Saturday, July 23, 2016
USA: Obama Calls Discrimination Against Muslims Affront To American Values
While not naming Trump specifically, Obama said that discriminatory policies against Muslims are an affront the “values that already make our nation great.”
Times of Ahmad | News Watch | US Desk
Source/Credit: The Huffington Post
By Reuters /Excerpts | July 22, 2016
Without naming Donald Trump, the president blasted the candidate for “singling out Muslim Americans.”
President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the contributions of Muslim immigrants to the United States, saying any effort to discriminate against the Islamic faith plays into the hands of terrorists.
“Muslim Americans are as patriotic, as integrated, as American as any other members of the American family,” Obama said at a White House reception to celebrate the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday.
“Whether your family has been here for generations or you’re a new arrival, you’re an essential part of the fabric of our country,” he said.
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While not naming [Donald] Trump specifically, Obama said that discriminatory policies against Muslims are an affront the “values that already make our nation great.”
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“Singling out Muslim Americans, moreover, feeds the lie of terrorists like ISIL, that the West is somehow at war with a religion that includes over a billion adherents,” Obama said, using an acronym for the Islamic State militant group. “That’s not smart national security.”
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