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They cheered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial when Dr. But I'm hopeful because I think there's an awakening taking place in America. Universities and states, including Illinois, are taking part in a divestment campaign to pressure the Sudanese government to stop the killings. They weren't simply a religious leader's effort to speak out against perceived injustice. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement. All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time.
Wright deliver a sermon called "The Audacity of Hope." And during the course of that sermon, he introduced me to someone named Jesus Christ. And occasionally it finds voice in the church on Sunday morning, in the pulpit and in the pews. America, this is one of those moments.
They came of age in the late fifties and early sixties, a time when segregation was still the law of the land and opportunity was systematically constricted. We meet at one of those defining moments - a moment when our nation is at war, our economy is in turmoil, and the American promise has been threatened once more. Change means a tax code that doesn't reward the lobbyists who wrote it, but the American workers and small businesses who deserve it. And in the weeks ahead, I look forward to debating them with John McCain. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk.
Progress in the daily lives of the Palestinian people must be part of a road to peace, and Israel must take concrete steps to enable such progress. And fault lines must be closed among Muslims as well, as the divisions between Sunni and Shia have led to tragic violence, particularly in Iraq.
And I think they recognized a part of themselves in me too. Yet what we also understand is that our values should express themselves not just through our churches or synagogues, temples or mosques; they should express themselves through our government. When Washington doesn't work, all its promises seem empty. Hamas does have support among some Palestinians, but they also have responsibilities. The Arab-Israeli conflict should no longer be used to distract the people of Arab nations from other problems. Indeed, faith should bring us together.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.