HARRISBURG -- State lawmakers yesterday held up voting on a resolution in recognition of a Muslim group's upcoming convention after a Butler County legislator protested that "the Muslims do not recognize Jesus Christ as God."
Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Cranberry, said he opposed the House's formal recognition of this weekend's 60th annual convention in Harrisburg of the U.S. chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
"The Muslims do not recognize Jesus Christ as God and I will be voting negative," he said on the House floor....