Trump tempest echos Muslim debate roiling evangelical leaders

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's persistently anti-Muslim rhetoric has kept the GOP up in arms to protect their party from being tied to Islamophobic bigots. But his latest utterance on the subject also recalls positions taken earlier by some U.S. religious leaders, to the consternation of more moderate counterparts. A statement from Trump's campaign released Monday called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representative

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's persistently anti-Muslim rhetoric has kept the GOP up in arms to protect their party from being tied to Islamophobic bigots. But his latest utterance on the subject also recalls positions taken earlier by some U.S. religious leaders, to the consternation of more moderate counterparts. A statement from Trump's campaign released Monday called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representative…