Oklahoma lawmaker required anyone wanting to meet with him to fill out a questionnaire.
Something about singling out a Muslim man and asking to answer the question “Do you beat your wife?” seems rather “asshole-ish.” Once again stereotyping one religion as violent and not others. – PB/TK
Oklahoma lawmaker asks Muslims: ‘Do you beat your wife?’ – By justin juozapavicius, associated press Mar 4, 2017
An Oklahoma lawmaker who once likened Islam to cancer required Muslims to answer several written questions — including, “Do you beat your wife?” — before agreeing to meet with them.
Republican state Rep. John Bennett’s office distributed the questionnaire on Thursday as the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations organized its annual Muslim Day at the Capitol. The lawmaker’s office gave the list of questions to three Islamic school students who came to his office and asked to speak with him.
“(The prophet) Mohammed was a killer of pagans, Christians and Jews that did not agree with him,” read one of 18 questions on the form. “Do you agree with his example?”
The questions asked Muslims whether they would denounce terror groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah and whether they believed former Muslims should be punished for leaving Islam. One question asked Muslims if they agreed that Islamic law, known as Sharia, should rule over non-Muslims.
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