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Thursday 22 Oct 2015 - 12:20 Makkah mean time-9-1-1437
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Anderson, South Carolina (Reuters Photo)
Washington (IINA) - A U.S. Muslim advocacy group on Wednesday condemned US Republican Presidential front-runner Donald Trump over his comments that he would consider closing some mosques within the U.S. in order to fight ISIS, Daily Sabah news reported.
"Donald Trump's apparent willingness to close down American mosques is totally incompatible with the constitution and our nation's cherished principle of religious freedom," said Robert McCaw, government affairs manager at Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR).
"The government should not be in the business of deciding what is acceptable free speech or religious belief. Donald Trump's off-the-cuff remarks are both un-American, and un-presidential," McCaw said in a statement.
In an interview on Wednesday with Fox Business news channel, Trump was asked whether he would launch similar anti-ISIS initiatives as the British government, which include cancelling passports of some and closing certain mosques.
"I would do that, absolutely, I think it is great," said Trump. "If you go out, you go fight for ISIS, you can't come back.
The role of Islam in the U.S. has been one of the hot issues in the Republican presidential race.
In September, Republican Presidential Candidate Ben Carson said Islam is inconsistent with the U.S. constitution and that he would not support a Muslim president.
His comments came just days after Trump failed to challenge an audience member at a campaign rally who called Muslims a "problem in this country."
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