Well, good afternoon. And, Sabah, thank you for the wonderful introduction and for your example -- your devotion to your faith and your education, and your service to others. You're an inspiration. You're going to be a fantastic doctor. And I suspect, Sabah, your parents are here because they wanted to see you so -- where are Sabah's parents? There you go. Good job, Mom. She did great, didn't she? She was terrific. 大家下午好。萨巴赫，谢谢你精彩的介绍，也谢谢你树立的榜样——你对信仰的虔诚、对学业的投入，以及对他人的服务。你令人钦佩。你会成为一名出色的医生。萨巴赫，我猜你父母来这里是想看看你——萨巴赫的父母在哪里？看到你们了。妈妈，干得好。她表现得很棒，不是吗？她真是太出色了。
To everyone here at the Islamic Society of Baltimore, thank you for welcoming me here today. I want to thank Muslim Americans leaders from across this city and this state, and some who traveled even from out of state to be here. I want to recognize Congressman John Sarbanes, who is here. As well as two other great leaders in Congress -- and proud Muslim Americans -- Congressman Keith Ellison from the great state of Minnesota -- and Congressman Andre Carson from the great state of Indiana. 感谢巴尔的摩伊斯兰协会的每一位，感谢你们今天欢迎我来到这里。我要感谢来自本市和本州的穆斯林美国领袖们，还有一些甚至从外州赶来参会的朋友们。我要向在场的约翰·萨尔班斯众议员致意。还有国会中另外两位杰出的领袖——同时也是自豪的穆斯林美国人——来自明尼苏达州的基思·埃里森众议员，以及来自印第安纳州的安德烈·卡森众议员。
This mosque, like so many in our country, is an all-American story. You've been part of this city for nearly half a century. You serve thousands of families -- some who've lived here for decades as well as immigrants from many countries who've worked to become proud American citizens. 这座清真寺，就像我们国家的许多清真寺一样，是一个典型的美国故事。你们扎根这座城市已近半个世纪。你们为成千上万的家庭提供服务——其中有些家庭已在这里生活了数十年，也有来自许多国家的移民，他们通过努力成为了自豪的美国公民。
Now, a lot of Americans have never visited a mosque. To the folks watching this today who haven't -- think of your own church, or synagogue, or temple, and a mosque like this will be very familiar. This is where families come to worship and express their love for God and each other. There's a school where teachers open young minds. Kids play baseball and football and basketball -- boys and girls -- I hear they're pretty good. Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts meet, recite the Pledge of Allegiance here. 现在，很多美国人从未去过清真寺。对于今天正在观看、还没有去过清真寺的人们——请想想你们自己的教堂、犹太会堂或寺庙，这样的清真寺对你们来说会非常熟悉。这里是家庭前来礼拜、表达对真主和彼此之爱的地方。这里有一所学校，老师们在这里启迪年轻的心灵。孩子们打棒球、踢足球、打篮球——男孩女孩都有——我听说他们打得还挺不错。幼童军和女童军在这里集会，在这里宣读效忠誓词。
With interfaith dialogue, you build bridges of understanding with other faith communities -- Christians and Jews. There's a health clinic that serves the needy, regardless of their faith. And members of this community are out in the broader community, working for social justice and urban development. As voters, you come here to meet candidates. As one of your members said, "just look at the way we live...we are true Americans." 通过跨信仰对话，你们与其他信仰社区——基督教和犹太教——建立了理解的桥梁。这里有一家为有需要的人服务的健康诊所，无论他们的信仰为何。这个社区的成员还走向更广阔的社会，为社会正义和城市发展而努力。作为选民，你们来这里与候选人见面。正如你们的一位成员所说："看看我们的生活方式……我们是真正的美国人。"
So the first thing I want to say is two words that Muslim Americans don't hear often enough -- and that is, thank you. Thank you for serving your community. Thank you for lifting up the lives of your neighbors, and for helping keep us strong and united as one American family. We are grateful for that. 所以我想说的第一件事，就是两个词——穆斯林美国人不常听到的两个词——那就是：谢谢。感谢你们服务社区。感谢你们改善邻居的生活，帮助我们作为一个美国家庭保持强大和团结。我们对此心存感激。
Now, this brings me to the other reason I wanted to come here today. I know that in Muslim communities across our country, this is a time of concern and, frankly, a time of some fear. Like all Americans, you're worried about the threat of terrorism. But on top of that, as Muslim Americans, you also have another concern -- and that is your entire community so often is targeted or blamed for the violent acts of the very few. 现在，这引出了我今天想来这里的另一个原因。我知道，在我们全国的穆斯林社区中，这是一个令人担忧的时期，坦率地说，也是一个有些恐惧的时期。和所有美国人一样，你们担心恐怖主义的威胁。但除此之外，作为穆斯林美国人，你们还有另一种担忧——那就是你们整个群体常常因为极少数人的暴力行为而成为目标或受到指责。
The Muslim American community remains relatively small --several million people in this country. And as a result, most Americans don't necessarily know -- or at least don't know that they know -- a Muslim personally. And as a result, many only hear about Muslims and Islam from the news after an act of terrorism, or in distorted media portrayals in TV or film, all of which gives this hugely distorted impression. 穆斯林美国人社区相对较小——全国只有几百万人。因此，大多数美国人不一定认识穆斯林——或者至少不知道他们其实认识穆斯林。结果，许多人只在恐怖袭击发生后从新闻中，或从电视、电影中被歪曲的媒体形象中了解穆斯林和伊斯兰教，这一切都造成了极度扭曲的印象。
And since 9/11, but more recently, since the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, you've seen too often people conflating the horrific acts of terrorism with the beliefs of an entire faith. And of course, recently, we've heard inexcusable political rhetoric against Muslim Americans that has no place in our country. 自9·11以来，尤其是最近巴黎和圣贝纳迪诺袭击事件发生后，你们看到人们太频繁地将恐怖主义的可怕行径与整个宗教信仰混为一谈。当然，最近我们还听到了针对穆斯林美国人的不可原谅的政治言论，这些言论在我们国家没有立足之地。
