The official transcript has this: "Now, the flip side is I think that the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam. And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. And so there's got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples." http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transcript-of-the-Interview-of-the-President-by-Laura-Haim-Canal-Plus-6-1-09/
A really fast look at actual numbers (rather than political talk) shows that we are waaaay lower than just about every country in the Middle East and many outside. But political talk can lead to peace where statistics rarely does. On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > isn't he just saying that the US has a Muslim population? An therefore > cannot regard practitioners of that religion as necessarily evildoers > the way the Bushies did? I don't see why a comment on the size on the > US's Muslim population should necessarily trigger a compare and > contrast with the size of the Jewish population? > > Not that I have checked the speech out yet, but I am just saying. I > take it you are reading coverage of his speech in Cairo? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297970 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
