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--- August 14, 2010 Mosque remarks not an endorsement: Obama By CBC News CBC News U.S. President Barack Obama has clarified that he was not endorsing putting a mosque near Ground Zero in a speech but supporting the facility's right to be there. U.S. President Barack Obama clarified on Saturday that he was not endorsing the idea of putting a mosque near Ground Zero in a speech the previous night, but rather supporting the right of the facility to be there. "I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put a mosque there," he said during his family trip to Florida. "I was commenting very specifically on the right that people have that dates back to our founding." His intention "was simply to let people know what I thought," Obama said. "Which was that in this country we treat everybody equally and in accordance with the law, regardless of race, regardless of religion." On Friday, speaking to a gathering at the White House to observe the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Obama said he believes "Muslims have the same right to practise their religion as everyone else in this country." "That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community centre on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances," he said. "This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable." Many took his comments as meaning he supported the right and the idea of building the Islamic centre at that site. The mosque is to be part of a $100-million Islamic centre to be built in lower Manhattan, two blocks from where nearly 3,000 people were killed when hijacked jets slammed into the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001. In his speech, Obama said the perpetrators of the attacks do not represent Islam. "Al-Qaeda's cause is not Islam - it's a gross distortion of Islam. These are not religious leaders - they're terrorists who murder innocent men and women and children. In fact, al Qaeda has killed more Muslims than people of any other religion - and that list of victims includes innocent Muslims who were killed on 9/11." Plans to build the centre and mosque have sparked controversy across the country. White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton told Politico.com on Saturday that Obama was "not backing off in any way from the comments he made last night. "It is not his role as president to pass judgment on every local project. But it is his responsibility to stand up for the constitutional principle of religious freedom and equal treatment for all Americans," he added. SPONSORS (Ads will not print) Click here to find out more! Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [iCopyright] CBC News 2010. Permission granted for up to 5 copies. All rights reserved. You may forward this article or get additional permissions by typing http://license.icopyright.net/3.8471?icx_id=/2010/08/14/obama-mosque.html into any web browser. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and CBC logos are registered trademarks of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . The iCopyright logo is a registered trademark of iCopyright, Inc. ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
