Obama appoints Rashad Hussain as special envoy to Muslim world
US President Obama has appointed a deputy White House counsel Rashad Hussain to be his representative to the Muslim world.
Hussain will become the special envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, an intergovernmental group with 57 member countries from the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, Balkans, Southeast Asia and South Asia.
"Appointing a special envoy to the OIC is an important part of the president's commitment to engaging Muslims around the world based on mutual respect and mutual interest," The New York Times quoted a White House statement, as saying.
Hussein will replace Sada Cumber, who had been appointed to the post by former President George W Bush.
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