Each of the quotes are linked to further information. Keep in mind that Barack's immigration policies, today, give us 25 Middle East Christians for every 1000 Islamic immigrants. You might not think he is a Muslim. But, I see no difference in terms of his domestic and international politics.
#1 “The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam”
#2 “The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer”
#3 “We
will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done
so much over the centuries to shape the world — including in my own
country.”
#4 “As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam.”
#5 “Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.”
#6 “Islam has always been part of America”
#7 “we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim communities”
#8 “These
rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s
role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all
human beings.”
#9 “America
and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead,
they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress,
tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.”
#10 “I made clear that America is not – and never will be – at war with Islam.”
#11 “Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism – it is an important part of promoting peace.”
#12 “So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed”
#13 “In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.”
#14 “Throughout
history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the
possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.”
#15 “Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality”
#16 “The
Holy Koran tells us, ‘O mankind! We have created you male and a female;
and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one
another.’”
#17 “I
look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the
White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.”
#18 “We’ve
seen those results in generations of Muslim immigrants – farmers and
factory workers, helping to lay the railroads and build our cities, the
Muslim innovators who helped build some of our highest skyscrapers and
who helped unlock the secrets of our universe.”
#19 “That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is,
not what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as
president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of
Islam wherever they appear.”
#20 “I also know that Islam has always been a part of America’s story.”
#1 “Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation”
#2 “We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.”
#3 “Which
passages of scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go
with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and that eating shellfish
is an abomination? Or we could go with Deuteronomy, which suggests
stoning your child if he strays from the faith?”
#4 “Even
those who claim the Bible’s inerrancy make distinctions between
Scriptural edicts, sensing that some passages – the Ten Commandments,
say, or a belief in Christ’s divinity – are central to Christian faith,
while others are more culturally specific and may be modified to
accommodate modern life.”
#5 “The
American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority
of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay
marriage nevertheless are opposed to a Constitutional amendment to ban
it. Religious leadership need not accept such wisdom in counseling their
flocks, but they should recognize this wisdom in their politics.”
#6 From Obama’s book, The Audacity of Hope:
“I am not willing to have the state deny American citizens a civil
union that confers equivalent rights on such basic matters as hospital
visitation or health insurance coverage simply because the people they
love are of the same sex—nor am I willing to accept a reading of the
Bible that considers an obscure line in Romans to be more defining of
Christianity than the Sermon on the Mount.”
#7 Obama’s response when asked what his definition of sin is: “Being out of alignment with my values.”
#8 “If
all it took was someone proclaiming I believe Jesus Christ and that he
died for my sins, and that was all there was to it, people wouldn’t have
to keep coming to church, would they.”
#9 “This
is something that I’m sure I’d have serious debates with my fellow
Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about any religion,
including Christianity, is that at some level there is a call to evangelize and prostelytize. There’s the belief, certainly in some quarters, that people haven’t embraced Jesus Christ as their personal savior that they’re going to hell.”
#10 “I
find it hard to believe that my God would consign four-fifths of the
world to hell. I can’t imagine that my God would allow some little
Hindu kid in India who never interacts with the Christian faith to
somehow burn for all eternity. That’s just not part of my religious
makeup.”
#11 “I
don’t presume to have knowledge of what happens after I die. But I feel
very strongly that whether the reward is in the here and now or in the
hereafter, the aligning myself to my faith and my values is a good
thing.”
#12 “I’ve
said this before, and I know this raises questions in the minds of some
evangelicals. I do not believe that my mother, who never formally
embraced Christianity as far as I know … I do not believe she went to
hell.”
#13 “Those opposed to abortion
cannot simply invoke God’s will–they have to explain why abortion
violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths.”
#14 On his support for civil unions for gay couples: “If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount.”
#15 “You
got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small
towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and
nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton
Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive
administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna
regenerate and they have not. And it’s not surprising then they get
bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t
like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way
to explain their frustrations.”
#16 “In
our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the
shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology”
#17 “On
Easter or Christmas Day, my mother might drag me to church, just as she
dragged me to the Buddhist temple, the Chinese New Year celebration,
the Shinto shrine, and ancient Hawaiian burial sites.”
#18 “We
have Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, and their
own path to grace is one that we have to revere and respect as much as
our own”
#19 “All
of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of
Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear;
when the Holy Land of the three great faiths is the place of peace that
God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for
Jews and Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the children of
Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra — (applause) — as in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed, peace be upon them, joined in prayer. (Applause.)”
#20 “I
believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a
belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a
people.”
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