CAIR demands Republican hopeful Walkers to apologize over his anti-Muslim remarks

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Monday 24 Aug 2015 - 11:35 Makkah mean time-9-11-1436 Republican presidential candidate Scott Wisconsin Washington, (IINA) - A leading US Muslim advocacy group has called on the Republican presidential hopeful Scott Walkers to apologize over his anti-Muslim remarks, in which he claimed that there are only a "handful of reasonable, moderate followers of Islam.” “These types of inaccurate statements reflect a lack of understanding of Islam and Muslims that is, frankly, not presidential,” the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Government Affairs Manager Robert McCaw said in a statement, OnIslam reported. The presidential candidate's offensive remarks came a month after one of his advisors called for using nuclear weapons on a number of Muslim-majority nations and for the deportation of undocumented immigrants of Middle Eastern descent. Later on, Walkers distanced his campaign from the comments of his foreign affairs advisor. Last February, Republican assemblywoman Melissa Melendez launched an anti-Muslim hashtag, #standupagainstIslam, in response to the death of American hostage held by ISIL in Syria. She came under fire over her anti-Islam comments that were condemned by Twitter users as “irresponsible” and “deeply offensive”. Since the 9/11 attacks, US Muslims, estimated between 6-8 million, have complained of discrimination and stereotypes in the society because of their Islamic attires or identities. A US survey has revealed that the majority of Americans know very little about Muslims and their faith. SM/IINA