October 22, 2009
Faith-Based Council Produces Muslim Celebrity
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NPR
RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
In the early days of his presidency, Barack Obama appointed 25 people to advise him on faith issues. Among the well-known names is one that is relatively unknown. She's young and she's Muslim. And her head scarf has made her a reluctant celebrity in parts of the Muslim world. Here's NPR's Jamie Tarabay.
JAMIE TARABAY: It was seen as an historic moment - an American president speaking from a lectern at Cairo University in Egypt to the Muslim world.
President BARACK OBAMA: So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace.
TARABAY: Dalia Mogahed was there in the audience, sitting in the middle, five rows from the front.
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