To paraphrase Mark Twain, what gets Republican presidential hopefuls in trouble is not what they don’t know about Islam, but what they know that just ain’t so.
Mike Huckabee’s recent comments are but one example of a politician who speaks with authority and discloses how little he knows about the diversity within Islam. After all, Islam has about as many expressions as the Baptist faith to which the former Arkansas governor belongs.
Huckabee’s ignorance travels well with his opportunism. He appears to recognize that he can score political points by beating up on Muslims and whipping evangelical Christians into a fearful frenzy.
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