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Obama calls for new beginning between US, Muslims
2009-06-04 (Thursday), Ya Libnan
Cairo- Quoting from the Quran for emphasis, President Barack Obama called for a "new beginning between the United States and Muslims" Thursday and said together, they could confront violent extremism across the globe and advance the timeless search for peace in the Middle East.


"This cycle of suspicion and discord must end," Obama said in a widely anticipated speech in one of the world's largest Muslim countries, an address designed to reframe relations after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
The White House said Obama's speech contained no new policy proposals on the Middle East. He said American ties with Israel are unbreakable, yet issued a firm, evenhanded call to the Jewish state and Palestinians alike to live up to their international obligations.

In a gesture to the Islamic world, Obama conceded at the beginning of his remarks that tension "has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations."

"And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear," said the president, who recalled hearing prayer calls of "azaan" at dawn and dusk while living in Indonesia as a boy.

At the same time, he said the same principle must apply in reverse. "Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire."

Obama spoke at Cairo University after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the second stop of a four-nation trip to the Middle East and Europe.

The speech was the centerpiece of his journey, and while its tone was striking, the president also covered the Middle East peace process, Iran, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the violent struggle waged by al-Qaida.

Obama arrived in the Middle East on Wednesday, greeted by a new and threatening message from al-Qaida's leader, Osama bin Laden. In an audio recording, the terrorist leader said the president inflamed the Muslim world by ordering Pakistan to crack down on militants in the Swat Valley and block Islamic law there.

But Obama said the actions of violent extremist Muslims are "irreconcilable with the rights of human beings," and quoted the Quran to make his point: "be conscious of God and always speak the truth ..."

"Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism — it is an important part of promoting peace," he said.

"Hamas must put an end to violence, recognize past agreements, and recognize Israel's right to exist," he said of the organization the United States deems as terrorists.

"The Palestinian Authority must develop its capacity to govern, with institutions that serve the needs of its people," Obama said.

"At the same time, Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine. The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements" on the West Bank and outskirts of Jerusalem, he said. "It is time for these settlements to stop."

As for Jerusalem itself, he said it should be a "secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims ..."

Obama also said the Arab nations should no longer use the conflict with Israel to distract their own people from other problems.

He treaded lightly on one issue that President George W. Bush had made a centerpiece of his second term — the spread of democracy.

Obama said he has a commitment to governments "that reflect the will of the people." And yet, he said, "No system of government can or should be imposed upon one nation by any other."

At times, there was an echo of Obama's campaign mantra of change in his remarks, and he said many are afraid it cannot occur.

"There is so much fear, so much mistrust. But if we choose to be bound by the past, we will never move forward," he said.

The president's brief stay in Cairo included a visit to the Sultan Hassan mosque, a 600-year-old center of Islamic worship and study. A tour of the Great Pyramids of Giza was also on his itinerary.

The build-up to the speech was enormous, stoked by the White House although Obama seemed at pains to minimize hopes for immediate consequences.

"One speech is not going to solve all the problems in the Middle East," he told a French interviewer. "Expectations should be somewhat modest."

Eager to spread the president's message as widely as possible, the tech-savvy White House orchestrated a live Webcast of the speech on the White House site; remarks translated into 13 languages; a special State Department site where users could sign up for speech highlights; and distribution of excerpts to social networking giants MySpace, Twitter and Facebook.

Though the speech was co-sponsored by al-Azhar University, which has taught science and Quranic scripture here for nearly a millennium, the actual venue was the more modern and secular Cairo University.

Red draperies formed a backdrop for the speech, blocking view of a portrait of Mubarak, an aging autocrat who's ruled Egypt since 1981.

"Egypt's democrats cannot help being concerned," wrote Dina Guirguis, executive director of Voices for a Democratic Egypt.

The university's alumni are among the Arab world's most famous — and notorious. They include the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfuz. Saddam Hussein studied law in the '60s but did not graduate. And al-Qaida second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri earned a medical degree.

© Ya Libnan 2008

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2006-05-01Can Democracy Stop Terrorism?
2006-05-01Tyranny and Terror
2006-05-01Women, Islam, and the New Iraq
2006-05-01Voices Baffled, Brash and Irate in Guantánamo
2006-11-06Mideast: Lessons from classical warfare
2006-11-27The Passion of the Pope
2006-11-29Islamic Revolution
2006-10-18The Clash of Cultures and American Hegemony
2006-10-05Symposium: Why the Mullahs Murdered Atefeh Rajabi
2006-09-29Iraq: Republic of fear
2007-07-25Want to Understand Islam? Start Here
2007-07-27Imagining Defeat -- What happen if America retreats from Iraq?
2007-08-13America’s illusory strategy in Iraq
2007-08-15President Delivers State of the Union Address
2007-08-19On Israel, America and AIPAC
2007-08-19Letter of Resignation from the Jewish People
2007-08-20A False Choice in Pakistan
2007-06-19CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER
2007-06-19Vanishing Christians of the Mideast -- The Silent Exodus
2007-06-17Welcome to 'Palestine'
2007-06-17Gen. Wesley Clark Weighs Presidential Bid: "I Think About It Everyday
2007-06-13John Perkins on "The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption"
2007-06-13Resource Wars - Can We Survive Them?
2007-06-13The Muslim Marshall Plan
2007-06-14Abbas declares state of emergency as Hamas overrruns Gaza
2007-07-01Warnings from Gaza
2007-07-22Iran's Renewed Threats to Take Over the Arab Gulf States
2007-07-13Press Conference by the President
2007-07-13The New York Times Surrenders -- A monument to defeatism on the editorial page
2007-07-07The Truth about Islamic Crusades and Imperialism
2007-07-10Muslims in Europe: Country guide
2007-05-26The Power Elite's Use Of War And Debt
2007-05-30Meet the Press [NBC] Interview With Prince Bandar
2007-05-28Forty years on
2007-06-08Race and Slavery in the Middle East
2007-06-12Singing CAIR’s Tune, On Your Dime
2007-06-12Globalizing Weakness: Is Global Poverty a Threat to the Interests of States?
2007-05-01Attack on Iran is the next step in divide and conquer of Middle East
2007-05-02Country Reports on Terrorism -- Briefing on Release of 2006
2007-05-03Timeline: Al-Qaeda
2007-05-02Country Reports on Terrorism -- Chapter 2 -- Country Reports: East Asia and Pacific Overview
2007-05-02Country Reports on Terrorism -- Chapter 1 -- Strategic Assessment
2007-05-17Us And Them -- Chapter One -- "that's Our Biggest Difference"
2008-08-21The Gaza concentration camp: ancient colonialism through a Nazi filter