In August 2017 , Moore suggested that the September 11 attacks were a punishment by God for Americans ' declining religiosity . Moore has also suggested that the Sandy Hook shooting , which killed 28 people ( including 20 children ) , was " because we 've forgotten the law of God " . Moore has also said that suffering in the United States may be because " we legitimize sodomy " and " legitimize abortion " . '' The Washington Post '' notes that " among the prices Moore says this country has paid for denying God 's supremacy : the high murder rate in Chicago , crime on the streets of Washington , child abuse , rape and sodomy . " Moore has called for banning Muslims from serving in Congress , described Islam as a " false religion " and made unsubstantiated claims about Sharia law in the United States . When asked by a reporter where in the United States that Sharia law was being practiced , Moore said " Well , there 's Sharia law , as I understand it , in Illinois , Indiana — up there . I do n't know . " Asked if it was not an amazing claim for a Senate candidate to make , Moore said " Well , let me just put it this way — if they are , they are ; if they 're not , they 're not . " In 2006 , Moore wrote that Keith Ellison of Minnesota , the first Muslim to have been elected to the United States House of Representatives , should be barred from sitting in Congress because in his view , a Muslim could not honestly take the oath of office . Moore said that the Quran did not allow for religions other than Islam to exist , and added , " common sense alone dictates that in the midst of a war with Islamic terrorists we should not place someone in a position of great power who shares their doctrine . " Moore has strongly praised Russian president Vladimir Putin , stating that he is maybe " more akin to me than I know myself " . When asked whether he believed that Russia interfered in the 2016 United States elections , Moore stated , " Everybody else thinks it 's the Russians . I think it was the providential hand of God . " Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template :
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