Evangelist Franklin Graham responded to Thursday’s shooting rampage in Chattanooga, Tennessee, by proclaiming that America is “under attack by Muslims at home and abroad” and proposing that America “stop all immigration of Muslims to the U.S.” until the ongoing terror threat subsides.
Graham wrote in a Facebook post on Friday that Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, the 24-year-old man who police say was responsible for the deadly shooting that killed five U.S. service members, is a “radical Muslim whose family was allowed to immigrate to this country from Kuwait.”
He then proceeded to issue his controversial proposal.
“We are under attack by Muslims at home and abroad. We should stop all immigration of Muslims to the U.S. until this threat with Islam has been settled,” Graham wrote. “Every Muslim that comes into this country has the potential to be radicalized — and they do their killing to honor...