American Muslim advocacy organizations and a Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday called on Congress to back a resolution condemning anti-Muslim comments by Republican Rep. Andy Ogles.
Democratic Rep. Al Green said the response to the remarks reflected a broader rejection of hate.
"You have shown today by your presence that you will not tolerate hateful messages emanating from the halls of Congress. You will not tolerate Islamophobia in Congress,” he said at a Capitol Hill news conference.
"To allow any religion to be denied is going to subject other religions to similar circumstances at some point,” he said, invoking Martin Luther King Jr’s words that "injustice anywhere is truly a threat to justice everywhere.”
"This assault on Islam by a representative in the Congress really is an assault on all of us, either directly or indirectly,” he added.
