“We’ve heard inexcusable political rhetoric against Muslims that has no place in our country”.
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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States after a California couple who killed 14 people last December were described by authorities as radicalized Muslims inspired by Islamic State militants.
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 President criticized the heavily distorted image, many media and films of Muslims drew.
“Attack on one faith is attack on all faiths and recently certain statement directly targeted the Muslim community residing in United States”, Obama went on to say. He said “Muslim-Americans keep us safe”. Together, we’ve got to show that America truly protects all faiths.
President Obama spoke warmly about Islam during his speech at a mosque today, highlighting the contributions that Muslims had made to the fabric of American society. He said Muslims, too, are concerned about the threat of terrorism but are too often blamed as a group “for the violent acts of the very few”.
And he said “inexcusable political rhetoric against Muslims has no place” in this country.
Fox News also quotes Zuhdi Jasser, of the American islamic Forum for Democracy, who argues that particular mosque isn’t the best representative of tolerance in the faith community.
Obama has previously visited mosques overseas.
“I’ll tell you this thing, if they catch you and me together, they’ll probably spare you and they’ll probably behead me”, said Shaikh.
“Islam has always been a part of America”, said Obama.
Obama, a Christian, was born in Hawaii.
The figure marks the highest since the U.S.-Muslim advocacy group began in 2009 to track anti-Muslim attacks. A CNN poll in September found 29 percent of Americans believe he is Muslim and that number jumps to 43 percent for Republicans.
“We have a president who refuses to use the term”. It’s about being a leader for the people of all religions.
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Later on during his first presidential visit to a mosque, Obama addressed his concern that Muslim families are ostensibly being bullied by Americans concerned about the increased risk of radical Islamic terrorism at home and overseas.
