11th Congressional District candidate calls for end to Muslim immigration
By Trish Choate
Posted September 28, 2009 at 11:54 a.m. , updated September 28, 2009 at 11:54 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Big Country congressional hopeful Canyon Clowdus wants no more Muslim immigration to America.

But he doesn't want to stop at the stance he outlined to radical blog "Dr. Bulldog and Ronin," which endorses him for 11th Congressional District representative.

"It's not just them," the conservative Republican told a reporter Sunday night. "They need to check all immigrants. They used to assimilate."

Instead, immigrants retain their beliefs, hurting America, Clowdus, a Marble Falls businessman, said.

Clowdus wants to halt Muslim immigration to stop what the blog termed a "stealth Jihad" and "creeping sharia" to replace the Constitution with Islamic religious law.

A civil rights advocate said he reads the blog and is disappointed a congressional candidate is lending his credibility to efforts to divide Americans instead of bring them together.

The blog has pushed the wrong-headed idea there's a huge clash of civilizations between Christianity and Islam, said Eric Ward of the Chicago-based Center for New Community, a faith-based organization including Christians, Jews and Muslims.

"The truth of the matter is that the only clash that's going on is amongst extremists in Christianity and Islam," Ward said.

Neither Congressman Mike Conaway nor a second challenger, Chris Younts, shared Clowdus' views on Muslim immigration.

"Congressman Conaway is a strong proponent of immigration reform," Conaway campaign spokesman Richard Hudson said. "But he does not have an immigration policy based on religion."

San Angelo businessman Younts opposes illegal immigration but "believes that any law-abiding citizen of another country should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. as long as they abide by our immigration policies and honor our Constitution," Younts campaign spokesman Ken Burton said.




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