Obama remembers Muslim victims of terror

Published: Aug. 10, 2011 at 9:45 PM

U.S. President Barack Obama chats with campaign volunteers during a lunch Aug. 10, 2011 at Ted's Bulletin in Washington. Obama had lunch with campaign volunteers who were selected based on essays they wrote about organizing. UPI/Alex Wong/POOL 

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama remembered the American Muslims killed on Sept. 11, 2001, as he hosted the annual Iftar dinner Wednesday at the White House.

The dinner, a meal held to break the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, has been a tradition at the White House since the Clinton administration. This year's was held a month before the 10th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks and in a climate of growing hostility to Islam in some parts of the United States.
"Muslim Americans were innocent passengers on those planes, including a young married couple looking forward to the birth of their first child," the president said.

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