Obama and Islam

Muslims' major grievance against the West is what they identify as the denigration of Islam and Muslims and how they are seen by the West as inferior and not of equal value.

Obama hit many of the right notes: He conveyed to his audience that he is familiar with the vast and glorious history of Islam, such as the long periods of religious tolerance in Andalusia where Muslims, Jews, and Christian lived together in peace under Islamic rule.

As Obama begins to assemble his administration, are Muslims assuming too much about the transformative powers of the president?