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“From a school in Pakistan to the streets of Paris, we have seen violence and terrorists perpetrated by those who professed to stand up for their faith, professed to stand up for Islam but in fact are betraying it,” Obama said, citing ISIS.

“Humanity has been grappling with these questions throughout history,” Obama continued, “and lest we get up on our high horse and think that this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ.”

Obama also named slavery and Jim Crow as examples in America, along with religious intolerance “that would have shocked Gandhi” in India.

- Obama Warns Against ‘High Horse’ on Religious Extremism: ‘Terrible Deeds Done in Name of Christ’, MediaITE.com, February 5th, 2017.

3. The controversy surrounding Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand during the National Anthem seems like we won't hear the end of this debate for awhile. Some might argue that we are driving this story way too much into the ground, and that the realization of the lack of sensibility to focus on other pressing issues that drastically affect America and the world today is jarring.

But to continue this discourse, one of Muhammad Ali’s ex-wives has now given her two cents about Colin Kaepernick’s protest. Khalilah Camacho Ali, who was the iconic boxer’s spouse from 1967 to 1976, told TMZ Sports that she believe Kaepernick is “not heroic” for his protest, he should apologize for his actions, and that he needs to “get off his high horse.”