Obama speech quoted jihad verse from Quran

Obama speech quoted jihad verse from Quran: "OBAMA WATCH CENTRAL
Address to Muslims used Islamic text urging war against nonbelievers
Posted: June 07, 2009
11:22 pm Eastern

By Aaron Klein
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

JERUSALEM – In his major address to the Muslim world last week, President Obama quoted a verse from the Quran that is interpreted as urging Muslims to follow Muhammad in waging jihad against nonbelievers.

The context of the verse – first noticed by Robert Spencer of the Jihad Watch website – was confirmed by Quranic experts contacted by WND.

'I have pointed to this section of the Quran as showing the importance of jihad and to follow the prophet (Muhammad) in jihad even though a war may be difficult,' Abu Abaida Al-Ahmed, the imam of a central mosque in Gaza City, told WND.

Obama quoted the verse in question during a section of his speech where he was stressing a 'new beginning' between the U.S. and the Muslim world, and the need for a 'sustained effort to listen to each other.'"