unveiled.

  36. ich says

    May 16, 2016 at 7:34 am

    those be some big words y’all

    me feels stoopids

  37. Lawrence Pincus says

    May 16, 2016 at 9:55 am

    Haven’t the Democrats heard of the “mCarren-Walters act” this gives the President the power to limit Immigration from a country. Pased by a Democratic congress and used by President Carter, against Iranians.

  38. Lawrence Pincus says

    May 16, 2016 at 9:57 am

    McCarren- Walters act. Passed by Democratic congress, used by Carter to limit immigration of Iranians

    • B. Bistawros says

      May 17, 2016 at 2:40 am

      Exactly. And the Iranians then were not as bad as the Islamic terrorists of today. Now of course Iran is worse.

      Please keep reminding the readers.

  39. Geppetto says

    May 16, 2016 at 3:45 pm

    That a U.S. Comgressman, of any political stripe, can propose this legislation with a smug, cheese eating grin on his face, demonstrates the depth of the politically correct soup America is mired in. This guy is likely extremely proud of his innate “intellect and worldly wisdom,” the modern day version of Nero fiddling while Rome burned. Individual, in depth study, analysis, informed opinions and personal courage be damned; smile and go with the mob. That’s the strategy that, like Obama, will get you elected while the country goes to hell in a hand basket. But, what the heck, he’ll have his, and those he supposedly represents remain ever loyal dupes, comfortable in their alliance with their ideological ilk, determined to avoid that dreaded minefield of mental psychosis, “Islamophobia,” coupled with their fear and hatred for those “wacko, conspiratorial, war mongering” republicans and their “ill gotten” wealth. Such is the situation in the modern world despite an astronomical increase in the availability and depth of information on every subject imaginable.

  40. Dale Netherton says

    May 16, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    The Two Prong Attacks of Islam

    A false dichotomy is afoot. The notion that Islam is only composed of “Radical” extremists and the other Muslims are simply peaceful is actually a two prong effort to instill Sharia law by two methods of infiltration. First ,the one that gets the most attention is the bloody acts of killing and maiming witnessed most recently by the attacks in Paris. Here the suicidal fanatics demonstrate to the innocents and the muslim population at large how dedicated and ruthless they can be. Willing to blow themselves up to instill terror in the hearts of the innocents they simultaneously instill that same terror in the Muslims passively going along who dare not speak up against their fanatical brothers acting out the atrocities of Mohammad. This method of spreading Islam has been the strategy of Islamists from the first days of this religion. The objective of creating Sharia law and the killing of infidels, the worldwide conquest of all nations, and the establishment of a caliphate drive this movement.

    Once the terror is established by the fanatics the road is clear for the passive Muslims to make their move by infiltration and non-assimilation into countries primarily of another persuasion. Relying on the altruism and fear of their victims, mobs of Muslims take over by majority as in the town of Hamtramck Michigan. It is equivalent to a mopping up operation after the blitzkrieg of the fanatics. This follow up movement must be reinforced by periodic acts of violence and terror to reinforce the followers belief that the movement is inevitable.

    Americans and many others have not wised up to this approach and have excused the followers as deserving of innocence. The taking over of pockets of formerly non-muslim areas proves otherwise.

    If you couple this approach with a willingness to lie to promote Islam you have a potent objective that can only be stopped if it is recognized as the devious monstrosity it is. The intellectual defense of claiming islamaphobia when “innocent followers” are accused of compliance to this spread of Islam works well in a country willing to give the benefit of the doubt and turn the other cheek .

    This war is a different war than those of the past. It is not a war of identified enemies with uniforms and national loyalty. It is a war of subversives willing to connive and infiltrate, perform suicidal carnage and simultaneously slither into the population of the unsuspecting in two different forms. One is the fanatic and one is the follower but both have the same objective and only perform differently to obtain this goal.

    The term radicalized has real meaning when the follower becomes the fanatic. Passively infiltrating and avoiding assimilation is a more subdued method so those who want to speed up the process and inspire the followers to comply become who we call “ radicalized” which means they are now of the fanatic class and will do violence to intimidate and strike terror.

    So what is to be done in such a war? First identify the strategy for what it is and realize how attitudes and mores are affecting our ability to counteract the movement. Calling the followers innocent is a major mistake. When the followers do not denounce the fanatics you can be sure they are being compliant. How many Muslims did you see condemn the killings in Paris?

    This logically leads to the need to identify and root out those who are plotting against the people who are innocent. The source of propaganda is wherever the notion of a caliphate and Muslim dominance is taught. These centers whether in America or the Middle East or the Far East must be targeted as seeds of conquest and infiltrated and monitored and/or destroyed. Hiding behind the “sacredness” of a religious temple or sanctuary is only another tool the true Muslims hide behind just as they hide behind women and children in battle.

    Once the enemy knows we are onto their game, the game is over. When they talk we know they lie. When they seek peace we know they seek dominance. When they claim innocence we know they only use a different method to overtake us. When they cry discrimination, we simply tell them we discriminate against all criminal behavior. We need to give no quarter to this enemy that is doing everything it can to overtake us. They think they are being clever but the identification of their methods and connivance puts us in the position of strength they fear. Once they know that we know what they are up to, trepidation will begin, doubt will spread and the cleverness they were sure was undecipherable will disappear. Know your enemy is the first requirement of victory.

  41. Hummer says

    May 16, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    Trump will have a pen and phone that will translate the majority will of the sovereign so don’t worry.

  42. B. Bistawros says

    May 17, 2016 at 2:35 am

    What if Muslim terrorist knock on Mr. Beyer front door and told him he is here to kill him and his family? Would he remind the terrorist that he introduced a bill to protect Islam?

    Trump is simply trying to protect Americans from harm, and since terrorists are mostly Muslims, it’s naturally that banning Muslims from entering the U.S. is the best course of action.

    Stop playing games with the live of Americans in trying to rationalize your argument because you have none.

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