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CAIR Welcomes Obama's 'Encouraging' Statement to Muslim World in Inaugural Address
January 20, 2009A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today congratulated President Barack Obama and welcomed an "encouraging" statement to the Muslim world in his inaugural address. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) commended President Obama for the overall positive tone of his address, and thanked him particularly for the statement: "To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect." Full release