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All Praises are Due to Allah!

By TheBlaqueProfessor - Jun 6th, 2009 at 2:47 am EDT

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Tags: American President, CAIRO, islam, Middle East, Muslims, Obama, President Obama

Two years ago I spoke with my republican friends about the value of Barack Hussein Obama's heritage(s): his father's African and Islamic background, his mothers white, Judeo-Christian, middle-American background, then Senator Obama's middle name, the color of his skin, the power of his Ivy League education. All of these characteristics and human qualities rolled into one man are what gets now President Obama the respect from the people of the Middle East and Islamic world--the woman and man on the street and the powers of their countries--that is required to right the wrongs presented by both sides of the tensions between America and the Muslim world.President Obama's speech in Cairo, Egypt is relevant to not only Muslims, but also to African Americans, many of which consider themselves Muslims and decedents of Africa. Obama is the new face of justice for us. Palestine might again rise to a place of equal standing. The negative image and former actions of Hamas can be brought to a place where negotiations for a 2-State existence between them and Jews in the Middle East may yet occur. Young Muslims in the Middle East may begin to take the road to education, rather than the road to radicalism. Young Muslim women may see their freedom as women and citizens of their respective countries, and the Burka may be laid to rest or considered 'optional'. By the President stating clearly that he has no intensions of democratizing the rest of the world he is also saying that he has respect for us, our various lifestyles and geographic spaces. However, I thought it was a pinnacle moment when President Obama stated that regardless of religion, it should be all of our objectives to treat others as we would want to be treated. This philosophy is 180 degrees from white privilege, white power, superpower, gaze of development, or any other tradition that enslaved and oppressed millions for centuries, and there is no turning back. President Obama has, what may be the first time an American President BEGAN discourse with another culture with rhetoric of equality.

Thanks Mr. President! This IS change I can believe it and my voting for you has been worth it in every way. . .

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