Meet Obama's inter-faith guru Eboo Patel

October 23, 2012 15:37

Eboo Patel, president of the Inter Faith Youth Coalition, an interfaith network of college students at around 200 universities worldwide. Importantly, he and IFYC have worked closely with US President Barack Obama's administration on a programme called the President's Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge, writes Visi R Tilak on the WSJ blog, IndiaRealTime. Patel, Tilak says, hopes to continue the program beyond November, regardless who wins the US election, here.

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