Jakarta, NU Online
The Indonesia's biggest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has positively responded to US President Obama's Cairo speech to the Muslim world. The Nahdliyin-based organization hopes Obama to bring a new beginning between the US and the Islamic world.
Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Msykuri Abdillah told NU Online here Friday (5/6), adding that the Obama's speech could be an initial step for removing misconceptions between world of Islam and the West.<>
"As many other Muslims I am very positive responding to the Obama's speech. This is such an initial proof of Obama's promises as he campaigned that he wanted to look forward to improving and seeking a new beginning in relations between the US and Islamic countries," Masykuri said.
Obama was in Cairo following a brief stop in Saudi Arabia, where he held talks with King Abdullah, and arrived at Cairo University to give a landmark speech that was a fulfillment of his inaugural speech promise to reach out to Muslims.
The president spent the day in Egypt where he toured the Sultan Hassan Mosque, one of the world's oldest, and visited Egypt's main attraction the Pyramids of Giza.
"I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition," Obama told the packed university hall.
Before continuing Obama bid the room "assalaamu alaykum," or peace be upon you, to the delight of the crowd, which cheered and applauded.
Obama addressed several issues from women's rights to economic development but not before he talked about his personal links with Islam and the role of Islam in American history and stressed that America was not at war with Islam.
"Islam is a part of America," he said as he called on Muslims to help the United States fight extremism because "we do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan" but we need to be confident that there were no more violent extremists determined to kill Americans.
The president said that he felt it his duty to negate the negative stereotype of Islam in the West and said just as "Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire." (mkf)
The Indonesia's biggest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has positively responded to US President Obama's Cairo speech to the Muslim world. The Nahdliyin-based organization hopes Obama to bring a new beginning between the US and the Islamic world.
Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Msykuri Abdillah told NU Online here Friday (5/6), adding that the Obama's speech could be an initial step for removing misconceptions between world of Islam and the West.<>
"As many other Muslims I am very positive responding to the Obama's speech. This is such an initial proof of Obama's promises as he campaigned that he wanted to look forward to improving and seeking a new beginning in relations between the US and Islamic countries," Masykuri said.
Obama was in Cairo following a brief stop in Saudi Arabia, where he held talks with King Abdullah, and arrived at Cairo University to give a landmark speech that was a fulfillment of his inaugural speech promise to reach out to Muslims.
The president spent the day in Egypt where he toured the Sultan Hassan Mosque, one of the world's oldest, and visited Egypt's main attraction the Pyramids of Giza.
"I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition," Obama told the packed university hall.
Before continuing Obama bid the room "assalaamu alaykum," or peace be upon you, to the delight of the crowd, which cheered and applauded.
Obama addressed several issues from women's rights to economic development but not before he talked about his personal links with Islam and the role of Islam in American history and stressed that America was not at war with Islam.
"Islam is a part of America," he said as he called on Muslims to help the United States fight extremism because "we do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan" but we need to be confident that there were no more violent extremists determined to kill Americans.
The president said that he felt it his duty to negate the negative stereotype of Islam in the West and said just as "Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire." (mkf)
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