Its campus contains a mosque and school that runs from kindergarten through 12th grade.
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In an interview with Radio Sputnik’s “Loud & Clear”, McCaw said Obama’s visit was “something that communicates from the administration to the American public that yes, Muslims are our neighbors, they contribute to this nation, they are one of us”.
Whilst reiterating the importance of Muslim Americans in uniting the country as “one American family”, the president also called on the Islamic community to help tackle radicalization.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has tracked a growing number of attacks on mosques and on individuals in the months following the Paris attack and the shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California.
In the trip to the Islamic Society of Baltimore, Obama wants to highlight the American right to freedom of religion for all, including Muslims, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. “We have a lot of problems in this country, Greta”. But Trump has continued to attract controversy on questions surrounding Obama and his background.
Obama is making his first visit to a US mosque at a time Muslim-Americans say they’re confronting increasing levels of bias in speech and deeds. “I don’t know, maybe he feels comfortable there”. “Engagement with Muslim Americans communities must never be a cover for surveillance”, Obama said.
Mr Obama, a Christian, outlined the tenets of Islam, and gave a brief history of Muslims in America. Ted Cruz, who edged out Trump in the recent Iowa caucuses, frequently warns audiences about the dangers of “radical Islamic terrorism” and criticizes Obama for not using the phrase in foreign policy discussions.
“Let me say as clearly as I can as president of the United States: you fit right here”, Obama said.
Almost half of Americans think at least some U.S. Muslims are anti-American, according to a new Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday. It’s about being a leader for the people of all religions.
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Later at the State department asked whether attacks on the Sikhs in the USA were sending a wrong image about U.S. overseas, spokesperson John Kirby described such attacks as “abhorrent”.
