Obama invokes Quran in key points of Cairo speech

By MARK S. SMITH
posted June 4, 2009

CAIRO (AP) — President Barack Obama's speech reaching out for a fresh start with the Islamic world was laced with references to the Quran and his Muslim roots.

Obama quoted the Holy Quran as commanding, "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth." He said he shared that conviction, as "rooted in my own experience." The president noted that while he now is a Christian, his father had come from a Kenyan family that "includes generations of Muslims." the rest

Text of President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world

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