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Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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The time to fix our broken immigration system is now... We need stronger enforcement on the border and at the workplace... But for reform to work, we also must respond to what pulls people to America... Where we can reunite families, we should. Where we can bring in more foreign-born workers with the skills our economy needs, we should.
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