President Trump Ends Long Tradition Of Celebrating Ramadan In The White House

[PsalmSinger]

President Trump Ends Long Tradition of Celebrating Ramadan in White House

Barack Obama, whose father was Muslim, enjoyed celebrating his Iftar dinner each year.
President Trump just ended a longtime White House tradition and skipped the Ramadan celebration this year.
For the first time in two decades the White House will not celebrate an Iftar Dinner on its grounds.
Allahu Akbar.

The Washington Post reported:

Ramadan, which falls on the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, started on May 27 this year and ends at sundown Saturday. Muslims around the world will mark the end of the holy month by celebrating the holiday Eid al-Fitr, the “feast of breaking of the fast.”

For the first time in nearly two decades, Ramadan has come and gone without the White House recognizing it with an iftar or Eid celebration, as had taken place each year under the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. In recent weeks, several former White House staff members told The Post they would usually begin planning an iftar “months in advance” and didn’t anticipate the Trump White House could pull something off before the end of Ramadan.

White House officials did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
In late May, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly said the State Department would break with recent tradition and not host a Ramadan reception, as it had done nearly annually for two decades. On Saturday, Tillerson released a brief statement sending “best wishes to all Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr.”
“This holiday marks the culmination of Ramadan, a month in which many experience meaning and inspiration in acts of fasting, prayer, and charity,” Tillerson said in the statement. “This day offers an opportunity to reflect on our shared commitment to building peaceful and prosperous communities. Eid Mubarak.”

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2017:


2016:

[Laura19]

Whether you like him or not, Trump has provided some relief for those of us who got sick of kissing the ring of LGBT and Islam. And it comes from his gut, not trying to appease anyone. Ivanka wishes he was more sensitive to LGBT issues, but he does what he wants.

[Domitian]

why have an "iftar" if you dont have a dinner for all religions?

and is the left under some delusion that if we placate and appease muslims they wont bomb or behead us?

[PatDaly]

Love how 20 years is a "long tradition".......................

[Pastor Guest]

Apparently trying to be friendly to terrorists hasn't worked.

[Meemur]

The WH is "our" house, again.

[AskYourselfWhy]

From Wikipedia (I am "assuming" the following to be accurate):

The annual tradition started in 1996 when Hillary Clinton hosted a Ramadan Eid celebration dinner.
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Over desert, Bill donned bell bottoms and a tank top and performed 'Macarena' on finger cymbals.
(^^^^^ OK, I made that part up...)