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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama promised to improve U.S. ties with the Muslim world in his inauguration address on Tuesday, after tensions that followed the September 11 attacks and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect," said Obama, who became the first black president of the United States.
Obama, a practicing Christian, spent several years of his childhood in Indonesia, the most populous Muslim nation. His American mother, Ann Dunham, married Muslim Indonesian Lolo Soetoro after the end of her marriage to Obama's Kenyan father.
"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist," Obama said.
Under President George W. Bush, U.S. relations with Muslim nations have often been fractious, particularly after the September 11 attacks.
Many Muslims were angered by the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the opening of a prison for foreign terrorism suspects at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, widely seen as a symbol of human rights abuses of mostly Muslim prisoners carried out in the name of the "war on terrorism."
The Council on American Islamic Relations welcomed Obama's promise on seeking better relations with Muslim nations.
"We hope this encouraging statement, coupled with a change in America's previous policies toward the Muslim world, will help improve our nation's image and promote a safe and prosperous future for all of humanity," said Nihad Awad, executive director of the council.
The first Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Congress, Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, said Obama's words were an important signal of goodwill to Muslims in the United States as well as the rest of the world.
"I do believe it could undermine recruiting for al Qaeda," he told Reuters, because "their message depends on trying to demonize the United States as a country that is somehow hostile to Islam and the Muslim world."
Ellison said Obama's outreach would make it hard for al Qaeda to sustain its anti-American message.
Many Muslims are already excited about Obama, he said.
"If you were to go to Damascus, or Cairo, or Jerusalem today, you could find an Obama tee shirt. People are excited about the possibilities for what this means around the globe."
The population of Ellison's district is three or four percent Muslim, he said. Since his election to Congress in 2006, another Muslim has also been voted in: Democrat Andre Carson of Indiana.
About 300 young Muslims from 76 countries signed a letter published in the Washington Post on Tuesday, urging the new president to make policy changes that could improve relations between the Muslim world and the West.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090120/pl_nm/us_obama_muslims
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama promised to improve U.S. ties with the Muslim world in his inauguration address on Tuesday, after tensions that followed the September 11 attacks and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect," said Obama, who became the first black president of the United States.
Obama, a practicing Christian, spent several years of his childhood in Indonesia, the most populous Muslim nation. His American mother, Ann Dunham, married Muslim Indonesian Lolo Soetoro after the end of her marriage to Obama's Kenyan father.
"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist," Obama said.
Under President George W. Bush, U.S. relations with Muslim nations have often been fractious, particularly after the September 11 attacks.
Many Muslims were angered by the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the opening of a prison for foreign terrorism suspects at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, widely seen as a symbol of human rights abuses of mostly Muslim prisoners carried out in the name of the "war on terrorism."
The Council on American Islamic Relations welcomed Obama's promise on seeking better relations with Muslim nations.
"We hope this encouraging statement, coupled with a change in America's previous policies toward the Muslim world, will help improve our nation's image and promote a safe and prosperous future for all of humanity," said Nihad Awad, executive director of the council.
The first Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Congress, Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, said Obama's words were an important signal of goodwill to Muslims in the United States as well as the rest of the world.
"I do believe it could undermine recruiting for al Qaeda," he told Reuters, because "their message depends on trying to demonize the United States as a country that is somehow hostile to Islam and the Muslim world."
Ellison said Obama's outreach would make it hard for al Qaeda to sustain its anti-American message.
Many Muslims are already excited about Obama, he said.
"If you were to go to Damascus, or Cairo, or Jerusalem today, you could find an Obama tee shirt. People are excited about the possibilities for what this means around the globe."
The population of Ellison's district is three or four percent Muslim, he said. Since his election to Congress in 2006, another Muslim has also been voted in: Democrat Andre Carson of Indiana.
About 300 young Muslims from 76 countries signed a letter published in the Washington Post on Tuesday, urging the new president to make policy changes that could improve relations between the Muslim world and the West.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090120/pl_nm/us_obama_muslims
Hi American, the Muzzies are desperate to get an American President on their side. This will help their Jihad against the West and Israel.
I hope they all meet their maker, and soon! :nuke:
Shalom - Dox
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Boy, that didn't take long!
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I didnt think the news media would report this so early. But what else is new?
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I saw this clip on the news.
It shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone though. Obama made it abundantly clear in one of his books which side he'll be taking.
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"The Council on American Islamic Relations welcomed Obama's promise on seeking better relations with Muslim nations."
CAIR, now there's an endorsement!
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I saw this clip on the news.
It shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone though. Obama made it abundantly clear in one of his books which side he'll be taking.
Which book?
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more extreme muslims will call for obama's death.. saying he is an apostate. Brought up muslim, then going to "church". Now not , but that's enough for them to say he is not a muslim but was.
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I saw this clip on the news.
It shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone though. Obama made it abundantly clear in one of his books which side he'll be taking.
Which book?
"The Audacity of Hope"
Please see this thread:
http://jtf.org/forum_english/index.php/topic,27469
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Thanks. Is that his only book?
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Soon comes compulsory Quran learning in elementary schools with kids choosing their own Islamic names (and nom de guerre). Al Qaeda will have no problem recruiting blue-eyed bombers over here for any of our soft targets a decade from now.
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Soon comes compulsory Quran learning in elementary schools with kids choosing their own Islamic names (and nom de guerre). Al Qaeda will have no problem recruiting blue-eyed bombers over here for any of our soft targets a decade from now.
very good point.. with barack becoming a popular name, it's very very dangerous.
regular blacks , even whites, growing up with that name will identify with muslims even more than barack does!
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Thanks. Is that his only book?
No he has another book something with his fathers name in the title. dreams of my father i believe.