At a townhall meeting hosted by Congressman Allen West on Monday evening in Pompano Beach, the Q&A segment of the meeting featured a Koran wielding Nezar Hamze, Executive Director of the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Hamze confronted Congressman West and asked him to point out where in the Koran does it give marching orders to Muslims “to carry out attacks against Americans and innocent people”.

West quickly pointed out that the Koran was written long before America even existed and that it does indeed tell believers to kill infidels, and then proceeded to chronicle a lengthy list of historical Muslim acts of aggression. Congressman West closed his retort by referencing the Fort Hood shootings and 9-11 attacks, saying that his first hand experiences on the battlefield has given him insight into the tactics that Islamists use before telling Hamze not to “try to blow sunshine up my butt” with his criticism of him. West took offense to Hamze’s amateurish criticism of his stance on radical Islam and concluded by telling Mr. Hamze to “put the microphone down and go home.”

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ALLEN WEST EXPLAINS VERBAL THROWDOWN WITH CAIR REP: ‘I WON’T BACK DOWN’…

Rep. Allen West (R-FL) appeared on “Fox & Friends” this morning to discuss his recent verbal throwdown with a representative from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) who tried to paint West as an Islamaphobe.

In his interview with Fox on Wednesday morning, West quoted Tom Petty in explaining his reaction: “I won’t back down.” He also uttered some more no-nonsense words that have made him a popular speaker among conservatives, such as saying we should not play “footsy” with our enemies. That makes sense consider West is a former Army Colonel.

Here is the Fox News Channel video clip from Fox & Friends This Morning