Obama names U.S. envoy to Muslim world body

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 2/13/10 | Regan E. Doherty

[NormsRevenge]

DOHA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he was naming a special envoy to a top Islamic body to further Washington's cooperation with the Muslim world.

Obama told a U.S.-Islamic World Forum in the Qatari capital Doha in a recorded video message that he was naming White House official Rashad Hussain as special envoy to the 56-member Organization of the Islamic Conference.

"As an accomplished lawyer and a close and trusted member of my White House staff, Rashad has played a key role in developing the partnerships I called for in Cairo," Obama said.

In a speech in Cairo last June, Obama called for a "new beginning" in ties between the United States and Muslims, many of whom felt targeted by the "war on terror" launched by President George W. Bush after the September 11, 2001 attacks, and by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

"Since then, my administration has made a sustained effort to listen. We've held thousands of events and town halls ...in the United States and around the world ... And I look forward to continuing the dialogue during my visit to Indonesia next month," Obama said.

Obama told Muslims in his June 4 speech in Cairo that violent extremists had exploited tensions between Muslims and the West and that Islam was not part of the problem.

His speech was welcomed by many Muslims, though some said they wanted him to spell out specific actions to resolve long-running problems like the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

[HardStarboard]

>>>...here is one of his quotes about Islam.

I don't believe that everybody has the time or inclination to do "track backs" to get to a "blind reference". There could have been any number of links to get to the original. In my experience, most Freepers that want to be understood will give some direct indication of the link in the body of the text.

I asked the question only because I'm a fan of Churchill.

I hope the effort to give me a specific location for the quote from sir Winston wasn't to too taxing on your time. It is appreciated.

Cheers......Hardstarboard

[hennie pennie]

NO.

EVERY single posting has a "TO:" followed by the post number which people are replying to.

I click on it all the time, and no, it doesn't take time.

I was simply making a comment to Sunken Civ.

KIndly don't post to me again, since clicking on the link PROVIDED BY FR for your convenience is simply so HARD for you,

I will add you to my DO-NOT-READ list, so GOOD BYE.