A White House team, including State Department Head of Religious Freedom Peter Kovach and religion expert Mara Vanderslice attended the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religion according to Australian newspaper The Age.

The team attended unannounced but arranged a meeting to obtain guidance on Muslim relations.  “It was a great indicator of hope,” reported major speaker Imam Abdul Feisal Rauf.  “Their position was ‘we are here to learn from you.’”

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