Indonesia Muslims laud Obama's speech
Ary Hermawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 06/04/2009 7:19 PM
Indonesian Muslims lauded President Barack Obama’s speech delivered to Islamic world in Cairo as "impressive" and "high quality". But they said the substance of the one-hour speech was "hardly new".
"People are waiting for him to bring a new perspective on the issue of Palestine," Muslim scholar Abdillah Toha told a seminar held by the Center for Dialogue and Cooperation among Civilizations.
He said Obama failed in his speech to bring forth a "breakthrough" approach to settling the Arab-Israeli conflict, deemed by many as the mother of all conflicts and one of the main issues undermining US-Muslim relations for decades.
Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsudin praised Obama's eloquence even when he quoted verses from the Koran. "Now we'd like to see the realization of his speech," he said.
Muhammadiyah is the second largest Muslim orghanization in Indonesia.
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