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Muslim woman's appointment as Obama advisor draws cautious optimism - Los Angeles Times
Muslim woman's appointment as Obama advisor draws cautious optimism - Los Angeles Times
Arabs are closely watching for signs that the new leadership in Washington is making efforts to improve relations with Islam, which many Muslims believe were severely damaged during the eight years of the Bush administration. The selection of Mogahed is viewed by many in the Middle East as a ...
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LATimes: Obama's New Muslim Appointment is Hope... for Egyptians?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... However, apparently the L.A. Times thinks that it is germane to U.S. interests that Egyptians are "rejoicing" that President Obama has appointed a female American Muslim to his administration. In, "Muslim woman's appointment as Obama advisor draws cautious optimism" from April 22, Noha El-Hennawy is reporting from Cairo that Egyptians are happy with Obama's purported outreach to Muslims. ...

LATimes: Obama’s New Muslim Appointment is Hope… for Egyptians?
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... However, apparently the L.A. Times thinks that it is germane to U.S. interests that Egyptians are “rejoicing” that President Obama has appointed a female American Muslim to his administration. In, “Muslim woman’s appointment as Obama advisor draws cautious optimism” from April 22, Noha El-Hennawy is reporting from Cairo that Egyptians are happy with Obama’s purported outreach to Muslims. ...

LATimes: Obama’s New Muslim Appointment is Hope… for Egyptians?
Stop The ACLU — ... with America’s interests not Egypt’s. Not that I am saying that American officials or appointments should necessarily have as a chief criteria for appointment an interest in the denigration of any foreign land, but that what’s good for America should be any new official’s chief concern. However, apparently the L.A. Times thinks that it is germane to U.S. interests that Egyptians are “rejoicing” that President Obama has appointed a female American Muslim to his administration. In, “ Muslim woman’s appointment as Obama advisor draws cautious optimism ” from April 22, Noha ...

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