"BCBlazysusan" wrote in message
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090407...urkeyeuropeoba...
Earlier, Obama visited a landmark mosque in Istanbul, following
strong
messages of US reconciliation with the Islamic world on his maiden
trip to a
mainly Muslim country as president.


Taking off his shoes as tradition requires, Obama stepped into the
17th-century Sultanahmet Mosque in the ancient heart of Istanbul,
accompanied by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.


Two Muslim preachers guided Obama inside the grandiose edifice --
better
known as the Blue Mosque for its blue tileworks -- and the president
smiled
when they showed him a dome scripture mentioning the Prophet
Mohammed's
grandson Hussein, Obama's middle name, Anatolia news agency reported.


In a major speech at the Turkish parliament in Ankara Monday, Obama
declared
that the United States "is not and never will be at war with Islam."
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Not at war with Islam? Um, OK I guess.

We're not at war with Islam. We're at "war" with a bunch of extremist
assholes that just happen to claim Islam as their raison d'etre. We have
plenty of our own, some claim to be Christian, some don't claim any
affiliation other than the brotherhood of assholes.

Pardon my french...