No surprise, then, that threats and harassment of Muslim Americans have surged. Here at this mosque, twice last year, threats were made against your children. Around the country, women wearing the hijab -- just like Sabah -- have been targeted. We've seen children bullied. We've seen mosques vandalized. Sikh Americans and others who are perceived to be Muslims have been targeted, as well. 因此，针对穆斯林美国人的威胁和骚扰激增，也就不足为奇了。在这座清真寺，去年就有两次针对你们孩子的威胁。在全国各地，戴头巾的女性——就像萨巴赫一样——成为攻击目标。我们看到孩子被欺凌。我们看到清真寺被破坏。锡克教美国人和其他被误认为是穆斯林的人也成为了攻击目标。
I just had a chance to meet with some extraordinary Muslim Americans from across the country who are doing all sorts of work. Some of them are doctors; some of them are community leaders; religious leaders. All of them were doing extraordinary work not just in the Muslim community but in the American community. And they're proud of their work in business and education, and on behalf of social justice and the environment and education. I should point out they were all much younger than me -- which is happening more frequently these days. 我刚刚有机会会见了一些来自全国各地的杰出穆斯林美国人，他们从事着各种各样的工作。他们中有些是医生；有些是社区领袖；有些是宗教领袖。他们所有人不仅在穆斯林社区，而且在美国社会中都做出了非凡的贡献。他们为自己在商业、教育领域的工作感到自豪，也为社会正义、环境保护和教育事业而努力。我得指出，他们都比我年轻得多——这种情况最近越来越常见了。
And you couldn't help but be inspired, hearing about the extraordinary work that they're doing. But you also could not help but be heartbroken to hear their worries and their anxieties. 听到他们所做的非凡工作，你不禁会深受鼓舞。但听到他们的忧虑和焦虑，你也不禁会感到心碎。
Some of them are parents, and they talked about how their children were asking, are we going to be forced out of the country, or, are we going to be rounded up? Why do people treat us like that? Conversations that you shouldn't have to have with children -- not in this country. Not at this moment. 他们中有些人已为人父母，他们谈到孩子们问：我们会被迫离开这个国家吗？或者，我们会被围捕吗？为什么人们那样对待我们？这些是你不该和孩子进行的对话——在这个国家不该。在这个时代不该。
And that's an anxiety echoed in letters I get from Muslim Americans around the country. I've had people write to me and say, I feel like I'm a second-class citizen. I've had mothers write and say, "my heart cries every night," thinking about how her daughter might be treated at school. A girl from Ohio, 13 years old, told me, "I'm scared." A girl from Texas signed her letter "a confused 14-year-old trying to find her place in the world." 这种焦虑也反映在我收到的全国各地穆斯林美国人的来信中。有人写信给我说，我觉得自己像二等公民。有母亲写道："我的心每晚都在哭泣，"担心女儿在学校可能受到的对待。俄亥俄州一个13岁的女孩告诉我："我害怕。"得克萨斯州的一个女孩在信的结尾署名"一个困惑的14岁女孩，努力在世界上找到自己的位置"。
These are children just like mine. And the notion that they would be filled with doubt and questioning their places in this great country of ours at a time when they've got enough to worry about -- it's hard being a teenager already -- that's not who we are. 这些孩子和我的孩子一样。想到他们会充满疑虑，会质疑自己在我们这个伟大国家中的位置，而他们本已够操心的了——做青少年本来就不容易——这不是我们应有的样子。
We're one American family. And when any part of our family starts to feel separate or second-class or targeted, it tears at the very fabric of our nation. 我们是一个美国家庭。当我们家庭的任何一部分开始感到被孤立、被当作二等公民或成为攻击目标时，这都会撕裂我们国家的根基。
It's a challenge to our values -- and that means we have much work to do. We've got to tackle this head on. We have to be honest and clear about it. And we have to speak out. This is a moment when, as Americans, we have to truly listen to each other and learn from each other. And I believe it has to begin with a common understanding of some basic facts. And I express these facts, although they'd be obvious to many of the people in this place, because, unfortunately, it's not facts that are communicated on a regular basis through our media. 这对我们的价值观是一个挑战——这意味着我们有很多工作要做。我们必须正面应对这个问题。我们必须坦诚、清醒地面对。我们必须发声。在这个时刻，作为美国人，我们必须真正倾听彼此，相互学习。我相信，这必须从对一些基本事实的共识开始。我之所以讲这些事实，尽管对在场的许多人来说是显而易见的，是因为不幸的是，这些事实并没有通过我们的媒体定期传播。
So let's start with this fact: For more than a thousand years, people have been drawn to Islam's message of peace. And the very word itself, Islam, comes from salam -- peace. The standard greeting is as-salamu alaykum -- peace be upon you. And like so many faiths, Islam is rooted in a commitment to compassion and mercy and justice and charity. Whoever wants to enter paradise, the Prophet Muhammad taught, "let him treat people the way he would love to be treated." For Christians like myself, I'm assuming that sounds familiar. 让我们从这个事实开始：一千多年来，人们一直被伊斯兰教的和平讯息所吸引。"伊斯兰"这个词本身就来自"赛俩目"——和平。标准的问候语是"愿平安降临于你"。和许多信仰一样，伊斯兰教植根于同情、仁慈、正义和慈善的承诺。先知穆罕默德教导说，凡想进入天堂者，"当以己之所欲待人"。对于像我这样的基督徒来说，我想这听起来很熟悉。
The world's 1.6 billion Muslims are as diverse as humanity itself. They are Arabs and Africans. They're from Latin America to Southeast Asia; Brazilians, Nigerians, Bangladeshis, Indonesians. They are white and brown and black. There's a large African American Muslim community. That diversity is represented here today. A 14-year-old boy in Texas who's Muslim spoke for many when he wrote to me and said, "We just want to live in peace." 世界上16亿穆斯林如同人类本身一样多元。他们有阿拉伯人，有非洲人。他们从拉丁美洲到东南亚遍布各地；有巴西人、尼日利亚人、孟加拉国人、印度尼西亚人。他们有白人、棕种人、黑人。还有一个庞大的非裔美国穆斯林社区。这种多样性今天就在这里得到了体现。得克萨斯州一个14岁的穆斯林男孩代表许多人写信给我说："我们只想和平生活。"
