Speaking through a translator, Khatami told tens of thousands of Muslims gathered at the meeting that there is a chronic misunderstanding between the West and the East that goes back to the Crusades and continues today.
He said American Muslims 'through active participation in the social arena' can form lobbying groups and form a consensus with other Americans.
"Public opinion can be rescued from the grips of ignorance and blunder, and the domination of arrogant, warmongering and violence-triggering policies will end," he said.
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