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Bush Had It Right on Islam After 9/11 (Morton M. Kondracke, Roll Call)

Just days after the Twin Towers were destroyed in 2001, President George W. Bush set the tone that ought to govern U.S. attitudes in the New York mosque controversy today.

While visiting the Islamic Center of Washington, he declared that “the face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. ... Islam is peace. These terrorists don’t represent peace. They represent evil and war.”

He went on to say that American Muslims “need to be treated with respect. In our anger and emotion, our fellow Americans must treat each other with respect.”