Here's another fact: Islam has always been part of America. Starting in colonial times, many of the slaves brought here from Africa were Muslim. And even in their bondage, some kept their faith alive. A few even won their freedom and became known to many Americans. And when enshrining the freedom of religion in our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, our Founders meant what they said when they said it applied to all religions. 还有一个事实：伊斯兰教一直是美国的一部分。早在殖民时代，许多从非洲被带到这里的奴隶就是穆斯林。即使在被奴役的状态下，有些人仍保持着信仰。少数人甚至赢得了自由，为许多美国人所知。当我们的开国元勋们将宗教自由载入宪法和《权利法案》时，他们说适用于所有宗教，他们是认真的。
Back then, Muslims were often called Mahometans. And Thomas Jefferson explained that the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom he wrote was designed to protect all faiths -- and I'm quoting Thomas Jefferson now -- "the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and the Mahometan." 那时候，穆斯林常被称为"穆罕默德信徒"。托马斯·杰斐逊解释说，他起草的《弗吉尼亚宗教自由法案》旨在保护所有信仰——我现在引用杰斐逊的话——"犹太人和非犹太人，基督徒和穆罕默德信徒"。
Jefferson and John Adams had their own copies of the Quran. Benjamin Franklin wrote that "even if the Mufti of Constantinople were to send a missionary to preach to us, he would find a pulpit at his service." So this is not a new thing. 杰斐逊和约翰·亚当斯都有自己的《古兰经》。本杰明·富兰克林写道："即使君士坦丁堡的穆夫提要派传教士来这里布道，他也会找到一个可供他使用的讲坛。"所以这不是什么新鲜事。
Generations of Muslim Americans helped to build our nation. They were part of the flow of immigrants who became farmers and merchants. They built America's first mosque, surprisingly enough, in North Dakota. America's oldest surviving mosque is in Iowa. The first Islamic center in New York City was built in the 1890s. Muslim Americans worked on Henry Ford's assembly line, cranking out cars. A Muslim American designed the skyscrapers of Chicago. 一代又一代的穆斯林美国人帮助建设了我们的国家。他们是移民浪潮的一部分，成为了农民和商人。他们建造了美国第一座清真寺，令人惊讶的是，地点在北达科他州。美国现存最古老的清真寺在爱荷华州。纽约市的第一座伊斯兰中心建于19世纪90年代。穆斯林美国人曾在亨利·福特的装配线上工作，生产汽车。一位穆斯林美国人设计了芝加哥的摩天大楼。
In 1957, when dedicating the Islamic center in Washington, D.C., President Eisenhower said, "I should like to assure you, my Islamic friends, that under the American Constitution...and in American hearts...this place of worship, is just as welcome...as any other religion." 1957年，艾森豪威尔总统在为华盛顿特区的伊斯兰中心揭幕时说："我想向你们，我的穆斯林朋友们保证，根据美国宪法……在美国人民心中……这座礼拜场所……和其他任何宗教场所一样受欢迎。"
And perhaps the most pertinent fact, Muslim Americans enrich our lives today in every way. They're our neighbors, the teachers who inspire our children, the doctors who trust us with our health -- future doctors like Sabah. They're scientists who win Nobel Prizes, young entrepreneurs who are creating new technologies that we use all the time. They're the sports heroes we cheer for -- like Muhammad Ali and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon. 也许最贴切的事实是，穆斯林美国人今天在方方面面丰富着我们的生活。他们是我们的邻居，是激励我们孩子的老师，是守护我们健康的医生——像萨巴赫这样的未来医生。他们是获得诺贝尔奖的科学家，是创造我们日常使用的新技术的年轻企业家。他们是我们为之欢呼的体育英雄——比如穆罕默德·阿里、卡里姆·阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔、哈基姆·奥拉朱旺。
And by the way, when Team USA marches into the next Olympics, one of the Americans waving the red, white and blue -- will a fencing champion, wearing her hijab, Ibtihaj Muhammad, who is here today. Stand up. I told her to bring home the gold. Not to put any pressure on you. 顺便说一下，当美国队进军下一届奥运会时，挥舞着红白蓝国旗的美国人中，将有一位击剑冠军，戴着她的头巾——伊布蒂哈吉·穆罕默德，她今天也在场。请站起来。我告诉她要拿金牌回来。不是想给你压力啊。
Muslim Americans keep us safe. They're our police and our firefighters. They're in homeland security, in our intelligence community. They serve honorably in our armed forces -- meaning they fight and bleed and die for our freedom. Some rest in Arlington National Cemetery. 穆斯林美国人守护着我们的安全。他们是我们的警察和消防员。他们在国土安全部门工作，在我们的情报机构工作。他们在我们的军队中光荣服役——这意味着他们为我们的自由而战、流血、牺牲。有些人长眠在阿灵顿国家公墓。
So Muslim Americans are some of the most resilient and patriotic Americans you'll ever meet. We're honored to have some of our proud Muslim American servicemembers here today. Please stand if you're here, so we can thank you for your service. 所以，穆斯林美国人是你所能遇到的最坚韧、最爱国的美国人之一。我们很荣幸今天有一些自豪的穆斯林美国军人在场。如果你们在场，请站起来，让我们感谢你们的服务。
So part of the reason I want to lay out these facts is because, in the discussions that I was having with these incredibly accomplished young people, they were pointing that so often they felt invisible. And part of what we have to do is to lift up the contributions of the Muslim American community not when there's a problem, but all the time. 我之所以要陈述这些事实，部分原因是，在我与这些成就斐然的年轻人交谈时，他们指出他们常常感到自己被忽视了。我们必须做的一部分工作，就是在平时——而不仅仅是出现问题时——彰显穆斯林美国社区的贡献。
