Franklin Graham Blames Terror Attacks on Islam, Sends Team of Chaplains to Paris

THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: Six French-speaking chaplains should arrive Monday to work with church, Christian groups / Graham says ‘Islam is at war with us’ and calls for restricting Muslim immigration / Muslim groups in Charlotte and around world condemn attacks, say ISIS is contrary to true Islam

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is sending a rapid-response team of chaplains to Paris.

The move comes as Franklin Graham, who heads the Charlotte-based group, continues to make waves by blaming the latest ISIS terror attacks on the religion of Islam and calling for restricting Muslim immigration to the United States.

“In the hours after the horrific attacks, some said ‘Terrorism has no religion.’ Do not be fooled. ... In this case, terrorism does have a religion – its name is Islam and its god is Allah,” Graham wrote in a Facebook post Saturday. “Islam is at war with us – we’ve witnessed its evil face firsthand over and over.”

In a second Facebook post Saturday, Graham reiterated his call for reform of America’s immigration policies to exclude Muslims. “We cannot allow Muslim immigrants to come across our borders unchecked while we are fighting this war of terror,” he wrote. “If we continue to allow Muslim immigration, we’ll see much more of what happened in Paris – it’s on our doorstep.” » | Tim Funk | Sunday, November 15, 2015