THE BLAZE
Unmasking Obama’s Mosque Speech
by Jim Zumwalt
February 5, 2016

President Barack Obama’s speech at the Islamic Society of Baltimore mosque in Maryland on February 3 masked what the president wanted hidden. What he hid in choosing this particular mosque, delivering the message he did and not unmasking the one eternal divide between Islam and all other religions is unconscionable. It was an effort to minimize the threat a venomous rattlesnake poses by simply removing its rattle—serving only to reduce one’s reaction time before it strikes…Rather than selecting a mosque symbolizing Obama’s claim Islam is a peaceful religion, he chose one symbolizing radical Islam. What message does this convey to non-Muslims wanting to believe Islam is peaceful? What message does it convey to Muslims wanting to distance their religion from violence? READ MORE