Obama on His Christian Faith and Islam’s Message of Peace

You're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith and you're

absolutely right that that has not come up.

My Christian faith.

Well, what I'm saying is that he has suggested that I'm a Muslim.

People have been drawn to Islam's message of peace and the very word itself Islam comes

from Salam, peace.

The standard greeting is Assalamu alaikum, peace be upon you.

Islam is rooted in a commitment to compassion and mercy and justice and charity.

Whoever wants to enter paradise, the Prophet Muhammad taught, let him treat people the

way he would love to be treated.

First word revealed in the Quran, Ikram, means read, to seek knowledge, to question assumptions.