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Sunday 07 Feb 2016 - 11:28 Makkah mean time-28-4-1437
 Alabama, (IINA) - The Alabama Chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Alabama) on Friday called for a meeting between Governor Bentley and representatives of that state’s Muslim community to discuss the governor’s remarks in his recent state of the state address-describing refugees from Syria escaping violence and suffering as "radical Islamists" from a "terrorist nation."
In a statement, CAIR-Alabama Executive Director Khaula Hadeed said: “Governor Bentley's labeling of an entire Muslim-majority nation as ‘terrorist’ effectively equates Islam with terror and promotes prejudice. The use of inflammatory language that marginalizes an entire community reduces one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent human history to the status of a political football. We find such terminology insensitive and inappropriate.
“Alabama has a large Muslim population, including a thriving Syrian-American community making substantial contributions to improving the lives of the people of our state. Using stereotypical terms that paint a diverse multicultural, multiethnic, multiracial Muslim community with such a broad brush is derogatory and dehumanizing.”
Therefore, CAIR-Alabama is calling on Governor Bentley to meet with community leaders to review his understanding of the Syrian refugee crisis and to address the concerns of Muslim community.
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