{"id":300,"date":"2010-11-10T01:25:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T01:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/obamas-in-indonesia-headscarves-handshakes-heartfelt-words.html"},"modified":"2010-11-10T01:25:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T01:25:00","slug":"obamas-in-indonesia-headscarves-handshakes-heartfelt-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/obamas-in-indonesia-headscarves-handshakes-heartfelt-words.html","title":{"rendered":"Obamas in Indonesia: Headscarves, Handshakes &amp; Heartfelt Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have concluded their trip to Indonesia, the world&#8217;s most populous Muslim country and the president&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20101110\/ap_on_re_us\/obama_asia\"> former childhood home<\/a>. Although the Indonesia visit had been postponed twice because of erupting domestic American concerns, the Obamas also&nbsp;ended up leaving early, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hE0pifQ0G39reXGo-ufr-GxjtJ9A?docId=23fe766add6344ee98651cd9fbe4873b\">due to an actual erupting volcano<\/a>. (Nature has a sense of humor\/irony?)<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s lots of U.S.-Muslim world news in general today &#8212; Oklahoma&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/pewforum.org\/Religion-News\/Oklahoman-Federal-judge-bars-Oklahomas-certification-of-Sharia-law-amendment.aspx\">new&nbsp;Shariah law ban is being appealed<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/pewforum.org\/Religion-News\/RNS-12000-American-Muslims-to-make-pilgrimage-to-Mecca.aspx\">hajj to Mecca is coming up in a few days <\/a>&#8212; so here&#8217;s a&nbsp;quick round-up of the president&#8217;s visit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/11\/09\/AR2010110901388.html?nav=rss_religion\">Obama herald&#8217;s Indonesia&#8217;s political, religious diversity in latest outreach to Muslims <\/a>(Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/11\/10\/world\/asia\/10prexy.html?_r=1&amp;ref=us\">Obama pledges expanded ties with Muslim nations <\/a>(NYT)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/in-indonesia-obama-speaks-about.html\">In Indonesia, Obama speaks about religious pluralism in major address<\/a> (Religion Clause)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE6A92NI20101110\">Muslims say Obama failing to keep Cairo&nbsp;promises <\/a>(Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20101110\/ts_nm\/us_indonesia_obama\">Obama seeks better ties with skeptical&nbsp;Muslim world <\/a>(Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20101110\/pl_afp\/usindonesiadiplomacyobama\">Obama says Indonesia&#8217;s unity is inspiration to the world <\/a>(AFP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Reuters also has a<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/faithworld\/2010\/11\/10\/word-clouds-drift-apart-in-obamas-speeches-to-the-muslim-world\/\"> cool &#8220;word cloud&#8221;&nbsp;comparison of Obama&#8217;s&nbsp;speech<\/a> to the Muslim world in Indonesia versus his Cairo speech last year.&nbsp;And, there&#8217;s some silly stuff&nbsp;about <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/faithworld\/2010\/11\/10\/michelle-obama-dons-headscarf-at-indonesian-mosque\/\">the First Lady&#8217;s headscarf <\/a>and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/life\/broadsheet\/2010\/11\/09\/handshake\/index.html\">bit of a handshake brouhaha<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have concluded their trip to Indonesia, the world&#8217;s most populous Muslim country and the president&#8217;s former childhood home. Although the Indonesia visit had been postponed twice because of erupting domestic American concerns, the Obamas also&nbsp;ended up leaving early, due to an actual erupting volcano. 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