Obama: America will never fight Islam

America "never waged and will never wage war on Islam," said US President Barack Obama. According to RIA Novosti, Obama, who was addressing the Islamic world from the rostrum of the University of Cairo in Egypt, said that the spiral of suspicion and disagreement between Islam and the West should be interrupted.

“The first problem we must fight together is extremism in all its manifestations,” the American leader said. “We will tirelessly fight violence and extremism, which pose a serious threat to our security,” Obama emphasized. He added that US citizens "like people of all religions reject the killing of civilians, women and children."

As Reuters reports, in his speech the president paid attention to the Iranian problem. According to Obama, Iran has the right to use peaceful nuclear energy, but it should be really peaceful atom. Iran must comply with an agreement on non -proliferation of nuclear weapons, ”Obama said. Any nuclear weapons race in the Middle East jeopardizes the whole world, he believes.

Speaking about the war in Afghanistan, Obama said: "The United States does not want to keep their troops in Afghanistan, and they do not need military bases there." "Afghanistan was very expensive for us, and we will be happy to return each soldier home," the US president said.

In the conclusion of the speech, the American president said that the war in Iraq reminded the United States about the need to look for diplomatic ways to get out of conflicts.

Obama is in Egypt on a brief visit within the Middle Eastern tour. Obama’s speech at the University of Cairo is expected to start a new stage in the relations of the United States and the Muslim world.