共和黨總統參選人 穆斯林不應當成爲美國總統
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Sunday Muslims were unfit to be president of the United States, arguing that the principles of Islam are inconsistent with American values.
共和黨總統參選人本·卡森星期天表示，穆斯林不應當擔任美國總統，他認爲伊斯蘭教的原則和美國的價值觀不相符合。
"I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that," Carson, a devout Christian, told NBC's Meet the Press.
卡森是一位虔誠的基督徒，他告訴美國全國廣播公司“與媒體見面”節目說，“我不主張我們讓一名穆斯林來統領這個國家，我絕對不贊同那樣。”
He said a president's faith should matter to voters and he described the Islamic faith as inconsistent with the Constitution, although he did not specify in which way Islam ran counter to constitutional principles.
他表示，一位總統的信仰對選民來說應當很重要，他稱伊斯蘭信仰和美國憲法不相符，但是沒有具體指出伊斯蘭教究竟在什麼方面和美國憲法原則相左。
Carson's comments came amid lingering fallout over Republican Donald Trump's refusal last week to take issue with a man who, during a New Hampshire campaign event, wrongly called President Barack Obama a Muslim and said Muslims are "a problem in this country."
卡森發表此番言論之前，共和黨總統參選人川普上週在新罕布什爾州的一次競選集會上，沒有糾正他的一名支持者把奧巴馬總統說成是穆斯林和外國人，並表示穆斯林是“這個國家的一個問題”，從而引發爭議，至今餘波未平。
