from the Search for Common Ground web site: "The United States urgently needs to develop a new approach to address tensions with Muslim countries and communities. Conflict, misunderstanding and distrust plague relations between the U.S. and Muslims around the world. Yet the much-publicized divide between the U.S. and the Muslim world is not as deep or irreconcilable as many believe.

On Wednesday, September 24th, 2008, the U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project will release the Report of its Leadership Group. The Report presents the first senior, bipartisan and interfaith U.S. leadership consensus on a comprehensive approach to improving U.S.-Muslim relations. Moving beyond current deadlocked debates, the Leadership Group has crafted a multi-faceted strategy to enhance U.S. and international security.

The Report is titled Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations with the Muslim World. It represents the consensus of an exceptionally diverse, senior, bipartisan and inter-faith group of 34 American leaders who have worked together over the last 18 months. Their work was supported by Search for Common Ground and CBI, two organizations that specialize in building consensus on controversial public issues."