Speech: “Obama reaches out to Muslims”

Speech: “Obama reaches out to Muslims”

June 6th, 2009 | Posted in Egypt, United States | Author: Global Media Post

“Invoking the Quran and his rarely used middle name, Barack Hussein, Obama declared… that America has a common cause with Islam and never will be at war with the faith — an overture intently watched by the Muslim world and welcomed in unlikely quarters. An Iranian cleric called the president’s speech ‘an initial step for removing misconceptions.’ Obama spoke at a seat of Islamic learning, his 55-minute address suffused with respect for touchstones of the religion. He said the time had come to ‘speak the truth’ and ‘seek a new beginning. America and Islam are not exclusive,’ he said, ‘and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings’ “

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