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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/9/muslims-twitter-outraged-over-obamas-ramadan-wishe/ **** Muslims on Twitter outraged over Obama’s Ramadan wishes**** Muslims on Twitter <http://topics/twitter/> are expressing their outrage after President Obama <http://topics/barack-obama/> tweeted his Ramadan wishes Monday night.**** “‘I wish Muslims across America & around the world a month blessed with the joys of family, peace & understanding,’ —President Obama<http://topics/barack-obama/>#Ramadan,” he said. **** ------------------------------ *SEE RELATED: Saudi Arabia to foreigners: Abide Muslim Ramadan rules, or face punishment <http://news/2013/jul/9/saudi-arabia-foreigners-abide-muslim-ramadan-rules/> * ------------------------------ But some Muslims are thinking the president’s greeting was not so sincere.** ** “My mom just told me that Barack Obama <http://topics/barack-obama/> wished all Muslims a happy Ramadan, I told her that maybe he should stop killing us too,” one user wrote.**** Many of those criticizing the president had issue with the forced feeding of Guantanamo Bay detainees during Ramadan fasting, as well as drone strikes in the Middle East, calling him a “hypocrite” and “insincere,” Twitchy reported.**** <http://multimedia/image/ramadanjpg/>**** Enlarge Photo <http://multimedia/image/ramadanjpg/>**** “I am assuming Obama <http://topics/barack-obama/>’s greetings to Muslims wrt Ramadan are also directed at Muslims he will be force feeding at #GTMO during that month,” one user wrote.**** “Obama <http://topics/barack-obama/> wishing Muslims a happy Ramadan while he drone bombs them is like Hitler wishing Auschwitz a happy hanukkah #samedifference #ramadan,” another user said.**** To mark the beginning of Ramadan, the human rights group Reprieve released a video in which rapper Mos Def submits himself to forced feeding. The Council On American-Islamic Relations has also called on the President to halt the practice.**** “We believe it’s wrong to force feed at any time but it is particularly upsetting to do it through Ramadan,” CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper told The Guardian.**** © Copyright 2013 The Washington Times, LLC. Click here for reprint permission.<http://license.icopyright.net/3.7280?icx_id=/news/2013/jul/9/muslims-twitter-outraged-over-obamas-ramadan-wishe/> **** ** ** ** ** ** ** ---**** __._,_._ __,_._,___ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
