"The history of the relationship between America and the Muslim World is deeper and more complex than the common perception might suggest. Thomas Jefferson taught himself Arabic using his own Quran kept in his personal library, and had the first known presidential Iftaar by breaking fast with the Tunisian Ambassador at sunset."
Just in case you're interested:
The Whitehouse Blog.
The Facebook Video feed for the speech, to be given at 2pm Dubai time.
I think this is potentially the most important American speech in 25 years...
(PS, the comment from brn to this post is that most embarrassing of things, a comment that's more insightful and readable than the post it adorns. Recommended reading, then!)
