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February 4 - Obama Calls for Embrace of 'Common Humanity' at Annual Prayer Breakfast

Article: One World Religion

U.S. President Barack Obama says religious faith can help people overcome their fears and embrace their "common humanity."

He said fear can lead people to "lash out at those who are different" and lead to desperation and cynicism. But Obama said he has drawn strength from "good people of all faiths who do the Lord's work every day. I pray that our differences are ultimately bridged, that the God in all of us brings us together."

In Baltimore a day earlier, Obama told Muslims at the Islamic Society of Baltimore, "We are one American family."

The president thanked Muslim Americans for helping make the country strong, but acknowledged what he said is a "hugely distorted" negative view they have had to endure with the rise of terrorism-related violence by Islamist extremists.

Obama said that after the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California late last year, some people have conflated "terrorism with the beliefs of an entire faith.” The American leader attacked anti-Muslim rhetoric by some U.S. political figures. “Of course recently, we’ve heard inexcusable political rhetoric against Muslim Americans. It has no place in our country,” Obama said.

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