Our television shows should have some Muslim characters that are unrelated to national security -- because -- it's not that hard to do. There was a time when there were no black people on television. And you can tell good stories while still representing the reality of our communities. 我们的电视节目应该有一些与国家安全无关的穆斯林角色——因为——这并不难做到。曾几何时，电视上连黑人都没有。你可以在讲述好故事的同时，依然真实展现我们社区的多元面貌。
Now, we do have another fact that we have to acknowledge. Even as the overwhelming majority -- and I repeat, the overwhelming majority -- of the world's Muslims embrace Islam as a source of peace, it is undeniable that a small fraction of Muslims propagate a perverted interpretation of Islam. This is the truth. 现在，我们必须承认另一个事实。尽管世界上绝大多数穆斯林——我再说一遍，绝大多数——都将伊斯兰教视为和平之源，但不可否认的是，一小部分穆斯林宣扬对伊斯兰教的扭曲解读。这是事实。
Groups like al Qaeda and ISIL, they're not the first extremists in history to misuse God's name. We've seen it before, across faiths. But right now, there is an organized extremist element that draws selectively from Islamic texts, twists them in an attempt to justify their killing and their terror. 像基地组织和伊斯兰国这样的组织，他们不是历史上第一批滥用真主之名的极端分子。我们以前见过这种情况，跨越各种信仰。但现在，有一个有组织的极端主义势力，有选择地引用伊斯兰教文本，歪曲它们，试图为其杀戮和恐怖行为辩护。
They combine it with false claims that America and the West are at war with Islam. And this warped thinking that has found adherents around the world -- including, as we saw, tragically, in Boston and Chattanooga and San Bernardino -- is real. It's there. And it creates tensions and pressure that disproportionately burden the overwhelming majority of law-abiding Muslim citizens. 他们还将其与"美国和西方与伊斯兰教开战"的虚假说法结合起来。这种扭曲的思想在世界各地都有追随者——包括我们在波士顿、查塔努加和圣贝纳迪诺悲剧性地看到的那样——是真实存在的。它就在那里。它造成的紧张和压力，不成比例地压在了绝大多数守法的穆斯林公民身上。
And the question then is, how do we move forward together? How do we keep our country strong and united? How do we defend ourselves against organizations that are bent on killing innocents? And it can't be the work of any one faith alone. It can't be just a burden on the Muslim community -- although the Muslim community has to play a role. We all have responsibilities. So with the time I have left, I just want to suggest a few principles that I believe can guide us. 那么问题是，我们如何共同前进？我们如何保持国家的强大和团结？我们如何抵御那些一心要杀害无辜者的组织？这不能仅靠某一个信仰的力量。这不能只是穆斯林社区的负担——尽管穆斯林社区必须发挥作用。我们所有人都有责任。在我剩下的时间里，我想提出几个我认为可以指导我们的原则。
First, at a time when others are trying to divide us along lines of religion or sect, we have to reaffirm that most fundamental of truths: We are all God's children. We're all born equal, with inherent dignity. 第一，当其他人试图沿着宗教或教派路线分裂我们时，我们必须重申一个最基本的真理：我们都是真主的孩子。我们生来平等，都有与生俱来的尊严。
And so often, we focus on our outward differences and we forget how much we share. Christians, Jews, Muslims -- we're all, under our faiths, descendants of Abraham. So mere tolerance of different religions is not enough. Our faiths summon us to embrace our common humanity. "O mankind," the Quran teaches, we have "made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another." So all of us have the task of expressing our religious faith in a way that seeks to build bridges rather than to divide. 很多时候，我们关注外在的差异，却忘记了我们有多少共同之处。基督徒、犹太教徒、穆斯林——在我们的信仰中，我们都是亚伯拉罕的后裔。所以仅仅容忍不同宗教是不够的。我们的信仰召唤我们拥抱共同的人性。《古兰经》教导说："众人啊！我确已从一男一女创造你们，我使你们成为许多民族和宗族，以便你们互相认识。"所以我们所有人都有责任以搭建桥梁而非制造分裂的方式表达我们的宗教信仰。
Second, as Americans, we have to stay true to our core values, and that includes freedom of religion for all faiths. I already mentioned our Founders, like Jefferson, knew that religious liberty is essential not only to protect religion but because religion helps strengthen our nation -- if it is free, if it is not an extension of the state. 第二，作为美国人，我们必须坚守我们的核心价值观，其中包括所有信仰的宗教自由。我已经提到过我们的开国元勋，比如杰斐逊，他们知道宗教自由不仅对保护宗教至关重要，而且因为宗教有助于加强我们的国家——前提是它是自由的，不是国家的延伸。
Part of what's happened in the Middle East and North Africa and other places where we see sectarian violence is religion being a tool for another agenda -- for power, for control. Freedom of religion helps prevent that, both ways -- protects religious faiths, protects the state from -- or those who want to take over the state from using religious animosity as a tool for their own ends. 在中东、北非以及其他我们看到教派暴力的地方，部分问题在于宗教被用作实现其他目的的工具——为了权力，为了控制。宗教自由有助于防止这种情况发生，双向的——保护宗教信仰，保护国家不被——或者说，不被那些想篡夺国家权力的人利用宗教仇恨作为实现其目的的工具。
That doesn't mean that those of us with religious faith should not be involved. We have to be active citizenry. But we have to respect the fact that we have freedom of religion. 这并不意味着我们这些有宗教信仰的人不应该参与社会事务。我们必须做积极的公民。但我们必须尊重我们拥有宗教自由这一事实。
Remember, many preachers and pastors fought to abolish the evil of slavery. People of faith advocated to improve conditions for workers and ban child labor. Dr. King was joined by people of many faiths, challenging us to live up to our ideals. And that civil activism, that civic participation that's the essence of our democracy, it is enhanced by freedom of religion. 记住，许多牧师和神父曾为废除奴隶制的邪恶而斗争。有信仰的人倡导改善工人条件和禁止童工。金博士得到了许多信仰人士的支持，他们共同激励我们践行自己的理想。而这种公民行动主义，这种作为我们民主精髓的公民参与，正是因宗教自由而得到了加强。
