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June 4, 2009

Obama's Cairo speech, peacemaking efforts welcomed by U.S. Christian leaders

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Episcopal News Service
Matthew Davies

U.S. President Barack Obama waves before he delivering a speech in the Grand Hall of Cairo University in Cairo June 4, 2009. Obama told world Muslims on Thursday that violent extremists have exploited tensions between Muslims and the West, and that Islam was not part of the problem but part of promoting peace. Credit: REUTERS/Larry Downing