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Article: Muslims want tangible change on Mideast from Obama
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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CAIRO, Egypt -- Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian
statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq --
that's what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia say they want to hear
from President Barack Obama this week when he addresses them from
this Arab capital.
His speech Thursday from Cairo University will try to soften the
fury toward the United States among so many of the world's 1.5
billion Muslims, ignited by the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the
hands-off attitude toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict of his
predecessor George W. Bush.
Obama's offer of a new beginning is seen as an attempt to stem
the growing influence of extremists -- particularly Iran, with its ...