Obama Proclaims: 'We are not at war with Islam'

"We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who are perverted Islam." President Barack Obama says this in his summit on countering violent extremism Wednesday. He says that Muslim leaders “need to do more to discredit the notion that our nations are determined to suppress Islam.” Before the summit, Obama when to lengths to begin avoid linking extremism to the Muslim faith. He wanted to avoid giving Islamic State or al Qaeda terrorist credence. He wanted to explain his wording, declaring al Qaeda and ISIS “desperate for legitimacy.” For more information, check out this story on CNN News. This article was found on CNN News on Wednesday, February 18^th.