Amir Taheri has an article in the Times on US President Barack Obama's approach to the 'Muslim world'. Taheri makes the reasonable point that, to talk of the world's Muslim population as a homogenous group is wrong and, if Obama intends to do this, this would be a mistake. The Muslim world has plenty of ethnic, national and class-based rivalries and the myth of pan-Islamism will never be able to s...

President Obama has given his first major speech on relations between the United States and the Muslim world. Birmingham Councillor and Respect party leader Salma Yaqoob gave the following response: ‘President Obama’s call for a ‘new beginning’ in relations between the United States and the Muslim world is very welcome. The absence in his speech of

US President Barack Obama said he was naming a special envoy to a top Islamic body to further Washington's cooperation with the Muslim world

It is important to note that "if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world". So says President Barack Obama. Or I should say: Barack Hussein Obama. That's right: Barack Hussein Obama. Say it proud. Say it out loud. The middle moniker that dared not speak its name during the election campaign is now front and centre of ...

The Controversy Over President Obama's Muslim Faith Does Not Go Away Even In Light Of the Gen. McChrystal Controversy As with most controversial issues that surround this President both now, and during the campaign for the office that he currently holds as leader of the free world, the mainstream media has covered none of them with any depth if at all. During the campaign we had the Reverend ...

From Forbes.com By Asma Gull Hasan I know President Obama is not Muslim, but I am tempted nevertheless to think that he is, as are most Muslims I know. In a very unscientific oral poll, ranging from family members to Muslim acquaintances, many of us feel, just as African-Americans did for the non-black but culturally leaning African-American President Bill Clinton, that we have our first American ...

US President Barack Obama has called for a new beginning in relations between America and the Muslim world in a dramatic address in Cairo that sought to overcome decades of mistrust

At least that's what Charles Bolden, Obama's head of NASA, tells Al Jazeera in the above video. Accoding to Bolden, the "foremost" task President Obama has given him is "to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with predominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering." Exploring space and devel...

The White House has been pushing back hard of late, not only defending President Barack Hussein Obama from charges that he's a closet Muslim but declaring him a mainstream Christian who 'prays daily'. Ann Coulter responded to this in typically witty form, saying "The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by po...

You may know that Barack Obama gave a speech today in Cairo, addressed to the ‘Muslim world’. In an earlier statement he said: And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. Guess what