Minggu, 23 Agustus 2009

Ramadan message from Barack Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama promised "concrete action" to renew relations with the Muslim world. Obama's promise is delivered in a message to mark the beginning of Ramadan. "I want to re-affirm my commitment at the beginning of the new United States and among Muslims around the world," said Obama, Friday (21 / 8), in a speech broadcast the video when about 1.5 billion Muslims prepare to worship the one month fasting and contemplation. Friday's speech echoed Obama's important speech in Cairo in June, when he put a new blueprint for U.S. policy in the Middle East, promising to end the worsening suspicion. Since then, Obama said the embassies in the Muslim world the U.S. has held consultations with government and citizens, and he now "focus on concrete actions to pursue". "We heard. We listen to you," he said. Obama also pledged support for "full" at the two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as well as for "a responsible end to the war in Iraq". Islamic fasting month began Saturday in most of the Arab world and Iran. However, all the citizens of Libya and Shia Muslims in Lebanon, which determine the month, according to astronomical calculations, their fast start Friday.

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