Islamic Cleric to the American people: "Don't cease to believe that you are good"

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A moderate European Muslim leader -- in Seattle this weekend to attend the annual conference of the Congress of North American Bosniaks -- drew upon a deep affection for the United States before cautioning Americans, "Don't cease to believe that you are good."

The gentle warning from Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric -- the supreme Islamic cleric for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia -- followed the second day of meetings of the Bosniak congress attended by about 1,000 people from around the continent.

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"America did not come to Bosnia because of oil," Ceric said of the U.S. intervention in 1995. "America came because of the great American ideals of human rights and peace and security in the world. Your coming to Bosnia proves that America did not lose the ideals of freedom and human rights."

That said, Ceric made clear that he believes American foreign policy has lost its moral compass, citing actions taken at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib.

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Ceric pronounced himself "very sad that we have these poor relations between the Muslim world and the United States."

His prescription for peace: "You should care what other people think of you. You should not lose faith in your ideals of freedom and human rights."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/317528_bosniak28.html

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That man's a hero.

[homesick_american 1]

Can't find a lot of fault with that.

Americans = RULE

Bush Administration = TOTAL DISASTER

America as an idea = AWESOME