Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Barack Obama Tells Muslims 'Americans Are Not Your Enemy'

THE TELEGRAPH: US President Barack Obama has told the Muslim world that "Americans are not your enemy" and renewed his pledge to travel to make an address in the capital of a major Muslim nation.


Mr Obama noted that he had lived in Indonesia for several years while growing up, and said his travels through Muslim nations had convinced him that regardless of faith, people had certain common hopes and dreams.

"My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy - we sometimes make mistakes - we have not been perfect," Mr Obama said in an interview with the Al-Arabiya satellite television network.

"But if you look at the track record ... America was not born as a colonial power, and that the same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago, there's no reason why we can't restore that."

During the 2008 election campaign, Mr Obama vowed to improve US ties with the Muslim world and said he would travel to a major Islamic forum abroad to send that message. >>> By Alex Spillius in Washington | Tuesday, January 27, 2009

AL ARABIYA:
Obama’s Interview with Al Arabiya – Transcript

BERLINER ZEITUNG: Obama will muslimische Welt als Partner gewinnen

Washington - In seinem ersten Interview nach seiner Amtsübernahme hat sich US-Präsident Barack Obama an die muslimische Welt gewandt und eine «neue Partnerschaft in gegenseitigem Respekt» in Aussicht gestellt.

Er wolle kommunizieren, «dass die Amerikaner nicht Ihre Feinde sind», sagte Obama dem arabischsprachigen Sender Al-Arabija. Das Interview wurde kurz nach der Entsendung von Obamas Nahost-Beauftragten George Mitchell in die Nahost-Krisenregion aufgezeichnet und in Auszügen von US-Medien veröffentlicht. Mitchell wird unter anderem mit der israelischen und der palästinensischen Führung zusammentreffen. >>> © dpa | Dienstag, 27. Januar 2009

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