President Obama's speech in Cairo

The much discussed and reported speech President Obama gave in Cairo this week was truely an historical event. The new president, to me, reprents the diversity America's population represents. To acknowledge and activley work on the image of Muslims in the western world is a big plus for me.

President Obama's message was maninly a call for open-mindedness and acceptance of all faiths, to view Muslims as peaceful people and to remember that the extremists are a very small minority. I appreciated his comment about hijab and how women should have the freedom to wear, or not wear it, as it is decreed in the Quran.

I didn't like, and agree with some other comments I've read, that the president choose Cairo when there are other Muslim-majority countries like Indonisia. When the 'muslim world' is mentioned, too many times is the assumption made that muslim=arab. I did appreciate the president's comments about American Muslims

I liked the strong and fair stand taken in regards to the war in Palestine and how seperate states should be established.

Inshallah the world heres the message for equality.