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In the end, that's what this election is about. And in all these ways, they helped make this country more decent and more just. And meeting them won't be easy. What has also been lost is our sense of common purpose - our sense of higher purpose. On science and technology, we will launch a new fund to support technological development in Muslim-majority countries, and to help transfer ideas to the marketplace so they can create jobs.
The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too. It was stained by this nation's original sin of slavery, a question that divided the colonies and brought the convention to a stalemate until the founders chose to allow the slave trade to continue for at least twenty more years, and to leave any final resolution to future generations. America, we are better than these last eight years. And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.
It got hijacked. Likewise, it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit - for instance, by dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear.
I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy. These challenges are not all of government's making. He said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. This too is part of America's promise - the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk.
And it's around this time that some pastors I was working with came up to me and asked if I was a member of a church. This history is well known. Likewise, it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit - for instance, by dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear. Fear that because of modernity we will lose of control over our economic choices, our politics, and most importantly our identities - those things we most cherish about our communities, our families, our traditions, and our faith. It's a belief that pulsed in the cradle of civilization, and that still beats in the heart of billions.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.