In forceful comments that repudiated calls to use the term “radical Islam” while underscoring his administration’s efforts to defeat terrorism, President Obama blasted such language as dangerous and reactionary and slammed Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims, NBC News reports.
Said Obama: “There’s no magic to the phrase radical Islam. It’s a political talking point. The reason I am careful has nothing to do with political correctness and everything to do with defeating extremism.”
He added: “ISIS wants to claim they are the true leaders of over a billion Muslims across the world who reject their crazy notions… That’s their propaganda, that’s how they recruit. If we fall into the trap of painting all Muslims with a broad brush we are doing the terrorists’ work for them.”
