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| Supporting Constitution, not mosque |
| Supporting Constitution, not mosque at Ground Zero: Obama
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 30-August-2010
5:46:21 AM |
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US President Barack Obama says he has only endorsed the core value enshrined in the American Constitution on religious freedom and not the proposed mosque at Ground Zero, clearing the air over his stand on the approval of the Islamic centre near 9/11 site.
"What I said was I was not endorsing any particular project. I was endorsing our Constitution. And what is right," Obama told the NBC news in an interview when asked about his recent statements about the Ground Zero mosque in New York City.
"Well, look, I think my statement at the Iftar dinner in the White House was very clear. And that is that if you can build a church on that site, if you can build a synagogue on that site or a Hindu Temple on that site, then we can't treat people of the Islamic faith differently, who are Americans, who are American citizens," he said, adding: "That is central to who we are. That is a core value of our Constitution."
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