US Islamic Group Calls on Carson to Quit Presidential Race

An Islamic civil liberties group in the United States called Monday for former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, one of the leading Republican presidential candidates, to quit the contest for the party's 2016 presidential nomination after he said he would not support a Muslim for U.S. president. Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said that Carson, a devout Christian who has been among the leaders in surveys of Republican voters, should withdraw...

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