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The first section of this article claims, "Obama said the Muslim call to prayer is 'one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset,' and recited 'with a first-class Arabic accent' the opening lines: Allah is Supreme! ... I witness that there is no god but Allah ...." citing a WND web posting that in turn referenced an Obama interview with ''New York Times'' reporter Nicholas Kristof in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://select.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/opinion/06kristof.html|title=Obama: Man of the World|work=New York Times|date=March 6, 2007|accessdate=May 30, 2017}}</ref>  Kristof wrote a column in 2008 making reference to it in terms of "Mr. Obama has spoken respectfully of Islam" but denied being a Muslim himself.<ref name=kristof>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/opinion/09kristof.html|title=Obama and the Bigots|work=New York Times|date=March 9, 2008|accessdate=May 30, 2017}}</ref>  Just because a person praises the sound of a religious practice does not mean that the person has accepted the content as his own personal religious belief.  By analogy, a person can also recite a television advertising jingle from memory without wanting to ever buy the product.

The first section of this article claims, "Obama said the Muslim call to prayer is 'one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset,' and recited 'with a first-class Arabic accent' the opening lines: Allah is Supreme! ... I witness that there is no god but Allah ...." citing a WND web posting that in turn referenced an Obama interview with ''New York Times'' reporter Nicholas Kristof in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://select.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/opinion/06kristof.html|title=Obama: Man of the World|work=New York Times|date=March 6, 2007|accessdate=May 30, 2017}}</ref>  Kristof wrote a column in 2008 making reference to it in terms of "Mr. Obama has spoken respectfully of Islam" but denied being a Muslim himself.<ref name=kristof>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/opinion/09kristof.html|title=Obama and the Bigots|work=New York Times|date=March 9, 2008|accessdate=May 30, 2017}}</ref>  Just because a person praises the sound of a religious practice does not mean that the person has accepted the content as his own personal religious belief.  By analogy, a person can also recite a television advertising jingle from memory without wanting to ever buy the product.

==== Protecting freedom of religion ====

==== Protecting freedom of religion ====

At times, the first section of this article had taken a quotation out of context from President Obama's September 25, 2012 address to the United Nations General Assembly.  In the weeks prior to that speech, ISIL propagandists had released a video to create the impression that the United States was anti-Muslim.  The video that was falsely attributed to the US government, drew widespread protests in the Arab world.  Obama's address drew upon that tension to discuss the importance of the right of free exercise of religion world-wide.  The end of the speech turned to the  future with a series of paragraph that started with "The future must not belong to..." which advocated religious tolerance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/25/remarks-president-un-general-assembly|title=Remarks by the President to the UN General Assembly|accessdate=June 2, 2017}}</ref>

At times, the first section of this article had taken a quotation out of context from President Obama's September 25, 2012 address to the United Nations General Assembly.  In the weeks prior to that speech, ISIL propagandists had released a video to create the impression that the United States was anti-Muslim.  The video that was falsely attributed to the US government, drew widespread protests in the Arab world.  Obama's address drew upon that tension to discuss the importance of the right of free exercise of religion world-wide.  The end of the speech turned to the  future with a series of statements each with "The future must not belong to..." which advocated religious tolerance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/25/remarks-president-un-general-assembly|title=Remarks by the President to the UN General Assembly|accessdate=June 2, 2017}}</ref>

== Possible closet atheist/agnostic ==

== Possible closet atheist/agnostic ==