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Sunday, August 15, 2010

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Obama defends plan to build mosque near ground zero

Ramadan dinner speech: 'Muslims have the right to practice their religion as anyone else'


WASHINGTON — Weighing his words carefully on a fiery political issue, President Barack Obama said Saturday that Muslims have the right to build a mosque near New York's ground zero, but he did not say whether he believes it is a good idea to do so.

Obama commented during a trip to Florida, where he expanded on a Friday night White House speech asserting that Muslims have the same right to freedom of religion as everyone else in America.

The president's statements thrust him squarely into a debate that he had skirted for weeks and could put Democrats on the spot three months before midterm elections where they already were nervous about holding control of the House and maybe even the Senate. Until Friday, the White House had asserted that it did not want to get involved in local decision-making.

Image: An anti-mosque ad depicts a plane about to crash into a flaming World Trade Center and a proposed mosque.
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An anti-mosque advertisement juxtaposes a plane about to crash into a flaming World Trade Center with a viwe of a proposed mosque near ground zero. The ads will begin appearing on New York City buses as soon as next week.

The White House quickly followed up on Obama's latest comments on the matter, with Obama spokesman Bill Burton saying that the president wasn't backing off in any way from the remarks he made Friday.

"What he said last night, and reaffirmed today, is that if a church, a synagogue or a Hindu temple can be built on a site, you simply cannot deny that right to those who want to build a mosque," Burton said.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent who has been a strong supporter of the mosque, welcomed Obama's White House speech as a "clarion defense of the freedom of religion."

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was among those who met with Obama on Saturday, lauded the president's position. Crist is running for the U.S. Senate as an independent.

via: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38698500/ns/politics-white_house/

Alhamdulillah..aku bersyukur kerana Allah memberi rahmatnya di bulan Ramadhan ini. bg aku, ini satu kemenangan bagi ummat Islam seluruh dunia.

aku mmg tak suka bila Islam dikaitkan dengan terrorist. memang bodoh orang2 yang beranggapan sedemikian. alasan yang diberi, amat tak logik. konon sbb tak menghormati perasaan keluarga mereka yang terbunuh di Ground Zero tuh..mana bukti yang mengatakan orang Islam yang buat terlibat? setakat teori je, sapa2 pun boleh buat.

bila org Islam yang nak buat masjid, kecoh satu dunia..kenapa Israel yang terang2 nk tubuh NEGARA (konon), bunuh rakyat Islam Palestin dan hancurkan terus, malah sekat lagi segala-gala masuk ke Palestin tu korang buat dekk je?

walau mcm mana pun, aku sebagai ummat Islam, berbangga dan bersyukur serta berdoa agar Islam berkembang mekar di seluruh dunia. Takbir!!

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