Baltimore, MD – Obama To Make First Visit To U.S. Mosque To Meet Muslims

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    U.S. President Barack Obama walks the Colonnade before departing the White House in Washington January 28, 2016. Obama is traveling to Baltimore to speak to the House Democratic Issues Conference. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Baltimore, MD – President Barack Obama will make his first visit as president to a U.S. mosque next week in a defense of religious freedom, the White House said, following a rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric in the United States.

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    Obama will visit on Wednesday the Islamic Society of Baltimore mosque, where he will hold a roundtable with the community and deliver remarks, a White House official said on Saturday.

    At the mosque, the president will “reiterate the importance of staying true to our core values – welcoming our fellow Americans, speaking out against bigotry, rejecting indifference, and protecting our nation’s tradition of religious freedom,” the official said.

    He has visited mosques outside the United States on his trips abroad.

    Obama, a Democrat in his last year as president, has appealed to Americans to reject anti-Muslim comments by politicians, most notably Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump.

    Trump, who is leading the Republican field in opinion polls, called for a ban on Muslim visitors to the United States after a Muslim couple inspired by Islamist militants killed 14 people in a shooting in San Bernardino, California, in early December.

    According to a Gallup poll in December, Americans are now more likely to name terrorism as the top issue facing the United States than any other issue.


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    golani
    golani
    8 years ago

    who cares where this anti-semite goes

    jack25
    jack25
    8 years ago

    Just do a google search and you’ll find this mosque has radical ties and supports Hamas terror group.

    Curiosity
    Curiosity
    8 years ago

    Obama has Hamas ties and supports Iran- a terrorist group.

    8 years ago

    he’s FINALLY revealing that HE IS A MUSLIM BORN IN KENYA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    does he have his kafiya ready?

    bennyt
    bennyt
    8 years ago

    He can catch a quick mincha while he’s there.

    lazerx
    lazerx
    8 years ago

    I am certain that he knows how to act in a mosque….

    Texas_Joe
    Texas_Joe
    8 years ago

    “In defense of religious freedom!?” Who is not allowing Muslims religious freedom? If their religion says to kill the infidel, then perhaps we will deny them that freedom. But with President Barack Hussein Obama, who knows?

    8 years ago

    This is in line with all his behavior during his presidency. He started it with his foreign trip to a muslim country and he’s closing it out with a continuation of showing where his loyalties lie… Now how many times has he visited Israel??