Obama and Bush view on the Muslim world
While President Obama and George Bush were in power when the USA was facing a serious threat from terrorism, their views on the Muslim world appeared accommodative. For a long time, many people and countries have tried to link the Islamic religion with terrorism. Some have argued that Islamic religion supports terrorism, and they have gone ahead to condemn Islamic religion and Muslims. However, looking at the administration of president bush and Obama, though they have fought terrorism in counties dominated by the Islamic religion, their view on the Muslim world was not bad
This is seen, for example, where Obama, during his first inaugural address, said that the USA would seek new ways of promoting mutual interest with the Muslim world. Furthermore, this can be seen as trying to imply that, while the USA has previously held the Muslim world with dissent and contempt, going forward, his administration would try to improve on such relations.
On the other hand, president bush sated in public about his belief that there was no barrier that prevents the Muslims from entering heaven, nor Christians also have a barrier regarding entry into heaven. He went ahead to say that Islam religion is an acceptable route to God, just like Christianity. Therefore, this shows that he had nothing bad against the Muslim world. In addition, when President Bush sent his arm in Islamic countries to fight terrorism, his government tried so much to explain that it was a war on terror and not the war on Muslims.
Conclusion
The view of bush and Obama on the Muslim world appears to be accommodative towards Islam and the Islamic community.
Work cited
Bowen, Gordon L. “Has Outreach to the Muslim World by the Obama Administration Had an Impact on Muslim Attitudes toward Terrorists and Terrorism?.” MERIA Journal 15.1 (2011).
Esposito, John L. “The future of Islam and US—Muslim relations.” Political Science Quarterly 126.3 (2011): 365-401.
Patel, Eboo. Out of many faiths: Religious diversity and the American promise. Princeton University Press, 2019.