The Mercury

Many Christians would fail DIY test

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IN THE letter of December 6, Terrance Grant advocates a simple test to easily identify what it means to be a Muslim and who to deny the privilege of US citizenshi­p.

If Terrance’s “Do It Yourself Kit” test was applied equally to all religions, it seems that many Christians would be disqualifi­ed.

Donald Trump himself would be disqualifi­ed as he proposes “awarding rights to members of one group and not to members of others”.

So would every single Jewish supporter of Israel, with its myriad of discrimina­tory laws.

The US Congress and Senate aid and abet Jewish-only roads and Jewish-only settlement­s in land regarded under internatio­nal law as stolen and occupied.

If they base this support on religious grounds, then they all fall squarely in the net of the test of Terrance.

If, however, he proposes that the test be applied exclusivel­y to Muslims, then poor Terrance also fails his own test. ASLAM MAYAT Westville

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