Banda Aceh, NU Online
Muslim clerics grouped in the Aceh Islamic Boarding School Ulema Association (HUDA) have welcomed the awarding of a Nobel prize for peace to US President Barack Obama.
HUDA thinks Obama deserves the Nobel peace prize because of his persistence in building harmonious relations between the West and the Muslim world, the association`s spokesman, Tgk Faisal Aly, said here Saturday.<>
"Obama deserves it because of his outstanding role in realizing peace between the West and the Muslim world," he said.
He said Obama had a strong commitment to realizing peace between the West and Muslims and therefore had appointed an American Muslim to be his special envoy to bridge Islam and the West.
"It is evidence that Obama has a strong commitment to building harmonious relations with the Muslim world. In addition, the US president also continues to try to create peace in Palestine," Faisal Aly said.
He said Obama should continue to do his best to create peace in Palestine and make it a peaceful region in the Middle East.
"I think the Palestinian issue is the key to Obama`s success in realizing world peace," Faisal Aly said.
Meanwhile, AFP reported from Washington DC on Friday that hours after being named a Nobel Peace winner, President Obama shouldered his duties as commander in chief of the US Armed Forces and convened his war council for crucial talks on Afghan strategy.
Obama gathered his top political, military, and security aides in the secure Situation Room of the White House for the fourth in a series of in-depth consultations on rescuing the US mission in the unpopular eight-year war.
"The president had a robust conversation about the security and political challenges in Afghanistan and the options for building a strategic approach going forward," AFP quoted an administration official as saying.
Obama "looks forward to continued discussion on Wednesday," the official said.
Obama was scheduled to be briefed by Afghan war commander General Stanley McChrystal on his report warning that the US counter-insurgency mission in Afghanistan could fail within a year without more troops. (dar)
Muslim clerics grouped in the Aceh Islamic Boarding School Ulema Association (HUDA) have welcomed the awarding of a Nobel prize for peace to US President Barack Obama.
HUDA thinks Obama deserves the Nobel peace prize because of his persistence in building harmonious relations between the West and the Muslim world, the association`s spokesman, Tgk Faisal Aly, said here Saturday.<>
"Obama deserves it because of his outstanding role in realizing peace between the West and the Muslim world," he said.
He said Obama had a strong commitment to realizing peace between the West and Muslims and therefore had appointed an American Muslim to be his special envoy to bridge Islam and the West.
"It is evidence that Obama has a strong commitment to building harmonious relations with the Muslim world. In addition, the US president also continues to try to create peace in Palestine," Faisal Aly said.
He said Obama should continue to do his best to create peace in Palestine and make it a peaceful region in the Middle East.
"I think the Palestinian issue is the key to Obama`s success in realizing world peace," Faisal Aly said.
Meanwhile, AFP reported from Washington DC on Friday that hours after being named a Nobel Peace winner, President Obama shouldered his duties as commander in chief of the US Armed Forces and convened his war council for crucial talks on Afghan strategy.
Obama gathered his top political, military, and security aides in the secure Situation Room of the White House for the fourth in a series of in-depth consultations on rescuing the US mission in the unpopular eight-year war.
"The president had a robust conversation about the security and political challenges in Afghanistan and the options for building a strategic approach going forward," AFP quoted an administration official as saying.
Obama "looks forward to continued discussion on Wednesday," the official said.
Obama was scheduled to be briefed by Afghan war commander General Stanley McChrystal on his report warning that the US counter-insurgency mission in Afghanistan could fail within a year without more troops. (dar)
