Khalid Mehmood, right, says he was encouraged by President Obama’s speech but that it will have to be followed up by action. Mehmood and relatives Muhammed Ahsan, center, and Ahmad, 9, left, were visiting Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Online news editor Aeela Riazuddin, right, talks about the reaction to President Obama’s speech in Egypt, while Nafees Ahmad, left, monitors the news. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Hamad Hemila Almazrouei, 20, watches an Al Jazeera broadcast of President Obama’s speech at the Habibi Cafe, a hooka lounge in Westwood, while Enrique Rivera cleans the floors as the lounge closes at about 4:00 a.m. PDT. Thursday morning. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Muslim Americans Zabie Mansoory, 23, left, Hasnain Syed, 30, and Abdullah Choudhery, 17, watch President Obama’s address to the Muslim world in Sylmar, Calif. The president spoke at Cairo University in Egypt. (Gus Ruelas / Associated Press)
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A Palestinian man listens to the speech on a radio from his West Bank shop. (Hazem Bader / AFP/Getty Images)
An Indian Muslim family watches President Obama’s speech at their home in Calcutta. (Sucheta Das / Associated Press)
Somalian’s react to President Obama’s live speech on TV in Mogadishu, Somalia after the president quoted a verse from the Koran. (Mohamed Sheikh Nor / Associated Press)
Egyptians applaud as they watch President Obama’s Middle East speech on TV in a coffee shop in Cairo. (David Silverman / Getty Images)
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President Obama’s speech at Cairo University drew audiences worldwide. They include this Kashmiri Muslim in Srinagar, in the Indian-held portion of Kashmir. (Dar Yasin / Associated Press)
A Lebanese man at a cafe in Beirut reacts to President Obama’s televised speech. Obama, who spoke at Cairo University, also met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. (Hussein Malla / Associated Press)
A live broadcast of President Obama’s speech at Cairo University draws an audience at a cafe in Algiers. (Ouhab Hebbat / Associated Press)
Shoppers at a store in the Lebanese port city of Sidon listen to what President Obama has to say in Cairo. (Mohammed Zaatari / Associated Press)
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President Obama’s speech at Cairo University draws audiences that include Palestinian militants in Gaza City. In his remarks, Obama mentioned a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Ashraf Amra / Associated Press)
Iraqi immigrant Hani Ameer, 39, watches President Obama’s televised speech at his shop in London. Obama “was very, very, very brave to go to a Muslim institution and talk about all those issues,” Ameer said. (Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press)
Family members of 42-year-old Bilal Hussein Lafta, unseen, who spent two years in U.S. military detention at Camp Bucca, watch President Obama’s speech at their home in Baghdad ‘s Sadr City neighborhood. (Karim Kadim / Associated Press)
