'Ground Zero Mosque' Cleric Says Parts of His Book Were Woven into Obama’s Cairo Speech Friday, August 27, 2010 By
Patrick Goodenough, International Editor (CNSNews.com) – The cleric who wants to build a mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero claims that ideas from his book were incorporated into President Obama’s landmark Cairo address to the Muslim world last year by one of the drafters of the speech.
Feisal Abdul Rauf made the remarks during two media interviews in Egypt last February.
In the interviews in Egypt, Rauf referred to his 2004 book
What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West (later reprinted as
What’s Right with Islam is What’s Right With America). He specifically mentioned chapter six.
White House staffers involved in drafting Obama’s speech, according to media reports, included speechwriter Ben Rhodes, political advisor David Axelrod, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and Rashad Hussain, a deputy associate counsel later appointed by the president as special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). . . . .
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE >>>
Editor's notes: well, after reading our news clip, it is no wonder Obama supports the New York Mosque . . . . prefers Islam over Israel . . . . names the imam as official US emissary to the Middle East . . . . pays for his trip overseas . . . . . has allocated 6 million dollars to build and repair Mosques the world over (see the story
here) . . . . . has given 1.3 billion in support to Hamas in Gaza . . . . recently condemned Israel in a UN resolution . . . . and has named Israel as an "occupier" of Palestinian lands.
Is Obama a Muslim? Probably not BUT he sure as blazes acts like one more often that he should. One thing for certain -- it is perfectly understandable as to why 24% of this country thinks he is Muslim (NY Times poll).