Comments on: Obama reaches out http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2009/01/30/obama-reaches-out/ Secularism, religion, and the public sphere Thu, 16 May 2013 19:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Umm Zaheen http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2009/01/30/obama-reaches-out/comment-page-1/#comment-5485 Umm Zaheen Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:23:46 +0000 http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/?p=1159#comment-5485 Very well put. Obama has made some small positive impact on the Muslim world by his rhetoric, however, unless the Muslim world does not see some real action on the part of this administration to change US failed policies in the Middle East, they will still remain skeptical.

Ordering Gitmo closed and the end of torture interrogations was a very good start for change, however, most Muslims look at the situation in Gaza as the first crucial test to see how Obama would be different from the previous administrations in dealing with the Muslim World, particularly in the Middle East.

I as a Muslim-American have yet to change my skepticism.

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