{"id":30229,"date":"2017-01-30T21:39:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T21:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=30229"},"modified":"2017-01-30T21:39:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T21:39:01","slug":"former-us-president-obama-rejects-faith-based-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=30229","title":{"rendered":"Former US President Obama rejects faith-based discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_30230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30230\" style=\"width: 818px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\" wp-image-30230\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/us-politics-inauguration-obama-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Former US president Barack Obama gives his final presidential press conference on January 18, 2017, at the White House in Washington, DC. He has said he would take a break from politics on leaving office, but would not hesitate to speak up if America's &quot;core values&quot; are questioned, citing concerns about discrimination and freedom of the press.PHOTO: AFP\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/us-politics-inauguration-obama-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/us-politics-inauguration-obama-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/us-politics-inauguration-obama-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/us-politics-inauguration-obama-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/us-politics-inauguration-obama.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former US president Barack Obama gives his final presidential press conference on January 18, 2017, at the White House in Washington, DC. He has said he would take a break from politics on leaving office, but would not hesitate to speak up if America's &#8220;core values&#8221; are questioned, citing concerns about discrimination and freedom of the press.PHOTO: AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">WASHINGTON (AFP) &#8211; Former US president Barack Obama expressed his objections on Monday to any faith-based discrimination, in an apparent dig at his successor Donald Trump's ban on nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries entering the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;With regard to comparisons to president Obama's foreign policy decisions, as we've heard before, the president fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion,&#8221; his spokesman Kevin Lewis said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The statement &#8211; Obama's first on politics since leaving the White House on January 20 &#8211; came amid an uproar over Trump's order on Friday to tighten controls on immigrants from the seven countries and to temporarily halt all resettlement of refugees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AFP) &#8211; Former US president Barack Obama expressed his objections on Monday to any faith-based discrimination, in an apparent dig at his successor Donald Trump&#8217;s ban on nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries entering the country. &#8220;With regard to comparisons to president Obama&#8217;s foreign policy decisions, as we&#8217;ve heard before, the president fundamentally disagrees with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=30229\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former US President Obama rejects faith-based discrimination - Bornomalanews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON (AFP) &#8211; Former US president Barack Obama expressed his objections on Monday to any faith-based discrimination, in an apparent dig at his successor Donald Trump&#039;s ban on nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries entering the country. &#8220;With regard to comparisons to president Obama&#039;s foreign policy decisions, as we&#039;ve heard before, the president fundamentally disagrees with [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=30229\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bornomalanews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bornomalanewscom-101666198219917\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-30T21:39:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/us-politics-inauguration-obama.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"780\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"520\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Bornomalanews.com\",\"description\":\"::  Web Portal publish from New York ::\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=30229#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/us-politics-inauguration-obama.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/us-politics-inauguration-obama.jpg\",\"width\":780,\"height\":520,\"caption\":\"Former US president Barack Obama gives his final presidential press conference on January 18, 2017, at the White House in Washington, DC. 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