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-Land of the Free
How America's Polygamy Ban Blocked Muslim Immigration
2018-07-30
Fascinating.
[SultanKnish] A hundred years ago, Muslims were furious over an immigration bill whose origins lay with advocacy by a headstrong and loudmouthed Republican in the White House.

The anti-immigration bill offended the Ottoman Empire, the rotting Caliphate of Islam soon to be defeated at the hands of America and the West, by banning the entry of "all polygamists, or persons who admit their belief in the practice of polygamy."

This, as was pointed out at the time, would prohibit the entry of the "entire Mohammedan world" into the United States.
Posted by:746

#3  Though the law today is seldom enforced.

Guess it is, just nobody cares.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-07-30 17:43  

#2  Is the law still in effect?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2018-07-30 12:33  

#1  Interesting, not one mention of Mormonism and Polygamy, an impetus of the Republican platform plurality plank.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-07-30 11:15  

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