WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry will host an Iftar to commemorate the month of Ramadan in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the Department of State on Wednesday, July 24, 2013.
At this event, Secretary Kerry will highlight State Department efforts to reach out in innovative and exciting ways to engage with Muslim communities around the world. The event will reinforce programs that build bridges of understanding and partnership, and celebrate people whose work exemplifies a spirit of cooperation and commitment to change.
An Iftar is a celebratory dinner breaking the fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan, the month of the Islamic calendar during which Muslims fast from dawn to sunset. Ramadan is the month Muslims believe the Qu’ran was revealed to the Prophet Mohamed; it is a month of reflection, generosity, and compassion for nearly 1.7 billion Muslims worldwide.
What is wrong with these politicians? I can’t believe our secretary of state can’t figure out that the genocide occurring all over this world is because of religious sects want to rule and now he aids and abets these actions. He should be hung for this injustice. You are encouraging their radical unacceptable behavior. Such a shame that founding fathers could figure out separation of church and state. And now Kerry thinks he is going to fix the world with his philosophy. This is why America is going down hill fast. NO LEADERSHIP!!!!!!!!! Get your heads out of your asses voters and no what you are voting for.
Gee, I wonder how many people have been killed in the name of “christianity”. And I wonder how many people have had their ways of life destroyed by “christians”. And I surely wonder how following rules written in a barbaric age could be anything less than barbaric. I don’t even want to TOUCH that comment about sticking things up people’s butts. I’ll just say “christianity”.
This is completely BS. John Kerry needs to do several, year long tours with the Marines on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan. How about hosting something around Hanukkah, or whatever special event that African Americans celebrate. Oh wait, how about hosting an event with all your fellow colleagues so you can figure out how the government is going to stabilize this country to keep it from going under.
I agree with both 4ever49 and LVS why are doing this to a religion and a group that is trying to destroy our way of life. This bending over backwards for these people has done doing but make them more determined to overthrow our government and put in place a sharia form of government. There are no moderate Muslims just those that are not practicing. No reason for this.
Kerry must have a strong stomach or is brain dead.
Why are we celebrating anything involving this “religion”? Within just the last century it has managed to murder over 1,000,000 people beginning with the Armenians. Our first war was against the Barbary pirates who demanded tribute for ships to travel the Mediterranean. Does the Marine hymn passage “to the halls of Tripoli” ring a bell?
I really do not feel we need to kowtow in any way to this medieval barbaric “religion” that expanded at the point of a sword over the centuries.
What a FOOL. Those people will use him until they don’t need him anymore and then stick a AK47 up his butt and pull the trigger. They only respect one thing and that is strength.