Now, we have to acknowledge that there have been times where we have fallen short of our ideals. By the way, Thomas Jefferson's opponents tried to stir things up by suggesting he was a Muslim -- so I was not the first -- No, it's true, it's true. Look it up. I'm in good company. 现在，我们必须承认，有时我们未能达到我们的理想。顺便说一句，托马斯·杰斐逊的对手曾试图煽动事端，暗示他是穆斯林——所以我不是第一个——不，这是真的，是真的。去查一下吧。我有好伴儿。
But it hasn't just been attacks of that sort that have been used. Mormon communities have been attacked throughout our history. Catholics, including, most prominently, JFK -- John F. Kennedy -- when he ran for President, was accused of being disloyal. There was a suggestion that he would be taking orders from the Pope as opposed to upholding his constitutional duties. Anti-Semitism in this country has a sad and long history, and Jews were exclude routinely from colleges and professions and from public office. 但被用来攻击的还不止这些。摩门教社区在我们整个历史上一直受到攻击。天主教徒，最突出的是约翰·F·肯尼迪——当他竞选总统时，被指责不忠诚。有人说他会听命于教皇，而不是履行他的宪法职责。反犹太主义在这个国家有着悲惨而漫长的历史，犹太人曾被系统性地排除在大学、职业和公职之外。
And so if we're serious about freedom of religion -- and I'm speaking now to my fellow Christians who remain the majority in this country -- we have to understand an attack on one faith is an attack on all our faiths. And when any religious group is targeted, we all have a responsibility to speak up. And we have to reject a politics that seeks to manipulate prejudice or bias, and targets people because of religion. 所以，如果我们认真对待宗教自由——我现在是对我那些仍占这个国家多数的基督徒同胞们说的——我们必须明白，对一种信仰的攻击就是对我们所有信仰的攻击。当任何宗教群体成为目标时，我们所有人都有责任发声。我们必须拒绝那种操纵偏见、因宗教而针对他人的政治。
We've got to make sure that hate crimes are punished, and that the civil rights of all Americans are upheld. And just as faith leaders, including Muslims, must speak out when Christians are persecuted around the world -- or when anti-Semitism is on the rise -- because the fact is, is that there are Christians who are targeted now in the Middle East, despite having been there for centuries, and there are Jews who've lived in places like France for centuries who now feel obliged to leave because they feel themselves under assault --sometimes by Muslims. 我们必须确保仇恨罪行受到惩罚，所有美国人的公民权利得到维护。正如信仰领袖——包括穆斯林领袖——必须在世界各地基督徒遭受迫害时发声——或在反犹太主义抬头时发声——因为事实是，现在中东有基督徒成为目标，尽管他们已在那里生活了几个世纪，也有犹太人在法国等地生活了几个世纪，现在却因为感到受到攻击而不得不离开——有时是受到穆斯林的攻击。
We have to be consistent in condemning hateful rhetoric and violence against everyone. And that includes against Muslims here in the United States of America. 我们必须始终如一地谴责针对所有人的仇恨言论和暴力。这包括针对美国境内穆斯林的仇恨言论和暴力。
So none of us can be silent. We can't be bystanders to bigotry. And together, we've got to show that America truly protects all faiths. 所以我们谁都不能沉默。我们不能对偏见袖手旁观。我们必须共同证明，美国真正保护所有信仰。
Which brings me to my next point: As we protect our country from terrorism, we should not reinforce the ideas and the rhetoric of the terrorists themselves. I often hear it said that we need moral clarity in this fight. And the suggestion is somehow that if I would simply say, these are all Islamic terrorists, then we would actually have solved the problem by now, apparently. Well, I agree, we actually do need moral clarity. Let's have some moral clarity. 这引出了我的下一点：在我们保护国家免受恐怖主义侵害的同时，我们不应强化恐怖分子自身的思想和言论。我常听到有人说，在这场斗争中我们需要道德上的明确性。言下之意好像是，如果我干脆说这些都是伊斯兰恐怖分子，那我们现在就已经解决问题了似的。好吧，我同意，我们确实需要道德上的明确性。让我们来明确一下。
Groups like ISIL are desperate for legitimacy. They try to portray themselves as religious leaders and holy warriors who speak for Islam. I refuse to give them legitimacy. We must never give them that legitimacy. They're not defending Islam. They're not defending Muslims. The vast majority of the people they kill are innocent Muslim men, women and children. 像伊斯兰国这样的组织极度渴望获得合法性。他们试图把自己描绘成代表伊斯兰教的宗教领袖和圣战勇士。我拒绝给他们合法性。我们永远不能给他们这种合法性。他们不是在捍卫伊斯兰教。他们不是在捍卫穆斯林。他们杀害的绝大多数人是无辜的穆斯林男女老少。
And, by the way, the notion that America is at war with Islam ignores the fact that the world's religions are a part of who we are. We can't be at war with any other religion because the world's religions are a part of the very fabric of the United States, our national character. 而且，顺便说一句，"美国与伊斯兰教开战"这种说法，忽略了世界各大宗教是我们身份的一部分这一事实。我们不能与任何其他宗教开战，因为世界各大宗教是美国结构、是我们民族性格的一部分。
So the best way for us to fight terrorism is to deny these organizations legitimacy and to show that here in the United States of America, we do not suppress Islam; we celebrate and lift up the success of Muslim Americans. That's how we show the lie that they're trying to propagate. We shouldn't play into terrorist propaganda. And we can't suggest that Islam itself is at the root of the problem. That betrays our values. It alienates Muslim Americans. It's hurtful to those kids who are trying to go to school and are members of the Boy Scouts, and are thinking about joining our military. 所以，我们打击恐怖主义的最佳方式，就是剥夺这些组织的合法性，并表明在美利坚合众国，我们不压制伊斯兰教；我们颂扬并彰显穆斯林美国人的成功。这就是我们揭穿他们所宣扬谎言的方式。我们不应该迎合恐怖主义宣传。我们不能暗示伊斯兰教本身就是问题的根源。那违背了我们的价值观。那会疏远穆斯林美国人。那会伤害那些正在上学、参加童子军、考虑加入我们军队的孩子们。
