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1987: Biblical Checklist includes Support for Muslim Radicals in Afghanistan

Juan Cole 02/23/2008

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The Associated Press

June 12, 1987, Friday, PM cycle

Religious Lobbyist Sees ”Christian-Bashing” In GOP

A religious lobbyist says some Republicans, including Vice President George Bush, are engaging in “Christian-bashing” and may drive the religious right to form its own party.

Robert Grant, chairman of Christian Voice, criticized Bush for telling a joke about evangelist Oral Roberts. . .

Christian Voice is a lobbying group that issues a “Biblical Scorecard” on what it calls “the family-moral-freedom issues.” They include not only abortion and school prayer, but also support for increased defense spending, “Star Wars,” and aid to anti-communist insurgents in Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Angola and elsewhere. . .

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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