Washington: Farah Pandith, sworn in on Tuesday as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s envoy to Muslim communities, said she would broaden ties with the world’s Muslims to help solve “pressing” problems.
Clinton “has asked me to find ways to build strong partnerships and create new connections and join together with grass roots organisations to effect positive change,” she said after swearing on the Quran to carry out her duties.
“Under the leadership of Secretary Clinton, the Department of State is recalibrating the way in which we work with Muslim communities around the world,” Pandith said.
“Through this office, we will engage Muslim communities to solve collaboratively the most pressing problems facing these communities around the world,” Pandith said.
Clinton said Pandith’s office, which will both advise the secretary and the State Department, will focus on a broad array of issues.
“This is a dialogue that is not going to focus solely on terrorism or radicalisation, but instead, focus on what all of us have in common, what we all hope for our children,” Clinton said at the ceremony.
“It will also deal with broader problems like poverty, hunger, climate change and corruption which are “not unique to any part of the world,” Clinton said.
“In addition to these broad challenges, we have to focus on concers of specific Muslim communities,” she said.
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