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"May Gods peace be upon you. May God bless the United States of America." says Pres at conclusion of Mosque speech.
President Barack Obama flips open his folder during his meeting with members of Muslim-American community at the Islamic Society of Baltimore, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, in Baltimore, Md. Obama is making his first visit to a U.S. mosque at a time Muslim-Americans say they're confronting increasing levels of bias in speech and deeds.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/577402e9d1c24f0e9dd4d2d0761eb9ff/US--Obama-Mosque-Visit
Obama condemns anti-Muslim rhetoric in first visit to US mosque: 'We are all God's children'
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People of all faiths must also reaffirm a "fundamental truth: we are all God's children, we are all born equally with inherent dignity," Obama said. "Christians, Jews and Muslims, we are all under our faiths descendants of Abraham, so mere tolerance is not enough. Our faiths summon us to embrace our common humanity... All of us have the task of expressing our religious faith in a way that seeks to build bridges rather than to divide."
Obama said that Islam has a long history in America, as many of the slaves brought over from Africa were Muslim. He also pointed to previous presidents having expressed the importance of religious freedom, including Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. He noted that Jefferson, like himself, was accused of being a Muslim. "I'm in good company," he joked.
"So this (the Muslim American community])is not a new thing," he said. "Generations of Muslims have helped to build our nation."
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/obama.condemns.anti.muslim.rhetoric.in.first.visit.to.us.mosque.we.are.all.gods.children/78587.htm
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People of all faiths must also reaffirm a "fundamental truth: we are all God's children, we are all born equally with inherent dignity," Obama said. "Christians, Jews and Muslims, we are all under our faiths descendants of Abraham, so mere tolerance is not enough. Our faiths summon us to embrace our common humanity... All of us have the task of expressing our religious faith in a way that seeks to build bridges rather than to divide."
Obama said that Islam has a long history in America, as many of the slaves brought over from Africa were Muslim. He also pointed to previous presidents having expressed the importance of religious freedom, including Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. He noted that Jefferson, like himself, was accused of being a Muslim. "I'm in good company," he joked.
"So this (the Muslim American community])is not a new thing," he said. "Generations of Muslims have helped to build our nation."
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/obama.condemns.anti.muslim.rhetoric.in.first.visit.to.us.mosque.we.are.all.gods.children/78587.htm
MORE:
http://www.vox.com/2016/2/3/10907304/obama-mosque-speech-video
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/03/politics/obama-mosque-visit-muslim-rhetoric/index.html?sr=twCNN020316obama-mosque-visit-muslim-rhetoric0152PMVODtop
And THIS Made Me Cry:
https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/694962624929361920
Full remarks:
https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/687110537172234240
http://www.pewforum.org/2016/02/03/republicans-prefer-blunt-talk-about-islamic-extremism-democrats-favor-caution/
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Second term, no f*cks left to give. i like it. (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2016
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CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)1. Jefferson waged a war against muslim countries.
The First Barbary War.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)5. And he also ended it...
and stated in that treaty that we were not a christian nation.
Thanks OMan!!
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)4. K & R
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)6. K&R
if republicans had their way we would be building camps and tattooing numbers on their (Muslims) forearms.