Giuliani is refusing to dump his anti-muslimic adviser by Nina Gotzmannova

Unguarded statements may cost Rudy Giuliani his reputation. Or may not. After his homeland security adviser Peter King came under attack for his anti-muslim claiming, Rudy Giuliani stands steady behind him. The Republican Party presidential candidate is refusing to dump King. In an interview for website www.politico.com King said that in U. S. is "too many mosques", "too many people who are sympathetic to radical Islam" and added "we should be much more aggressive in law enforcement". Later he told his sayings are taken out of context, but the video is already posted on the website and anyone can check it and decide where the truth is. Giuliani tried to explain what King, who is also his friend for 41 years, meant with the statements. He said King wanted to tell there are too many mosques where the violence and terrorism is not denounced. He also admits there are mosques which are not pro-terroristic. But he still didn't dump King, although his sayings are clearly attacking the religious rights of Muslims. Council of American-Islamic Relations is blaming King for attacks against Muslims for a longer time. They criticize him in 2003 and 2004, when he said that the mosques do not cooperate with law enforcement. Now CAIR has support from Democratic Party and Muslims groups, who also called for King's dismissal. In 2003 Congresswoman Maxine Waters accused him of racism. But Giuliani can let King work for him for another reasons. The conservative Americans may suffer from Islamophobia, a term used for people who have prejudice against Muslims or Islam, and therefore vote for candidate who can support their imaginary safety. However, the prejudice should be forgotten and the candidates should take care of democracy, equality and peace.

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by Nina Gotzmannova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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