The dream comes true

The "dream" of America's black religious leader Dr Martin Luther King was fulfilled after 41 years when on January 20, 2009, another African-American leader born of a Kenyan Muslim father and a white American mother, Barack Hussein Obama took oath of office as the 44th President of the United States of America. The history was made. Not only that a black American became the US President, after 149 years of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation which gave negro slaves their freedom, but also because for the first time in American history a Christian insisted on using his Muslim name "Hussein" while taking his oath. This was symbolic of the new president's message against religious sensitivities existing in America today.
Later in his beautifully crafted inaugural address, the best after President Kennedy's historic oration, he emphasised his point by saying: "For we know that our patchwork heritage is our strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians, Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this earth. And because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering a new era of peace." It must be noted that in America, the word 'Jew' has always followed the word 'Christian'; never by the word 'Muslim'.
It may also be noted that the word 'Muslim' has never been used in the inaugural address of any US President. President Obama has broken this tradition. Not only this, he also addressed the Muslim world for the first time when he said: "To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict or blame their society's ills on the West, know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not on what you destroy."