That kind of mindset helps our enemies. It helps our enemies recruit. It makes us all less safe. So let's be clear about that. 这种思维方式帮了我们敌人的忙。帮了我们敌人招募的忙。让我们所有人都更不安全。所以我们要对此保持清醒。
Now, finally, just as all Americans have a responsibility to reject discrimination -- I've said this before -- Muslims around the world have a responsibility to reject extremist ideologies that are trying to penetrate within Muslim communities. 最后，正如所有美国人都有责任拒绝歧视一样——我以前也说过——世界各地的穆斯林也有责任拒绝试图渗透到穆斯林社区的极端主义意识形态。
Here at this mosque, and across our country and around the world, Muslim leaders are roundly and repeatedly and consistently condemning terrorism. And around the globe, Muslims who've dared to speak out have often been targeted and even killed. So those voices are there; we just have to amplify them more. 在这座清真寺，在我们全国乃至世界各地，穆斯林领袖们都在明确、反复、一致地谴责恐怖主义。在全球范围内，那些敢于发声的穆斯林往往成为攻击目标，甚至被杀害。所以这些声音是存在的；我们只需要更多地放大它们。
And it was interesting, in the discussion I had before I came out, some people said, why is there always a burden on us? When a young man in Charleston shoots African Americans in a church, there's not an expectation that every white person in America suddenly is explaining that they're not racist. They can Everybody is assumed to be horrified by that act. And I recognize that sometimes that doesn't feel fair. 有趣的是，在我出来之前的讨论中，有人说，为什么我们总是有负担？当查尔斯顿的一个年轻人在教堂枪杀非裔美国人时，人们不会期望每个美国白人突然都来解释他们不是种族主义者。大家都默认每个人都会对那种行为感到震惊。我承认有时候这不太公平。
But part of the answer is to make sure that the Muslim community in all of its variety, in all the good works that it's doing, in all the talent that's on display, that it's out there visible on a consistent basis -- not just at a certain moment. 但部分答案在于，确保穆斯林社区以其多样性、以其所做的所有善事、以所展现的所有才华，持续地出现在公众视野中——而不仅仅是在某个特定时刻。
But what is also true is, is that there is a battle of hearts and minds that takes place -- that is taking place right now, and American Muslims are better positioned than anybody to show that it is possible to be faithful to Islam and to be part of a pluralistic society, and to be on the cutting-edge of science, and to believe in democracy. 但同样真实的是，一场思想和心灵的战斗正在进行——就在此刻正在发生，而美国穆斯林比任何人都更有能力证明，既忠于伊斯兰教又融入多元社会、既站在科学前沿又信仰民主，是可能的。
And so I would urge all of you not to see this as a burden, but as a great opportunity and a great privilege to show who you are. To use a little Christian expression -- let your light shine. Because when you do you'll make clear that this is not a clash of civilizations between the West and Islam. This is a struggle between the peace-loving, overwhelming majority of Muslims around the world and a radical, tiny minority. 所以我恳请你们所有人，不要把这看作一种负担，而要把它看作一个展示自我的大好机会和荣耀。用一个基督教的说法——让你们的光闪耀。因为当你们这样做时，你们会清楚地表明，这不是西方与伊斯兰教之间的文明冲突。这是世界各地热爱和平的绝大多数穆斯林与极少数激进分子之间的斗争。
And ultimately, I'm confident that the overwhelming majority will win that battle. Muslims will decide the future of your faith. And I'm confident in the direction that it will go. 最终，我相信绝大多数人会赢得这场斗争。穆斯林将决定你们信仰的未来。而我对它的走向充满信心。
But across the Islamic world, influential voices should consistently speak out with an affirmative vision of their faith. And it's happening. These are the voices of Muslim clerics who teach that Islam prohibits terrorism, for the Quran says whoever kills an innocent, it is as if he has killed all mankind. These are the voices of Muslim scholars, some of whom join us today, who know Islam has a tradition of respect for other faiths; and Muslim teachers who point out that the first word revealed in the Quran -- igra -- means "read" -- to seek knowledge, to question assumptions. 但在整个伊斯兰世界，有影响力的声音应该始终如一地发出对信仰的积极愿景。而这正在发生。这些声音来自穆斯林神职人员，他们教导说伊斯兰教禁止恐怖主义，因为《古兰经》说，凡枉杀一人者，如杀众人。这些声音来自穆斯林学者，其中一些今天也在座，他们知道伊斯兰教有尊重其他信仰的传统；还有穆斯林教师，他们指出《古兰经》中降示的第一个词——"伊格勒"——意思是"读"——寻求知识，质疑假设。
Muslim political leaders have to push back on the lie that the West oppresses Muslims, and against conspiracy theories that says America is the cause of every ill in the Middle East. Now, that doesn't mean that Muslim Americans aren't free to criticize American -- U.S. foreign policy. That's part of being an American. 穆斯林政治领袖必须驳斥"西方压迫穆斯林"的谎言，以及"美国是中东万恶之源"的阴谋论。但这并不意味着穆斯林美国人不能批评美国的外交政策。这是作为美国人的一部分。
I promise you, as the President of the United States, I'm mindful that that is a healthy tradition that is alive and well in America. But like leaders everywhere, these leaders have been offering, and need to continue to offer, a positive vision for progress, and that includes political and economic progress. 我向你们保证，作为美国总统，我深知这是一个健康的传统，在美国生机勃勃。但和世界各地的领导人一样，这些领导人一直在提出，也需要继续提出积极的进步愿景，包括政治和经济进步。
