White House launches Muslim outreach office

Published May 28, 2016 7:58pm ET



President Obama is establishing a new position to coordinate outreach to the Muslim-American community, picking a former president of the Muslim Youth of North America to run it.

“A big part of this role is making sure the national conversation about these communities is not framed through a single lens, but covers the full range of issues that Muslims and other Americans face,” Zaki Barzinji, who will work out of the White House Office of Public Engagement, told the Huffington Post.

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