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Article: VOA NEWS: PRESIDENT OBAMA TO MUSLIMS: AMERICA NOT ENEMY
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 27, 2009
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
U.S. President Barack Obama says he will work to show the Muslim world that Americans are not their enemy.
In his first formal interview - granted to an Arab television network - the American leader said his job is also to show Americans that people in the Muslim world simply want to live their lives and make better lives for their children.
Speaking on Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television, Mr. Obama pointed out that he has lived in Muslim countries and has Muslim family members.
As for Islamist terrorists, he said their ideas are bankrupt. He said nothing they have done has ensured that a child in the Muslim world is getting a better education, ...