Joe Biden wants Islam taught more in schools
Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden said that he wants schools in the U.S. to teach more about Islam and claimed that there is an “unconscionable rise in Islamophobia” under the Trump administration. "I wish we taught more in our schools about the Islamic faith,” Biden said during his video remarks played at the “Million Muslim Votes” summit organised by the Muslim American political action committee Emgage Action.
“I wish we talked about all the great confessional faiths. Islam is one of the great confessional faiths. What people don’t realise is we all come from the same root here, in terms of our fundamental basic beliefs. I just want to thank you for allowing me to be engaged, for committing to action this November.”
Emgage Action boasts of being the “political home for Muslim Americans” and endorsed Biden in April after initial endorsing Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in the Democratic presidential primary.
“Donald Trump has fanned the flames of hate in this country, across the board, through his words, his policies, his appointments, his deeds and he continues to fan those flames,” the 77-year-old Biden, who served as vice president under former President Barack Obama, said. “Under this administration, we have seen an unconscionable rise in Islamophobia, including kids being bullied at school and hate crimes in our communities.”
Biden also claimed that Trump “has named people with open Islamophobia who have no business serving in high positions in our government to key leadership roles in our Department of Defense and the U.S. Agency for International Development.”
Despite calling out administration officials he accused of being Islamophobic, Biden mentioned nothing in his speech about confronting the presence of radical Islamic extremist groups that are responsible for the killing of thousands around the world.
Source: christianpost.com
