based Al-Bilad commenting on the speech delivered by Obama in Cairo on Thursday, said the Arab and Muslim world has welcomed the speech of Obama. The paper noted that Obama has quoted verses from the Holy Quran and saluted the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz who started dialogue of civilizations and religions. "We can say the speech of Obama constitutes a new page in the relations of the Arab and Muslim world with America," said the paper, adding that it is an essential matter for the Muslim nation to benefit from this new trend of the US President. It is important for the OIC to actively deal with the new American trend as presented by Obama, and it is also important for the Arab League to exploit any opportunity for conducting dialogue with Washington for the service of the Arab causes, notably the Palestinian problem. In these circumstances, it is an inevitable matter for Hamas and Fatah to unite their ranks so as to speak with an audible voice with the US administration, the daily concluded. --MORE
