Obama Appeals to Faiths In Istanbul

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Source: NYT/Reuters

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama met religious leaders in Istanbul on Tuesday as part of an effort to unite moderates of major faiths against extremism.

Obama told the Muslim world in a speech on Monday the United States was not at war with Islam, using his first international tour to try to repair the United States' damaged image abroad.

He met Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II, Istanbul Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva, the senior Islamic official in Istanbul, Mufti Mustafa Cagrici, and Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yusuf Cetin. He later went on a tour of Istanbul's historical sites the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.'



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