Voices of Reason
These people are organizations are reliable sources that promote understanding and education about Islam and Muslims. He reminds us that Muslims are a great part of our society and do not deserve to be grouped with terrorists and extreamists.Barack Obama, Democratic President of the United States
Barack Obama himself has been a consistent advocate for the good of Islam and its followers. These are some of his statements:
"The contribution of Muslims to the United States are too long to catalog because Muslims are so interwoven into the fabric
of our communities and our country."
"Islam teaches peace. Muslims the world over aspire to live with dignity and a sense of justice. And when it comes to America and Islam,
there is no us and them – there is only us, because millions of Muslim Americans are part of the fabric of our country."
"Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance . . . This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive, but it's being challenged in many
different ways. Among some Muslims, there's a disturbing tendency to measure one's own faith by the rejection of somebody else's faith."
"The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam. But to be credible, those who condemn that slander must also
condemn the hate we see in the images of Jesus Christ that are desecrated, or churches that are destroyed, or the Holocaust that is denied."
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Paul Ryan, Republican Speaker of the House
Although he is a conservative and is part of the Republican party, Paul Ryan condemns singling out a religious group and other intolorance.
Here, he denounces Donald Trump's proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S: "What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for.
And more importantly, it's not what this country stands for. Not only are there many Muslims serving in our armed forces dying for this country,
there are Muslims serving right here in the House working every day to uphold and to defend the Constitution."
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Fact Checking Websites
These websites examine the claims of mostly politicians to determine how much validity there is to them.Politifact
Politifact uses a "truthometer" to dertermine the truth of a statement in the media. For example, Ted Cruz, a Republican senator, stated,
"The fact that President Obama will not identify, he literally will not utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism' and as matter of policy,
nobody in the administration will say the words 'radical Islamic terrorism.'" This statement was rated as completely true.
On the other side, there is Donal Trump's, the presumptive Republican nominee, statement, "Look, we are at war with these people and they don't
wear uniforms . . . This is a war against people that are vicious, violent people, that we have no idea who they are, where they come from.
We are allowing tens of thousands of them into our country now." Since no evidence could support this claim, he got the worst possible rating,
"pants on fire."
Politifact.com
FactCheck
This is another fact checking website made to hold politicians accountable for their statements. For example, Donald Trump claimed that
a Pew Research Center survey found that among the world's Muslims, "27 percent, could be 35 percent, would go to war" against the U.S. This
was declared false with no supporting evidence.
Donald Trump was also considered to have made a false statement when he said,
"Hey, I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down. And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey,
where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people were cheering.
So something's going on. We've got to find out what it is."
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