And we have to acknowledge that much of the violence in places like the Middle East is now turning into fights between sects -- Shia, Sunni and others -- where differences are often exploited to serve political agendas, as I said earlier. And this bloodshed is destroying Muslim families and communities, and there has to be global pressure to have the vision and the courage to end this kind of thinking and this approach to organizing political power. 我们必须承认，在中东等地，许多暴力现在正在演变成教派之间的争斗——什叶派、逊尼派和其他教派——分歧常常被利用来服务于政治议程，正如我之前所说。这种流血冲突正在摧毁穆斯林家庭和社区，必须有全球压力，才能有远见和勇气来结束这种思维方式和这种组织政治权力的方式。
It's not historically unique. It's happened in every part of the world -- from Northern Ireland to Africa, to Asia, to right here in the United States -- in the past. But it is something that we have to fight against. 这在历史上并非独一无二。世界上每个地方都发生过——从北爱尔兰到非洲，到亚洲，到美国本土——过去都发生过。但这是我们必须反对的。
And we know it's possible. Across the history of Islam, different sects traditionally have lived and thrived together peacefully. And in many parts of the world they do today, including here in the United States. 我们知道这是可能的。纵观伊斯兰教历史，不同教派传统上一直和平共处、共同繁荣。在世界许多地方，今天仍然如此，包括在美国。
Like people of all religions, Muslims living their faith in a modern, pluralistic world are called upon to uphold human rights, to make sure that everyone has opportunity. That includes the aspirations of women and youth and all people. If we expect our own dignity to be respected, so must we respect the dignity of others. 像所有宗教的信徒一样，在现代多元世界中践行信仰的穆斯林，被要求维护人权，确保每个人都有机会。这包括妇女、青年和所有人的抱负。如果我们期望自己的尊严得到尊重，我们也必须尊重他人的尊严。
So let me conclude by saying that as Muslim communities stand up for the future that you believe in, that you exhibit in your daily lives, as you teach your children, America will be your partner. We will -- I will -- do everything I can to lift up the multiplicity of Muslim voices that promote pluralism and peace. 最后，请允许我说，当穆斯林社区为你们所信仰的未来挺身而出时，当你们在日常生活中展现这种未来时，当你们教育子女时，美国将是你们的伙伴。我们将——我将——尽我所能，彰显促进多元主义与和平的多元穆斯林声音。
We will continue to reach out to young Muslims around the world, empowering them with science and technology and entrepreneurship, so they can pursue their God-given potential, and help build up their communities and provide opportunity. It's why we will continue to partner with Muslim American communities -- not just to help you protect against extremist threats, but to expand health care and education and opportunity -- because that's the best way to build strong, resilient communities. 我们将继续接触世界各地的穆斯林青年，用科学、技术和创业精神赋能他们，让他们能够发挥真主赋予的潜力，帮助建设他们的社区，创造机会。正因为如此，我们将继续与穆斯林美国社区合作——不仅帮助你们防范极端主义威胁，而且扩大医疗保健、教育和机会——因为这是建设强大、有韧性社区的最佳途径。
Our values must guide us in this work. Engagement with Muslim American communities must never be a cover for surveillance. We can't give in to profiling entire groups of people. There's no one single profile of terrorists. We can't securitize our entire relationship with Muslim Americans. We can't deal with you solely through the prism of law enforcement. We've got to build trust and mutual respect. That's how we'll keep our communities strong and our communities united. 我们的价值观必须指导这项工作。与穆斯林美国社区的接触绝不能成为监视的幌子。我们不能屈服于对整个群体进行画像的做法。恐怖分子没有单一的画像。我们不能把我们与穆斯林美国人的全部关系都安全化。我们不能仅仅通过执法的视角来对待你们。我们必须建立信任和相互尊重。这样我们才能保持社区的强大和团结。
As I was in discussion with the young people before I came in here, I said this will be a process. Law enforcement has a tough job. Some of these groups are specifically trying to target Muslim youth. We're going to have to be partners in this process. There will be times where the relationship is clumsy or mishandled. 正如我在进来之前与年轻人讨论时所说的，这将是一个过程。执法部门的工作很艰巨。其中一些组织专门针对穆斯林青年。我们必须在这个过程中成为伙伴。有时这种关系会很笨拙或处理不当。
But I want you to know that from the President to the FBI Director, to everybody in law enforcement, my directive and their understanding is, is that this is something we have to do together. And if we don't do it well, then we're actually not making ourselves safer; we're making ourselves less safe. 但我希望你们知道，从总统到联邦调查局局长，到执法部门的每一个人，我的指示和他们的共识是，这是我们必须共同做的事情。如果我们做得不好，那么我们实际上不是在让自己更安全；而是在让自己更不安全。
And here, I want to speak directly to the young people who may be listening. In our lives, we all have many identities. We are sons and daughters, and brothers and sisters. We're classmates; Cub Scout troop members. We're followers of our faith. We're citizens of our country. And today, there are voices in this world, particularly over the Internet, who are constantly claiming that you have to choose between your identities -- as a Muslim, for example, or an American. 在这里，我想直接对可能在收听的年轻人说。在我们的生活中，我们都有多重身份。我们是儿子和女儿，是兄弟和姐妹。我们是同学；幼童军成员。我们是信仰的追随者。我们是我们国家的公民。而今天，这个世界上有一些声音，尤其是在互联网上，不断声称你必须在你的身份之间做出选择——比如，要么做穆斯林，要么做美国人。
Do not believe them. If you're ever wondering whether you fit in here, let me say it as clearly as I can, as President of the United States: You fit in here -- right here. You're right where you belong. You're part of America, too. You're not Muslim or American. You're Muslim and American. 不要相信他们。如果你曾想知道你是否属于这里，请让我以美国总统的身份尽可能清楚地告诉你：你属于这里——就在这里。你就在你该在的地方。你也是美国的一部分。你不是"要么穆斯林要么美国人"。你既是穆斯林，也是美国人。
