New beginnings in Egypt?
FAITH IN ACTION
FAITH IN ACTION
By Katherine Marshall
Two hands cradling a tender young plant provided the visual image for an ambitious conference last week in Alexandria, Egypt. The image aptly illustrated the underlying question: have the new beginnings that President Obama promised one year ago, in his speech to the world's Muslim communities at Cairo University, taken root? Not surprisingly, those of us who attended the conference heard a wide range of answers.
Rashad Hussain, special envoy of the U.S. President to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), waxed enthusiastic, with a long litany of changes in tone, paradigm, and approach that the Obama administration brings in its dealings with the Muslim world.
Source: http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/georgetown/2010/06/new_beginnings_in_egypt.html#more
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