{"id":21143,"date":"2017-02-02T11:38:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T11:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=21143"},"modified":"2017-02-02T11:38:34","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T11:38:34","slug":"white-house-addresses-bannons-views-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/dna\/white-house-addresses-bannons-views-islam.html","title":{"rendered":"White House addresses Bannon’s views on Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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White House addresses Bannon’s views on Islam<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

White House addresses Bannon’s views on Islam:- White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday addressed President Donald Trump\u2019s views on Islam following media coverage of comments made by top advisor Steve Bannon.<\/span><\/p>\n

In audio recordings reviewed by USA TODAY and discussed in an article published Tuesday, Bannon called Islam \u201cthe most radical\u201d religion in the world and indicated he believes it is not a religion of peace. Bannon made the comments on his Breitbart radio show he hosted before joining Trump\u2019s campaign in August 2016 and later his administration as chief strategist and senior counsel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked at Wednesday\u2019s daily press briefing whether Trump agreed with Bannon\u2019s views, Spicer said the goal of recent travel restrictions affecting seven Muslim-majority countries “is not to target any one religion but places and areas where we believe that there is an issue.” He said the president understands the difference between Islam and radical Islamic terrorists.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe president\u2019s number one goal has always been to focus on the safety of America, not the religion,\u201d Spicer said. \u201cHe understands that it\u2019s not a religion problem, it\u2019s a radicalization problem. That there\u2019s a big difference between Islam the religion and radical Islamic terrorists that come here to seek to do us harm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In radio shows in 2015 and 2016, Bannon suggested the growth of Islam was \u201cmuch darker\u201d than the rise fascism and other threats facing Europe in the 1930s, and predicted U.S. entry into \u201ca major shooting war in the Middle East again.\u201d Other statements by Bannon regarding Islam and immigration were also reported Tuesday by The Washington Post and CNN.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pressed again on whether Trump shares his Bannon\u2019s stated views on Islam, Spicer declined to elaborate.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think I just made it clear that there\u2019s a difference between the president\u2019s view,\u201d Spicer replied.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also on Wednesday, a group of Democratic members of Congress delivered a letter urging Trump remove Bannon from his post on the National Security Council, citing the political nature of his position and his past statements and his rhetoric.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Bannon has provided a platform for white nationalists and the alt-right national movement,\u201d the letter states, \u201cand he has also espoused a false theory of a violent clash of civilizations between the west and Islam that only serves to fuel violent extremism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2017\/02\/01\/spicer-addresses-bannons-views-islam\/97361388\/<\/span><\/div>\n

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