This e-mail is an extreme example of the many disapproving chain e-mails and conservative Web site postings that have appeared concerning a planned Sept. 25 event at the Capitol that is billed by its sponsors as "Islam on Capitol Hill."
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/09/mus...r-day-sept-25/
- The e-mail message’s author also complains: "This country (founded as a Christian nation) can’t have our national day of prayer, but the Muslims can have theirs and on capitol hill?" That’s untrue; the "National Day of Prayer" went on as scheduled May 7.
- The author also recycles the misleading claim that Obama said the U.S. is "not a Christian nation." What the president actually said April 6, during a trip to Turkey, is that the U.S. is a "predominately Christian nation" that, like predominately Muslim Turkey, is "bound by ideals and a set of values" rather than religious identity.
- The Facebook rumor also claims — incorrectly — that Obama "allowed" a Muslim prayer event to take place on the Capitol grounds. But the president didn’t do any such thing. The Capitol grounds are not under his control, but rather under the jurisdiction of Congress, a separate branch of government. The Muslim prayer event, attended by about 8,000 persons, took place under a permit issued by the U.S. Capitol Police. Obama did not attend.
Эдик, зачем неправдами разжигаешь огоньки ненависти ?
