Obama seeks ‘new beginning’ in Muslim world
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31098535/ns/politics-white
_house/t/obama-seeks-new-beginning-muslim-world/
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Invoking the Quran and his rarely used middle name, Barack Hussein Obama declared Thursday that America has a common cause with Islam and never will be at war with the faith — an overture intently watched by the Muslim world and welcomed in unlikely quarters. An Iranian cleric called the president's speech "an initial step for removing misconceptions."
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He asked Muslims to join the fight. "The sooner the extremists are isolated and unwelcome in Muslim communities, the sooner we will all be safer," Obama said.