Word: islamics
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...Finding common ground," "building bridges" and "coming together" - these are the by now familiar-sounding terms of U.S. President Barack Obama's foreign policy. On a two-day visit to Turkey, a mainly Muslim country deeply divided over the role of Islam in politics, expanding democratic rights and enacting European Union reforms, the President showed how it's done. From minority Christian leaders and Muslim mufti to Kurdish politicians and right-wing nationalists, Obama met with vastly disparate sections of Turkish society and managed to earn back at least some of the goodwill lost in recent years...
...convert to Islam, do you view your career in a spiritual light? Zainab Sheikh, NEW YORK CITY...
Addressing Turkey's parliament on his first visit to a Muslim nation as President, Barack Obama reached out to followers of Islam everywhere. "Let me say this as clearly as I can: the United States is not and will never be at war with Islam," he said to applause. "In fact, our partnership with the Muslim world is critical in rolling back a fringe ideology that people of all faiths reject." Obama said the U.S. has been enriched by Muslim Americans, including members of his own family...
...comments came as a new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that while 81% of Americans think it's "very important" or "somewhat important" to improve relations with the Muslim world, 48% have an unfavorable opinion of Islam. (See pictures of Obama's overseas trip...
...simply a return to the religion's roots. Architect Zeynep Fadillioglu drew on her own experiences praying in mosques when designing the ultramodern Sakirin Mosque in Istanbul. "In the Prophet's time, men and women prayed next to each other," she says. "Lately, with the rise of political Islam everywhere, the women's sections have started to be covered up and boxed off. I've been in mosques like that, and I felt very uncomfortable...