Live Obama Historical Address, Egypt, June 4th 2009

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Wednesday June 03, 2009 · 11:43 PM PDT

2009/06/03 · 23:43

President Obama is now in Cairo and will make an Historical Statement aimed at reaching out to the Muslim World.

Because the President is perceived as a U.S. President coming from a visible minority, of African Roots and with some Indonesian Muslim Culture, Muslims have no choice but to take into consideration what he will say and ponder abour it, instead of de facto, reject, a priori his statement like they did with President Obama predecessor.

His Audience will be of about 1.3 billion of Muslims constituted of different Cultures. Muslims are not as monolithic as the 1,3 billion of Chinese Citizens.

However Muslims have one common denominator among them and yes it is the Dignity of Muslims, mainly manifested by the Palestinians. So to reach out to the Muslim Culture and move the Hearts and Minds of Muslims he must state that Working for Dignity will lead to Security and thus Reconciliation will continue.

I will try to follow live what is going on. And share with you different Muslims Cultures perceptions of the President Adress.

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Already Al-Jazeera report
Bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, urged Egyptians to shun Obama, saying his Middle East trip was at the invitation of the "torturers of Egypt" and the "slaves of America".

In a taped message released overnight, al-Zawahiri dubbed Obama a "criminal" who "is not welcome in Egypt".
http://english.aljazeera.net

From the same source
In a tape broadcast by Al Jazeera shortly after Obama arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, bin Laden said the president had inflamed hatred toward the US by ordering Pakistan to crack down on fighters in the Swat Valley.

He said: "Obama and his administration have sowed new seeds of hatred against America.

"He has followed the steps of his predecessor in antagonising Muslims ... and laying the foundation for long wars."
http://english.aljazeera.net
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