The following is copy of the press release on Yahoo. Enjoy your reading! Ma sallam.

If a church or Hindu temple okay at ground zero, why not mosque?: Obama

Fri, Sep 10 10:48 PM
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) President Barack Obama Friday again backed controversial plans to build an Islamic centre near the site of 9/11 attacks in New York reminding critics that the US was at war against terrorism not Islam.
'All men and women are created equal, they have certain inalienable rights, and one of those is to practice their religion freely,' he said at a White House press conference.
'You can build a church on a site, you can build a synagogue on a site, if you could build a Hindu temple on a site, you should be able to build a mosque.'
Obama's comments came amidst a controversy about a Florida pastor's plans to burn the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the Sep 11, 2001 terror attacks unless the proposed Islamic centre was moved away from ground zero in exchange for the burning being called off.
Obama said he recognised the sensitivity in the area because of the 9/11 attacks and acknowledges that family members are continuing to experience pain and anguish over their losses.
However, he urged people to remember who their real enemies are. 'We are not at war against Islam. We are at war against terrorist organizations that have distorted Islam or falsely used the banner of Islam,' Obama said.
'If we're going to deal with the problems , (of) reducing the terrorist threat, we need all the allies we can get.'
Obama pressed that in fact, the anti-Islam sentiment and a war between the West and Islam is exactly what terrorist organizations are hoping for.
'Al Qaeda, that's what they've been banking on,' Obama said. 'The overwhelming majority of Muslims are peace-loving - are interested in the same things that you and I are interested in.'
Obama stressed it is important that Americans do not believe the entire religion of Islam is offensive.

He is one man who speaks the truth, no matter whose ox is gored - America is not fighting Muslims - America is fighting terrorism and Islamic fanatics who uses Islam as a cover.

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@labiyemmy:

He is one man who speaks the truth, no matter whose ox is gored - America is not fighting Muslims - America is fighting terrorism and Islamic fanatics who uses Islam as a cover.

Who is he kiddin. The Americans Killing Afganistani Muslims or the Afganistani Muslims Killing American Soldiers

The wounds run deep and a few good speeches about the moral and logic won't change a thing anytime soon. plant a muslim in the midsts of families who lost lives to 9/11 and we'll see if they think he is muslim or just a terrorist. likewise. Plant an All-American Red-Neck in Iran and see what happens

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Your comment is completely out of point.

obama is a fairlure to any black man

Let us see how his Muslims allies will give him a second term,

Lets be reasonable. They terrorist use what they get from quran as a basis to carry out their evil acts. The quran describes all non muslims as unbelievers. The same quran tells us how the atheist,christians,deists being 'unbelievers' are to be treated. Tell me which religion uses the quran. Terrorists read the same quran before blowing the WTC in 2001. WTF is obama saying? Islam+terrorism=islamterror

jcross19:

obama is a fairlure to any black man

and you are?

toba:

Lets be reasonable. They terrorist use what they get from quran as a basis to carry out their evil acts. The quran describes all non muslims as unbelievers. The same quran tells us how the atheist,christians,deists being 'unbelievers' are to be treated. Tell me which religion uses the quran. Terrorists read the same quran before blowing the WTC in 2001. WTF is obama saying? Islam+terrorism=islamterror

you are the most stupid man on earth were you with them when they are making the bombing plan? Obama is good President and Leader he is a writer and has also study the world so hard and know everything about what is going on the whole world are fighting against terrorist not Islam but some people are hiding under the umbrella of Islam to cause chaos and they are trying to get the attention of America or the world Against Islam and there plan won't work do you think Obama will think like you and I you think he will think like useless Bush wish was brought up with the water of war guy you be real idiot look at the mirrow and you will see that written all over you in upper case.

@labiyemmy:

^^^^

Your comment is completely out of point.

What Obama says is besides the point, anyone can draw lines between a terrorist and a muslim sadly, 9/11 will always merge the two. trying to prove tolerance and diversity as a matter of American character and eschewed national values is one good thing but allowing such logic to out-weigh the sentiments after 9/11 is a trek on broken bottles

Please see below
Muslims face growing bias in the workplace
EEOC claims on rise as Americans show dimmer view of Islam
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39081887/ns/business-careers?GT1=43001

Sigh. The world has really gone to hell. I've contemplated that this life is really hell and we all were in heaven prior. The well off are simply the best of the worst. Sigh.

Obama, who must have his detractors, is by far the best President the U.S. has produced in my lifetime. He realises that his personality is secondary and almost infinitesimal to the office he holds. Why can't people see the same simple thing. Haters

well they think everyone will be thinking like them Obama is an outstanding president jare

ayusman16:

Let us see how his Muslims allies will give him a second term,

POTUS has also got the backing of atheists and liberal theologians to assure him of a second term.