In his press conference today, President Obama remarked on the increased level Islamophobia in the United States, stressing that it is important for “the overwhelming majority of the American people to hang on to that thing that is best in us — a belief in religious tolerance, clarity about who our enemies are.”Obama acknowledged that this is a time “when the country is anxious generally,” and during tough times “fears can surface, suspicions, divisions can surface.”
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