So we have a little peek into the nefarious world of the Presidential campaign. Campaign volunteers at two separate Obama events asked two headscarf-wearing Muslim women to either remove their headgear, or Hijab, or not stand behind Obama for the obligatory "diverse-support" photo op. Obama's spokesperson stated "[t]his is of course not the policy of the campaign. It is offensive and counter to Obama's commitment to bring Americans together and simply not the kind of campaign we run." I have no reason not believe that Obama handed down a no-Hijab mandate (Obama posed the following morning in a group shot with someone wearing a Hijab) but it does speak to an unspoken issue: "the candidate has vigorously denies a false, viral rumor that he himself is Muslim. But the denials seem to some at times to imply that there is something wrong with the faith, though Obama occasionally adds that he means no disrespect to Islam."
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