Masked anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University demonstrate as students check in for first day of classes
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Six days after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush appeared at the Islamic Center of Washington to meet with leaders of the Muslim community. “The American people were appalled and outraged at last Tuesday’s attacks, and so were Muslims all across the world,” the president told the nation. He added that the terrorists’ “acts of violence against innocents violate the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith.” Mr. Bush quoted the Quran ...
The president closed by declaring that the U.S. is “a great country because we share the same values of respect and dignity and human worth.” Gesturing to the imams next to him, he said, “It is my honor to be meeting with leaders who feel just the same way I do. They’re outraged, they’re sad. They love America.” Americans needed to hear these words at that moment. So did the rest of the world: It signaled that America’s fight was with Islamic extremists, not with every Muslim.
I recount this because many Democrats brand as an anti-Muslim bigot anyone who is critical of Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar for referring to the 9/11 attacks as “some people did something.” Ms. Omar’s March 23 statement about the deadliest attack on the U.S. homeland in history was evasive, insensitive and dismissive. That an American Muslim elected official would not condemn the terrorists and their evil actions is “unbelievable,” in the words of Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw, himself a decorated veteran of the War on Terror. So are comments by leading Democrats who defended Ms. Omar. Sen. Bernie Sanders hailed her “strength and courage.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren accused President Trump of “inciting violence against a sitting congresswoman” for tweeting condemnations of Ms. Omar’s statement.
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