Bad move, there are many American Mulims and many have served in our miltary ... sends a bad message!!!
On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > *Tillerson declines to host Ramadan event at State Department* > > May 28, 2017 12:18 am By Robert Spencer > <https://www.jihadwatch.org/author/samir> > > This may signal an end to nearly two decades of Islamopandering. If it > weren’t for international jihad terrorism, there would never have been > these government Ramadan observances, which are an effort to show Muslims > that we really aren’t that bad, so please don’t kill us. These events are a > result of the analysis that places the blame for jihad terrorism on U.S. > foreign policy, rather than upon Islam’s jihad doctrine. If the Trump > administration really ends them, the establishment media will howl, as this > Reuters report demonstrates, but those who have long advocated a realistic > approach to the jihad threat should take heart. > > [image: Description: > https://cdn.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Tillerson.jpg] > <https://cdn.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Tillerson.jpg> > > “Exclusive: Tillerson declines to host Ramadan event at State Department,” > by Yeganeh Torbati, Reuters > <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-religion-ramadan-usa-tillerson-exclsu-idUSKBN18M2IE>, > May 27, 2017: > > Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event > to mark Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, two U.S. officials said, apparently > breaking with a bipartisan tradition in place with few exceptions for > nearly 20 years. > > Since 1999, Republican and Democratic secretaries of state have nearly > always hosted either an iftar dinner to break the day’s fast during Ramadan > or a reception marking the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the month, at > the State Department. > > Tillerson turned down a request from the State Department’s Office of > Religion and Global Affairs to host an Eid al-Fitr reception as part of > Ramadan celebrations, said two U.S. officials who declined to be identified > because they were not authorized to speak publicly. > > According to an April 6 memo seen by Reuters, the office – which typically > initiates such events – recommended that Tillerson hold an Eid al-Fitr > reception. > > His rejection of the request suggests there are no plans this year for any > high-profile Ramadan function at the State Department. The month of fasting > and prayer for Muslims gets under way in many countries on Saturday. > > When asked by Reuters to comment on Tillerson declining a request to host > an Eid al-Fitr event in July for Ramadan, a State Department spokesperson > said: > > “We are still exploring possible options for observance of Eid al-Fitr, > which marks the end of the month of Ramadan. U.S. ambassadors are > encouraged to celebrate Ramadan through a variety of activities, which are > held annually at missions around the world.” > > Muslim activists have accused President Donald Trump’s administration of > having an unfriendly attitude toward Islam, encapsulated by its attempts to > ban citizens of several Muslim-majority countries from entering the United > States. > > The administration says that while it strongly opposes Islamist militants, > it has no quarrel with Islam. Aides point to Trump’s visit this month to > Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam where he addressed the leaders of > more than 50 Muslim countries, as evidence of that. > > Members of Congress, Muslim civil society and community leaders, diplomats > from Muslim countries and senior U.S. officials usually attend the State > Department Ramadan event, a symbol of the U.S. government’s diplomatic > efforts with Muslim countries and people. > > If Tillerson avoids hosting one this year, that could send a message “that > it is not as important to this administration to engage with Muslims,” said > former U.S. diplomat Farah Pandith, who served in the Bush and Obama > administrations and helped plan Ramadan events at the White House and State > Department. > > Tillerson issued a statement on Friday to mark the start of Ramadan, which > he called “a month of reverence, generosity, and self-reflection.” > > “Most importantly, it is a cherished time for family and friends to gather > and give charity to those who are less fortunate,” he said. > > PAST RAMADANS > > Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright started the tradition 18 > years ago of America’s top diplomat hosting a public event for Ramadan, a > lunar month. > > The secretary of state of the time usually gives remarks there on the > meaning of Ramadan. > > In April, the State Department’s Office of Religion and Global Affairs > made a request to Tillerson’s office that he deliver remarks at an Eid > al-Fitr reception this year, and suggested a two-week range of dates in > July. 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