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Anonymous ID: a5f58f April 13, 2019, 9:45 p.m. No.6171574   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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re Farah Pandith

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re Q Posts regarding "no facial hair", State appointment, Muslim Brotherhood [?], Security Clearance, Face important.

 

Harvard.

 

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Pic explains categories of appointments.

 

Also see:

 

Biography of Farah Pandith

https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/eur/rls/or/83085.htm

 

Swearing-In Ceremony for Farah Pandith Special Representative to Muslim Communities

https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2009a/09/129209.htm

September 15, 2009

 

Clearly, I wouldn’t be in front of you today – (laughter) – I would also like to thank Anne-Marie Slaughter, Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin. Each of these women have been in my corner and have made me feel newly excited about the work we must all do together for our nation.

A special, special thank you to a former Rhodes Scholar whom I met several years ago when I was at the NSC. When visiting from Oxford, Jared Cohen and I would think crazy thoughts and wonder, “Is it possible to do this,” and our favorite line, “What if?” When I arrived at State, the “What if” became “Let’s do it.” Thank you for your partnership, Jared.

 

To Lee Zak, Elliott Abrams, Juan Zarate, Wendy Chamberlin, Kathryn Morgan, Herro Mustafa, Adnan Kifayat, Steve Tocco, Jeff Robbins and Thaleia Tsongas Schlessinger, thank you for your guidance and wisdom and support of my professional passions all these years. Never once did you steer me away from trying, never once did you say “That is too hard to do.” To Ambassador Steve Bosworth, who has been a wonderful support and cheerleader, thank you. This is a nation that allows all of us to take part, and I feel a great honor to have this historic special privilege now.

 

The person who was a father to me, my uncle, passed away in May. He demonstrated leadership on issues of interfaith cooperation in word and deed. He took me with him to meet President Clinton, he talked with me for hours about the need for Muslims to serve our nation, and to demonstrate in our actions what Islam teaches most importantly – respect for each other. He met then-First Lady Hillary Clinton on a trip to the Middle East and told me: “I like her. She has passion.” (Laughter.) She certainly does, and I am truly honored to be able to serve as her Special Representative to Muslim Communities.

 

She has asked me to find ways to build strong partnerships and create new connections and join together with grassroots organizations to effect positive change. Under the leadership of Secretary Clinton, the Department of State is recalibrating the way in which we work with Muslim communities around the world.

 

Guided by her passion, leadership and dedication to an issue that is not new to her – she has been active on these issues for decades – this office will advise her and the Department on issues related to Muslim engagement. Through this office, we will engage Muslim communities to solve collaboratively the most pressing problems facing these communities around the world. Madame Secretary, thank you for your vision and for your confidence in me. I am humbled.

 

As I look around at my family, friends, mentors and colleagues on this morning, I ask you to stand with me as we work together to reach the goals set out by the President and Secretary Clinton to go forward with mutual respect and mutual interest and without limits on what is possible.

 

AN INTERVIEW WITH FARAH PANDITH

http://www.altmuslimah.com/2010/04/muslim_women_leading_the_way_an_interview_with_farah_pandith/

altMuslim.com

 

Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith, AltMuslim.com, JULY 8, 2009

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/altmuslim/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/altmuslim/2009/07/its_not_about_the_american_flag_being_waved_everywhere/

 

Farah Anwar Pandith

https://prabook.com/web/farah_anwar.pandith/564540

Pandith was born in India and immigrated with her mother to Massachusetts on July 4, 1969.