Obama Backs Mosque

President Barack Obama sought on Wednesday to correct what he called a "hugely distorted impression" of Muslim-Americans as he made his first visit to a US mosque and pushed back against those who demonize all Muslims for the acts of a few extremists.

On the eve of the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, US President Barack Obama once again came out in defense of the construction of a mosque just two blocks away from the Ground Zero.Addressing a press conference at the White House, on a day magnified by heightened tensions due to the Florida pastor's threat to burn Quran, Obama reiterated tha...

Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed allowing a mosque near ground zero, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less."As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country," Obama said, weighing in for the first time on a controversy that has riven ...

President Barack Obama sought on Wednesday to correct what he called a "hugely distorted impression" of Muslim-Americans as he made his first visit to a US mosque and pushed back against those who demonize all Muslims for the acts of a few extremists.

On the eve of the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, US President Barack Obama once again came out in defense of the construction of a mosque just two blocks away from the Ground Zero.Addressing a press conference at the White House, on a day magnified by heightened tensions due to the Florida pastor's threat to burn Quran, Obama reiterated tha...

Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed allowing a mosque near ground zero, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less."As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country," Obama said, weighing in for the first time on a controversy that has riven ...