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Martin letter: Muslims

The State Department has revoked more than 122,000 visas since 2001. Since 2001: nearly 9,500 visas revoked for suspected links to terror. P.S., They don’t know where they are. FY 2015: DHS opened 118 investigations on Syrians who overstayed visas. Fact: When a sect starts growing in population: Hamtramck, Michigan, voted in Muslim city council members, forming a Muslim majority local government. The mayor has allowed a mosque to give the call to prayer from loud speakers (five times a day). The Islamic center was not supposed to turn into a mosque. Those who want to voice an intrusion of Islam are being labeled Islamophobic, while Sharia restrictions on the freedom of speech toward Islam are growing louder. Enjoy your new year.

Gene Martin, Emmett

This story was originally published January 5, 2016 at 5:05 PM with the headline "Martin letter: Muslims."

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