Obama hopes new beginning with Muslims

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In a speech at a university in Egypt, Barack Obama has called for a "new beginning between the United States and Muslims".

He said, together, they can confront violent extremism across the globe and advance the timeless search for peace in the Middle East.

Obama's much anticipated speech covered a wide range of issues that he said America and the Muslim world should deal with together.

Barack Obama, US President, said, "There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other, to learn from each other, to respect one another and to seek common ground. As the holy Quran tells us; be conscious of God and speak always the truth."

On the Middle East peace conflict, Obama said Israelis and Palestinians must find a way to live side by side, peacefully as two independent states.

US President Barack Obama waves before he delivering a speech in the Grand Hall of Cairo University in Cairo June 4, 2009. [Agencies]