"It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust."
- Barack ObamaThen-President Barack Obama made an effort to differentiate between the actions of violent extremists and religious convictions in an address he gave on a specific September day. The setting was in reaction to a string of terrorist strikes on American territory that were ascribed to al-Qaeda. Presid…