Muslim world’s ‘role model’
\nLONDON – THE United States can be a ‘role model’ to the Muslim world, President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
‘The thing that we can do most importantly is serve as a good role model,’ he told BBC television in an interview on the eve of a trip to Europe and Egypt, where he plans to deliver a much-anticipated speech to the Muslim world.<\/p>\n
He said he hoped his visit would begin a new relationship between America and the wider Muslim community.<\/p>\n
‘Democracy, rule of law, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, those are not simply principles of the West to be hoisted on these countries – but rather what I believe to be universal principles that they can embrace and affirm as part of their national identity,’ President Obama said.<\/p>\n
He said the danger was when the US or any other country thought they could impose these values on another country with different histories and cultures.<\/p>\n
‘(But) absolutely you can encourage and I expect we will be encouraging,’ he added. — REUTERS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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