Obamas Moschee Krise

Das Projekt in der Umgebung von Ground Zero in New York eine Moschee zu bauen, entzweit die Gemüter in den Vereinigten Staaten und es ist das Thema meiner monatlichen Kolumne im Social Europe Journal:

With the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico almost stopped, America all of a sudden finds itself enmeshed in a new ferocious debate about religion; one that is likely to further damage the president’s outreach agenda to the Muslim world.

At a recent Iftar-dinner at the White House, Obama made the following remarks: ‘… let me be clear. As a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country.’ It is hard to understand why these words of US President Barack Obama should have provoked any comment at all. That his speech indeed provoked so many angry responses indicates that America is in serious trouble. Continue here