美国总统奥巴马星期一在白宫举办的伊斯兰斋月餐会上发表讲话，谴责宗教偏见。
一些外交官、议员和美国穆斯林出席了传统的斋月餐会。在斋月中，穆斯林从日出到日落禁食。
奥巴马说，斋月餐会提醒“我们，是自由将我们美国人连结在一起”，包括自由遵行每个人信仰的不可侵犯的权利。
奥巴马谴责了近来一些与宗教有关的致命事件，包括上星期南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿市一座黑人教堂发生的枪击案。奥巴马说：“当我们的价值观受到威胁时，我们整个国家团结一致。作为美国人，我们坚信没有人应当由于族裔、相貌、爱好和信仰而受到攻击。我们团结一致，反对这种仇恨行为。”
U.S. President Barack Obama spoke out against religious prejudice Monday at a White House dinner celebrating the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Several members of the diplomatic community, lawmakers and Muslim Americans were on hand for a traditional Iftar dinner, which follows daily fasting from dawn to sunset.
Mr. Obama said the Iftar dinner is a reminder of "the freedoms that bind us together as Americans," including the "inviolable right to practice our faiths freely."
He condemned a number of recent deadly incidents involving religion, including last week's mass shooting at an African American church in Charleston, South Carolina. "When our values are
threatened, we come together as one nation," the president said. "As Americans, we insist that nobody should be targeted because of who they are, or what they look like, who they love, how they worship. We stand united against these hateful acts."
