Obama sends a conciliatory letter to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the foremost foe of free speech in the world today.
“Obama says US can work with Muslims: OIC,” from AFP, February 1 (thanks to Paul):
RIYADH – President Barack Obama told the Organisation ofIslamic Conference that he has full confidence that the United Statescan work together with the world’s largest grouping of Muslims, the OICsaid on Sunday.
Paul, who kindly sent me this item, writes: “Really? And how doesthis promise of comity square with the conflict between our core valueof free expression, affirmed by the First Amendment to our Consitution,and Item VII, Clause 3 of the OIC’s Ten-Year Programme of Action:’Endeavor to have the United Nations adopt an international resolutionto counter Islamophobia, and call upon all States to enact laws tocounter it, including deterrent punishments’? On the third anniversaryof the outbreak of cartoon rage, this is hardly an academic question.”
Good point.
You can find that Programme of Action here.
In a letter to OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihasanoglu,Obama said he would work to improve relations with the group, theJeddah-based organisation said in a statement.
It did not release the text of the letter.
Obama also thanked the OIC, which represents 1.5 billion Muslims in57 countries, for its congratulations on the occasion of hisinauguration on January 20, the organisation said….