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Do I disagree that we need to ban all Muslims from entering the country? Yes, I disagree with that strongly.

When I heard Donald Trump make that sweeping hysterical statement that all Muslims have to be banned because they are terrorists, I was chilled by that.

If the Muslim is Sharia-compliant, that is in direct conflict with the U.S. Constitution.

Rhetoric that vilifies American Muslims is counter to our efforts. It's a setback to our Homeland Security efforts.

Overly simplistic suggestions that we ban people from entering this country, based on religion, or ban people from an entire region of the world is counterproductive. It will not work. We need to build bridges to communities, to American-Muslim communities right now, to encourage them to help us in our homeland security efforts.

It's very worrying at this time in the world that any point of view should be prohibited, that's banned, there are heretics that should be burned at the stake.

I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.

Disapproving and boycotting is the Quranic thing to do, whereas violence and threats are not.

The idea that somehow or other you can deal with all the problems in the world by banning a particular religious group from entering the U.S.A. is offensive and absurd.

Unfortunately, more and more Muslim voices are calling for boycotts of the United States and its products.