Don't grow cynical. Don't respond to ignorance by embracing a world view that suggests you must choose between your faith and your patriotism. Don't believe that you have to choose between your best impulses and somehow embrace a world view that pits us against each other -- or, even worse, glorifies violence. Understand your power to bring about change. Stay engaged in your community. Help move our country forward -- your country forward. 不要变得愤世嫉俗。不要因为无知就接受那种认为你必须在信仰和爱国之间做出选择的世界观。不要相信你必须放弃你最好的冲动，以某种方式接受那种让我们相互对立的世界观——或者更糟的是，美化暴力的世界观。要明白你有带来改变的力量。继续参与你的社区。帮助推动我们的国家前进——你们的国家前进。
We are blessed to live in a nation where even if we sometimes stumble, even if we sometimes fall short, we never stop striving for our ideals. We keep moving closer to that more perfect union. We're a country where, if you work hard and if you play by the rules, you can ultimately make it, no matter who you are or how you pray. It may not always start off even in the race, but here, more than any place else, there's the opportunity to run that race. 我们有幸生活在这样一个国家：即使我们有时会跌倒，即使我们有时未能达到理想，我们也从未停止追求我们的理想。我们不断向那个更完美的联邦迈进。在我们的国家，只要你努力工作，只要你遵守规则，你最终就能成功，无论你是谁，无论你如何祈祷。也许起跑线并不总是公平的，但在这里，比在其他任何地方，都有机会跑这场比赛。
And as we go forward, I want every Muslim American to remember you are not alone. Your fellow Americans stand with you -- just as Sabah described her friends after she decided that she was going to start wearing a hijab. That's not unusual. Because just as so often we only hear about Muslims after a terrorist attack, so often we only hear about Americans' response to Muslims after a hate crime has happened, we don't always hear about the extraordinary respect and love and community that so many Americans feel. 在我们前进的过程中，我希望每一位穆斯林美国人都记住，你们并不孤单。你们的美国同胞与你们站在一起——就像萨巴赫描述她决定开始戴头巾后朋友们的反应一样。这并不罕见。因为就像我们常常只在恐怖袭击后才听到关于穆斯林的消息一样，我们也常常只在仇恨犯罪发生后才听到美国人对穆斯林的回应，我们并不总能感受到那么多美国人所怀有的非凡的尊重、爱和社群情谊。
I'm thinking about the seven-year-old boy in Texas who emptied his piggy bank to help a mosque that had been vandalized. Or all the faith communities that rallied around Muslim Americans after the tragedy in Chapel Hill. The churches and the synagogues standing shoulder-to-shoulder with their local mosques, including the woman carrying a sign saying "We love our Muslim neighbors." Think of our men and women in uniform who, when they heard that a little girl was afraid because she's a Muslim, sent her a message -- "I Will Protect You." 我想到了得克萨斯州那个七岁的男孩，他倒空了自己的存钱罐，去帮助一座遭到破坏的清真寺。还有所有在教堂山悲剧后团结在穆斯林美国人身边的信仰社区。教堂和犹太会堂与当地清真寺肩并肩站在一起，包括那位举着标语的妇女，上面写着"我们爱我们的穆斯林邻居"。想想我们的男女军人，当他们听说一个小女孩因为是穆斯林而害怕时，他们给她发了一条信息——"我会保护你"。
I want every American to remember how Muslim communities are standing up for others, as well. Because right now, as we speak, there are Muslims in Kenya who saved Christians from terrorists, and Muslims who just met in Morocco to protect religious minorities, including Christians and Jews. The good people of this mosque helped this city move forward after the turmoil of last year. Muslim Americans across the country helped African American churches rebuild after arson. 我也希望每个美国人都记住，穆斯林社区是如何为他人挺身而出的。因为就在此刻，就在我们说话的时候，肯尼亚有穆斯林从恐怖分子手中救出了基督徒，摩洛哥有穆斯林刚刚集会保护宗教少数群体，包括基督徒和犹太人。这座清真寺的善良人们帮助这座城市在去年的动荡后重新前行。全国各地的穆斯林美国人帮助非裔美国人的教堂在遭纵火后重建。
Remember the Muslim Americans in Boston who reached out to victims of the Marathon bombing; the Muslim Americans across the country who raised money for the families of San Bernardino; the Muslim Americans in Chattanooga who honored our fallen servicemembers, one of them saying, "in the name of God, the God of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, God bless our fallen heroes." 记住波士顿的穆斯林美国人向马拉松爆炸案受害者伸出援手；全国各地的穆斯林美国人为圣贝纳迪诺遇难者家属筹款；查塔努加的穆斯林美国人向我们牺牲的军人致敬，其中一人说："奉真主之名——亚伯拉罕、摩西、耶稣和穆罕默德的真主——愿真主保佑我们倒下的英雄。"
We are one American family. We will rise and fall together. It won't always be easy. There will be times where our worst impulses are given voice. But I believe that ultimately, our best voices will win out. And that gives me confidence and faith in the future. 我们是一个美国家庭。我们将荣辱与共。这不会总是一帆风顺的。有时我们最坏的冲动会被放大。但我相信，最终，我们最好的声音会胜出。这给了我对未来的信心和信念。
After more than 200 years, our blended heritage, the patchwork quilt which is America, that is not a weakness, that is one of our greatest strengths. It's what makes us a beacon to the world. It's what led that mother who wrote to me -- the one who worries about her young daughter -- it led her to end her letter with hope, despite her fears. She said, "I still believe in one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." 历经两百多年，我们交融的传统，美国这床拼布被，不是弱点，而是我们最大的优势之一。这就是我们成为世界灯塔的原因。也正因如此，那位给我写信的母亲——那位为年幼女儿担忧的母亲——尽管心怀恐惧，却在信的结尾满怀希望。她说："我仍然信仰一个国家，在上帝之下，不可分割，人人享有自由与正义。"
May God's peace be upon you. 愿真主的平安降临于你们。
May God bless the United States of America. 愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。
Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. 非常感谢大家。谢谢。
