Sunday, August 15, 2010

Obama’s risks have so far been rhetorical - The National Newspaper

Obama’s risks have so far been rhetorical - The National Newspaper: "Obama’s risks have so far been rhetorical
Last Updated: August 14. 2010 7:21PM UAE / August 14. 2010 3:21PM GMT
Thomas Jefferson was the first US president to hold an Iftar, hosting an ambassador from Tunisia more than two centuries ago. At a Ramadan dinner on Friday, the US president Barack Obama recalled something that Jefferson had written: “All men should be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion.” They should be free, Mr Obama continued, to build a mosque and Muslim community centre a few blocks from where terrorists toppled the twin towers in 2001, killing more than 2,700 people."

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