https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/09/26/if-obamas-eager-to-talk-to-the-muslim-world-he-should-give-a-speech-on-free-speech/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 08:35:30 -0400<![CDATA[Blasphemy, we have come to learn, is taken quite seriously by Muslims. Free speech, however, is taken quite seriously by Americans. It would have been bracing for the president to go on Pakistani television, and to sit for interviews with Egyptian and Tunisian journalists, and stand up for a core American principle. Imagine a speech in which Obama described the mechanics of free speech and the undergirding philosophy that protects it. He could have spoken about the great gifts free speech bestows on a society. He could have spoken about how he himself is attacked mercilessly by a free press, yet he still values the principles that allow him to be attacked. He could have described how Christianity is often the target of attack, yet survives and thrives in the U.S.]]>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:55:31 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/09/26/if-obamas-eager-to-talk-to-the-muslim-world-he-should-give-a-speech-on-free-speech-n96114