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Obama backs controversial New York mosque project
Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 8/13/10 | Ross Colvin and Jeff Mason

Posted on 08/13/2010 6:45:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday backed construction of a proposed mosque and Muslim cultural center near the site of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York -- a project opposed by U.S. conservatives and many New Yorkers.

"As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country," Obama said to applause at an event attended by diplomats from Islamic countries and members of the U.S. Muslim community.

"That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances," he said, weighing in for the first time ..

Earlier this month a New York city agency cleared the way for construction of the community center, which will include a prayer room, two blocks from the site of the September 11 attacks, popularly known as "Ground Zero."

"This is America and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable," said Obama, who has made improving ties between the United States and the Muslim world a cornerstone of his foreign policy.

Obama was speaking during an Iftar dinner he hosted at the White House. Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

About 2,750 people were killed in the September 11 attacks, when al Qaeda hijackers crashed two passenger planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The attacks deeply traumatized Americans and sparked the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the Bush administration's "war on terror."

Many families of those killed in the attacks have mounted an emotional campaign to block the community center, calling it provocative and a betrayal of the memory of the victims.

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We're still dropping bombs on 'em overseas .. and here, they continue to build mosques and "community centers".

He is either blind, naive or sympathetic to the 'cause'.

The 'religious' part and view of a great many not present is to kill the infidels and impose Sharia law.

1 posted on 08/13/2010 6:45:29 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

I’ve got a feeling Barry was wearing a little smirk on the morning of 09-11-01. A lot of DemocRATS were.


2 posted on 08/13/2010 6:47:01 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (DemocRATS! America's Taliban!)
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To: NormsRevenge

3 posted on 08/13/2010 6:47:44 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: NormsRevenge

A Given.....


4 posted on 08/13/2010 6:48:01 PM PDT by cranked
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To: FlingWingFlyer

whose side is he on


5 posted on 08/13/2010 6:48:01 PM PDT by preamble
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To: NormsRevenge

I don’t think this is going to go down all that well with the non Mushlums.


6 posted on 08/13/2010 6:48:16 PM PDT by JamesA (You don't have to be big to stand tall)
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To: NormsRevenge; All

It’s an *In Your Face* act of provocation. I guess he thinks people who hear this never vote. Remember in November.


7 posted on 08/13/2010 6:48:27 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: NormsRevenge

As Gomer Pyle used to say “Surprise, surprise, surprise!”

This POS BO is without doubt the biggest hater of this country and what it stands for that has ever been.

To paraphrase Bill Clinton (I know it makes me a little ill too) “I loathe the regime”.


8 posted on 08/13/2010 6:49:20 PM PDT by SPI-Man (Getting dangerously close to being too old to cut the mustard anymore)
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To: NormsRevenge

Well. I’m shocked. shocked I say. just shocked.


9 posted on 08/13/2010 6:49:20 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 566 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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What a shock! Of course Barry sides with the Muslims and against America. He is a Muslim!


10 posted on 08/13/2010 6:49:38 PM PDT by Astronaut
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To: NormsRevenge

If islam is a religion, I am the king of England.


11 posted on 08/13/2010 6:50:09 PM PDT by Thom Pain (2 + 2 = 4 : Defending the Constitution is CENTRIST; not RIGHT WING! Don't be labeled!)
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I’m really glad President Obama favors having Muslims practice their faith. Hopefully, he will be supportive if some of them decide to apply the teachings of that faith to Judge Walker out in California. I frankly believe that some public stonings would do this country a world of good.


12 posted on 08/13/2010 6:50:31 PM PDT by madprof98 ("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
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U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the Iftar dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington August 13, 2010. The Iftar dinner celebrates the evening breaking of fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Jason Reed


13 posted on 08/13/2010 6:50:36 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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How can Jews support this guy?


14 posted on 08/13/2010 6:50:53 PM PDT by devane617 (November!)
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Obama backs controversial New York mosque project

Well THAT'S "unexpected".....

15 posted on 08/13/2010 6:51:00 PM PDT by massmike (...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
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Shameful, simply shameful.


16 posted on 08/13/2010 6:51:24 PM PDT by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Hussein Soetoro Dunham is muslim yo..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGdkqfBICw


17 posted on 08/13/2010 6:52:35 PM PDT by biggredd1
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To: marktwain

I think *In Your Face* or a *Finger In The Chest* is about right. I think he knows he is toast and will force his agenda and views without regard to anyone or his supporters.


18 posted on 08/13/2010 6:53:00 PM PDT by devane617 (November!)
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To: NormsRevenge

well of course he’s going to back these terrorists. this is all part of being the Manchurian Candidate but he is not blind,not naive but sympathetic to the implemenation of sharia law in the USA. i’m so spittin’ mad..........


19 posted on 08/13/2010 6:53:05 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Free Nobel Peace Prize with oil change =^..^=)
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To: NormsRevenge

if that does not sign Obama’s political death warrant among voters, nothing will.


20 posted on 08/13/2010 6:53:16 PM PDT by sunmars
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