This is good news, at last it is happening. I hope it will continue. Regardless of our religious background, we all share one common denominator - we are all human.

TeamPOLITICO: Aug. 18, 2010 - 2:19 PM EST

“These Muslim leaders were experiencing something they knew nothing about,”

It's a shame that such a statement could be true. Why would they know nothing about the Holucaust?

One would think something as globally transformative as the Holocaust, with the resulting establishment of Israel after WWII, would be less a mystery. Perhaps it was just a figure of speech.

Blessed are the peacemakers...

It is said that with one step a journey of a thousand days begins. Let us hope the first step by these Imams

will prove out the statement.

Islam and Nazism were allied during WWII in the joint effort to exterminate the Jews. This is just PR spin and damage control. The vast majority of Islam is 100% in favor of Jewish extermination.

Funny how the American Left is so vehemently anti-Semitic and also calls for the destruction of Isreal. This probably dates back to their Soviet masters who also slaughtered the Jews by the tens of millions.

The Imams and the Obama officials high-fived eachother after the photo-op.

Shame on me for being "cynical", or is that "realistic", BUT the pronouncement that the Imans didn't "know about the holocaust" is, shall we say, "BS". Since the farce is "on", what might be the purpose? Is it perhaps, just maybe, evidence that islamists are advised to use deception when it suits theit purpose. Tell me it ain't so! Hmmm.... are we still in Kansas?

And a common logical fallacy that many Faux viewers fall into rather easily is called ad populum, that is, believing something is proven because many people believe it. Seems right, but is a false as can be.

@ Goldman_Owned_Party; You are mistaken; The only thing sadder than Fox news are the people who BE"LIE"VE Fox News.

The only network that sued for the RIGHT to LIE.

I like your post 'elect10'

This article caught my eye and a part of me felt something good just happened. I might even have to admit that this is at least one good thing that this administration has accomplished. My feelings are that the good that comes is perhaps a first admission by Imam's, ON THE RECORD, that the holocaust actually happened, and that it was a human tragedy.

My disappointment was their addmission of not having heard of it before: either they are totally disingenuous, or totally ignorant of world history. Either case I have problems with.

Unlike others commenting on this thread, I have spent several years of my life living and working in and around the arabian penninsula and understand how the society works. Like anywhere else in the world you have good and bad people. Part of the problem in their society is that for all the wealth they are more stratified in their class structure and generally much more bigoted, racist and sexist than any other culture I have experienced.

Islam is NOT only a religion as compared to how many christians practice their faith, with Islam it necessarily dictates nearly every aspect of life and governance. Many of these dictates are in stark contrast to those accepted in the west. The Islamic faith cannot melt into our pot if they maintain a strict adherance to their faith. I accepted the notion that 'when in Rome,,,' whilst I lived in their country and respected their customs. I wish only that they would convey the same respect to our country , its laws,,,,and our customs.

America is unique in the world because of the BLENDING of our diverse immigrant cultures. What I fear is the Balkanization of our country, something already happening here today and very advanced in Europe. Immigrants are not assimilating, they are carving out their own sections of the countries they occupy.

This social, economic, and geographic isolation by race and creed, and culture is not healthy or productive for our society. Our hyper-sensitivity to respecting the beliefs and practices of others can make us appear weak and immoral in their eyes, fitting to be taken advantage of.

As I have aged I have come to believe more in the actions people take than the words they use. If in fact this Mosque is intended to 'bridge' our cultures I applaud the notion, I further respect their constitutional rights to build this Mosque where they choose,,,,but in as much as the events of 9-11 are not even ten years past, for many the wounds are still too fresh, the pain still to strong to accept this Mosque for what it is purported to represent. COMPASSION would dictate that they acquiesce and build it somewhere else.

Again, that would be an 'action' that would speak to our nation much louder than their 'words'.