Obama's 10 Most Important Faith Leaders
One of two Muslims on President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Eboo Patel represents a younger face of American Islam in the same way that figures like Rick Warren represent a younger face of evangelical Christianity. Patel's Interfaith Youth Core works to facilitate interfaith bridge-building among young people by involving them in service projects around the globe. He's pressing the White House to adopt the same model as it seeks to improve U.S.-Muslim relations: "I’m trying to use this as an opportunity to take interfaith youth work to the next level." A former Rhodes scholar, Patel was one of a handful of American Muslims who advised the White House on Obama's recent speech to the Muslim world from Cairo. His advice: Focus on young Muslims.
See photos of people around the world watching Obama's "Muslim speech."
In an administration that keeps in touch with hundreds of faith leaders, who do you think are the most important?