Todd Starnes
Fox News
April 6, 2013
A U.S.
Army training instructor listed Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as
examples of religious extremism along with Al Qaeda and Hamas during a briefing
with an Army Reserve unit based in Pennsylvania, Fox News has learned.
“We find this offensive to have Evangelical Christians and the Catholic
Church to be listed among known terrorist groups,” said Ron Crews, executive
director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty. “It is dishonorable for
any U.S. military entity to allow this type of wrongheaded
characterization.”
The incident occurred during an Army Reserve Equal Opportunity training brief
on extremism. Topping the list is Evangelical Christianity. Other organizations
listed included Catholicism, Al Qaeda, Hamas, the Ku Klux Klan, Sunni Muslims,
and Nation of Islam.
The military also listed “Islamophobia” as a form of religious extremism.
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Saturday, April 6, 2013
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