Obama's
Islamification Of America
President Obama
says Islam has always been part of America,
which raises the question, does the president
know something about American history that we
don't? It
has become customary for presidents to offer
greetings to various religious communities on
the occasion of their most holy days.
Presidents Ford and Carter both issued Ramadan
messages, as did Presidents Clinton and George
W. Bush. The Ramadan greeting became intensely
political during Mr. Bush's tenure because he
was seeking to dispel the charge that the war
on terrorism was a crusade against Islam. But
Mr. Obama has used the occasion of Ramadan to
rewrite U.S. history and give Islam a
prominence in American annals that it has not
earned. In
this year's greeting, Mr. Obama said the
rituals of Ramadan "remind us of the
principles that we hold in common and Islam's
role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance
and the dignity of all human beings. Ramadan
is a celebration of a faith known for great
diversity and racial equality. And here in the
United States, Ramadan is a reminder that
Islam has always been part of America and that
American Muslims have made extraordinary
contributions to our country."