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White House looks to curb anti-Muslim sentiment
Washington Examiner ^ | 12/15/2015 | By NICOLE DURAN

Posted on 12/15/2015 8:35:31 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The White House on Monday began "staff-level" meetings and calls with religious leaders to discuss how they could help combat growing anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States.

Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Obama, and Melissa Rogers, who leads the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, held a conference call with leaders of all religions from across the country.

"Spoke with 890+ religious leaders to thank them for speaking up for every American's right to be free from religious discrimination," Jarrett tweeted on Monday.

Administration officials "routinely" interact with religious leaders, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Monday, stressing that the latest round of talks is being led by staff members, not the president.

The call Jarrett led was a "conversation to discuss efforts to combat discrimination and highlight the need for welcoming all faiths and beliefs," Earnest said. "It certainly seems a timely topic for a conversation like that," he said, noting the uptick in anti-Muslim rhetoric since the radical Islamic terrorist group, the so-called Islamic State, launched deadly attacks in Paris and inspired a shooting spree in San Bernardino, Calif.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; melissarogers; muslims; valeriejarrett; whitehouse
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To: Biggirl

“Just ignore them folks.”

Turning the cheek is one thing. ValJar, Zero & Co. are probably aware of that famous scripture.

But there’s another that says:

Matthew 18: The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
21Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

Even Jesus eventually ran out of chewing gum, and so have we. Ignore? I don’t think so.


61 posted on 12/15/2015 9:37:59 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: AppyPappy

Wow...didn’t think of that angle. It would solve much for him. He can say he just turned muzzie and that would help with his sharia law goal.

Then they could take that pesky 1st amendment totally away from us.


62 posted on 12/15/2015 9:40:32 AM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: AppyPappy

One more thing. I wear my tinfoil hat shinny side out.


63 posted on 12/15/2015 9:41:59 AM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yet again, us stupid citizens here in flyover country are the “problem”.

And these people cannot figure out why Trump is steamrolling the competition.


64 posted on 12/15/2015 9:42:18 AM PST by Buckeye Battle Cry (Hillary - Ethically sleazy and politically stupid)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m wondering why, after that idiot redneck boy in SC killed those people in a church, the WH didn’t express sympathy and support for idiot redneck boys?


65 posted on 12/15/2015 9:55:33 AM PST by Pietro
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To: SeekAndFind

When oh when oh when is this enemy within, and all his ass-kissing supporters going to be arrested and charged with treason against America???


66 posted on 12/15/2015 10:13:43 AM PST by PLOM...NOT! (With guns, we are citizens. Without them, we are subjects.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The curious irony here is that, in the face of what is alleged to be growing “anti-muslim” sentiment, the White House is doubling down on its support of islam. The irony they are incapable of appreciating is that the same thing is happening with the candidacy of Donald Trump: The more the White House orchestrates anti-Trump sentiment - through their flunkies in the media and Hollywood - the more Trump’s support increases.

If the idiot-in-chief were really the smartest man in the room, he’d recognize this.


67 posted on 12/15/2015 10:25:15 AM PST by DPMD
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To: SeekAndFind

'Nuff said.

68 posted on 12/15/2015 10:39:12 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: GOPJ
The next Disney movie: The ding-a-ling, the dwarf and the dipsy doodles


69 posted on 12/15/2015 2:22:08 PM PST by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing can penetrate it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama’s very worried about his pals and his ongoing effort to salt America with terrorist sleeper cells.


70 posted on 12/15/2015 3:05:42 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: SeaHawkFan
Valerie Jarrett is an admitted Muslim.

Actually, no, she isn't.

71 posted on 12/15/2015 4:17:17 PM PST by semimojo
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To: Liz; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

IOW, Zero’s regime winds up helping most of the Republican field for 2016.


72 posted on 12/16/2015 4:29:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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