Obama's Islamic America. What country is he talking about?

"President Obama says Islam has always been part of America, which raises the question, does the president know something about American history that we don't?"...

"It also is customary in the United States to search for obscure contributions made by in-vogue minority groups as a feel-good way of promoting inclusion. One of the earliest Muslims to come to the United States was a 17th-century Egyptian named Norsereddin, who settled in the Catskills and was described by one chronicler as "haughty, morose, unprincipled, cruel and dissipated." Spurned by the princess of an Indian tribe that had befriended him, he managed through a subterfuge to poison her. He was later run down by the betrayed Indians, who burned him alive. It is not the kind of tale that makes it into politically correct history books."

Full Article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/12/obamas-islamic-america/