Guest shiloh357 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Breaking with tradition, the White House under President Donald Trump did not host an iftar dinner, the meal Muslims eat to break their daily fast during Ramadan. The dinner, which has been often attended by prominent members of the U.S. Muslim community, began in 1996 during former President Bill Clinton’s White House tenure and continued through the subsequent Bush and Obama administrations. But Trump and first lady Melania simply issued a brief statement Saturday that offered “warm greetings” to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr, which marks the close of Ramadan, Islam’s holy month of fasting. https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-becomes-first-president-170610643.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 It just gets better and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted June 26, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.14 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted June 26, 2017 18 hours ago, shiloh357 said: It just gets better and better. Indeed it does. Why should the White House host a Ramadan dinner? We are not a muslim country and they don't do that for Jews, Hindus or Buddhists OR Christians.. And Jews are a much larger percentage of our population than the followers of the alleged 'allah', btw. Keeping muslims marginalized is a sound policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted June 26, 2017 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.73 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted June 26, 2017 15 minutes ago, MorningGlory said: Indeed it does. Why should the White House host a Ramadan dinner? We are not a muslim country and they don't do that for Jews, Hindus or Buddhists OR Christians.. And Jews are a much larger percentage of our population than the followers of the alleged 'allah', btw. Keeping muslims marginalized is a sound policy. Actually...the White House host a Hanukkah Party and has every year for the last 15. Also, the Easter event at the White House is one of the, if not the biggest, event held at the White House every year. So, yes they do it for the Jews and the Christians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavedByGrace1981 Posted June 26, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 104 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2,923 Content Per Day: 0.62 Reputation: 462 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/02/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/22/1953 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Though I'm personally glad he did it, Trump cancelling the dinner has no bearing one way or the other in the bigger scheme of things. If he'd continued with it, he'd get no commendations from Muslim groups or anyone else who currently opposes him. Blessings, -Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 6 minutes ago, Running Gator said: Actually...the White House host a Hanukkah Party and has every year for the last 15. Also, the Easter event at the White House is one of the, if not the biggest, event held at the White House every year. So, yes they do it for the Jews and the Christians. Both events appeal more to the secular aspect of those holidays. The Easter egg roll is a secular event, not a religious event. Hanukkah is not a biblical holiday. If WH were to host a dinner breaking the Yom Kippur fast and having a Easter Sunday worship service, that would be more comparable to the Ramadan dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted June 26, 2017 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.73 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted June 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, shiloh357 said: Both events appeal more to the secular aspect of those holidays. The Easter egg roll is a secular event, not a religious event. Hanukkah is not a biblical holiday. If WH were to host a dinner breaking the Yom Kippur fast and having a Easter Sunday worship service, that would be more comparable to the Ramadan dinner. Everything is always different. I am assuming you have never been to a Ramadan dinner. Fact of the matter is that both the Jewish and Christian religions are represented by events at the White House, despite what was stated above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Just now, Running Gator said: Everything is always different. Fact of the matter is that both the Jewish and Christian religions are represented by events at the White House, despite what was stated above. The Easter egg roll is not a representation of the Christian faith. And celebrating one night out of 8 nights of Hanukah is in no way comparable to the Ramadan dinner. Nothing you say will change that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted June 26, 2017 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.73 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted June 26, 2017 Just now, shiloh357 said: The Easter egg roll is not a representation of the Christian faith. And celebrating one night out of 8 nights of Hanukah is in no way comparable to the Ramadan dinner. Nothing you say will change that. Easter...an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar Ramada last 30 days, why is one meal out of 30 some how way worse than 1 out of 8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Aristotle Posted June 26, 2017 Group: Senior Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 907 Content Per Day: 0.37 Reputation: 264 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/10/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted June 26, 2017 19 hours ago, shiloh357 said: Breaking with tradition, the White House under President Donald Trump did not host an iftar dinner, the meal Muslims eat to break their daily fast during Ramadan. The dinner, which has been often attended by prominent members of the U.S. Muslim community, began in 1996 during former President Bill Clinton’s White House tenure and continued through the subsequent Bush and Obama administrations. But Trump and first lady Melania simply issued a brief statement Saturday that offered “warm greetings” to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr, which marks the close of Ramadan, Islam’s holy month of fasting. https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-becomes-first-president-170610643.html Good for him! Why would the White house celebrate the close of the month of slaughter among Jihad committed Islamists? Great news. Of course, the Left wing media will make this to be bigoted, or Islamophobic, or some such. God Bless our president. He's such a fine difference to what was in office before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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