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Saudi King meets with group of prominent U.S. Jews in New York
By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: King Abdullah, Israel News 

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz met with a group of prominent American Jewish leaders in New York on Thursday.

The meeting - which was attended by leading political and religious figures, among them Ronald Lauder, the head of the World Jewish Congress - was held as part of a United Nations-sponsored interfaith dialogue.

Also among the attendees were the head of Reform Movement, Rabbi Eric Yoffie; leading Orthodox Rabbi Marc Schneier; and former American Jewish Congress president Jack Rosen.
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The two-hour meeting was also attended by 40 American religious leaders, including Christian clergy members and senior Muslim imams.

In his remarks to the gathering, the Saudi monarch commented for the first time on Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential elections.

"The United States sent a powerful message to the world," Abdullah said. "The color of one's skin is not a barrier."

One of the representatives present at the meeting said it was apparent that the king sought to present himself as a religious leader while making an effort to steer clear of political issues.

Abdullah sought to emphasize the role of religion and faith in God. "God does not tolerate man who rises against his peer," Abdullah, who organized the interfaith conference, said on Thursday. "One mustn't adhere to the laws of man but to the laws of God."
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