Alabama’s chief justice: Muhammad didn’t create us so 1st Amendment only protects Christians

Juan Cole 05/03/2014

(By Scott Kaufman)

Alabama’s chief justice: Buddha didn’t create us so First Amendment only protects Christians (via Raw Story )

Speaking at the Pastor for Life Luncheon, which was sponsored by Pro-Life Mississippi, Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court declared that the First Amendment only applies to Christians because “Buddha didn’t create us, Mohammed didn…

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About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment and 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. Follow him at @jricole.