Too many people conflate Islam, terrorism — Obama

3 February 2016, 8:41 pm

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Obama thanks the American Muslim community.

“The first thing I want to say is two words that Muslim-Americans don’t hear often enough, and that is thank you,” Obama says at the start of his speech, to applause.

“Thank you for serving your community, thank you for lifting up the lives of your neighbors, and for helping keep us strong and united as one American family.”

He decries the “hugely distorted impression” of Muslims given in the media — both in film and television portrayals, and in the news after acts of terror.

“Since 9/11, but more recently since the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, you have seen too often people conflating the horrific acts of terrorism with the beliefs of an entire faith,” he says.

— AFP, Times of Israel staff