The largest US Muslim civil rights organisation is calling on the director of national intelligence to resign or retract her statement that the biggest threat to the country is "Sharia law" which is "threatening western civilisation".
The Council on American Islamic Relations (Cair) said her remarks were "delusional and disqualifying".
Speaking at AmericaFest, at the right-wing Turning Point USA summit on Saturday, Tulsi Gabbard said: "The greatest near and longterm threat to both our freedom and our security... is the threat of Islamist ideology."
"It is propagated by people who not only do not believe in freedom. Their fundamental ideology is antithetical to the foundation that we find in our constitution and bill of rights, which is that our creator endowed upon us inalienable rights, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," she added.
"At its core, it is a political ideology that seeks to create a global caliphate that governs us here in America," Gabbard said. 'They will use violence or any means they deem as necessary to silence us."
