Amid reactionary calls for the US military to ban Muslims from serving in the armed forces, the Pentagon claims rules already allow commanders to discipline or even remove personnel espousing positions encouraging violence, or holding divisive, extreme views. AFP reports:
Defense Department rules prohibit service members from supporting white "supremacist" causes or groups that back religious discrimination and broadly ban a soldier advocating "the use of force or violence," according to a 1996 directive.
The regulations would clearly prohibit a soldier from espousing Islamic extremism, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters.
