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09SAOPAULO345
2009-06-18 17:29:00
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Consulate Sao Paulo
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MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT'S JUNE 4 SPEECH IN CAIRO, SAO
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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT'S JUNE 4 SPEECH IN CAIRO, SAO
PAULO
"The speech and the practice"
Article in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (6-10) by Jihad Hassan Hammade,
president of the National Union of Islamic Entities and
vice-president of Wamy LatinAmerica, states: "....Barack Obama's
speech.... generated euphoria in the Middle East, but with a certain
dose of distrust.....nonetheless, speeches like this need, above
all, concrete actions as the Islamic world doesn't believe in
promises that are not accompanied by attitudes that confirm
them....Today, the Islamic community in Brazil [which he says is
composed by around 1.5 million people], is optimistic with [Obama's]
speech and expects that the promises made are true ones.....The
'islamophobia' must be eliminated from the society and from the
media......Brazil is seen with good eyes by Islamic and Arab
countries, because internally there is a pluralist society and a
reasonable mutual respect as regards to religious diversity."
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