George W. Bush Defended Islam After 9/11. Catholics Should Too.

Six days after the towers fell, a Republican president walked into a Washington mosque and said “Islam is peace.” Twenty-five years later, Pope Leo XIV is asking American Christians to be “a little less fearful.”

President George W. Bush speaks at the Islamic Center of Washington on Sept. 17, 2001, six days after the attacks, standing with American Muslim leaders. He told the country that “Islam is peace” and that women who cover their heads “must feel comfortable going outside their homes.”

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