The controversy over Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson’s declaration that no Muslim should be president of the United States escalated on Monday, as civil liberties groups and rival politicians registered their disapproval and an Islamic American relations advocacy group called for Carson to end his candidacy.
Critics said that Carson’s statement ran counter to the US constitution and to the American ideal, and that it bespoke a dangerous prejudice.
The Carson campaign, however, was refusing to back down, insisting that the candidate was giving his honest opinion without heed for political correctness.
Carson ignited the debate in an interview with NBC News host Chuck Todd, broadcast on Sunday. “I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation,” he said. “I absolutely would not agree with that.”
Carson told Todd that he did not think Islam was “consistent with the [US] constitution”.


Not everything should be spoken... some things should be kept to ourselves.
His statement was very inflammatory and this marks the end of his run and candidacy. (smh)