'And who would be your choice for the Muslim representative?'
Emmanuel sought to include non-Christian groups in these events, inviting Jewish and Muslim representatives as speakers.
The event was attended by Muslim representatives from all over Southeast Asia.
In 2006, Minnesota became the first state in the US to elect a Muslim representative to Congress.
Talks stalled, however, on the issue of selection of Muslim representatives.
Their representative, Mustafa Mizzian, became the first Muslim representative.
After the reading Muslim representatives contacted the Human Relations Commission of Cincinnati and asked for a public hearing.
When they did finally intervene, Muslim representatives sent them away, saying that everything was in order.
He was among 10 Bosnian Muslim representatives.
However, they requested an increase in the number of Muslim representatives on the Council, following the same principle as that of the Catholics and Orthodox.