WH to Celebrate Ramadan

Franklin Graham was excoriated for pointing out the obvious:

Evangelical leader Rev. Franklin Graham issued his toughest remarks yet Monday on the administration’s role in revoking his invitation to speak at the Pentagon’s National Day of Prayer event, charging that President Obama is ‘giving Islam a pass’ rather than speaking openly about the ‘horrific’ treatment women and minorities receive in many Muslim countries.

For speaking the truth, Graham was kicked out of the National Day of Prayer.

Islam, however, gets high praise from the president for being an “integral part of the United States.”  Technically, he’s right about that, but he’s not referring to jihad.

This administration refuses to admit that Islamic jihad even exists.  Thus, the celebration of Ramadan:

 President Barack Obama will Friday join an evening meal to break the daily fast observed by Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan, the White House said.

The hosting of Iftar will be held in a dining room at the White House, his spokesman said.

Obama participated in a traditional Ramadan meal in September 2009, where he praised Islam as an integral part of the United States.

Earlier this week the president offered his best wishes to Muslims in the United States and around the world as they welcomed the holy month, saying: ‘All of us must remember that the world we want to build — and the changes that we want to make — must begin in our own hearts, and our own communities.’

Obama said the rituals of Ramadan ‘remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings.’

‘Here in the United States, Ramadan is a reminder that Islam has always been part of America and that American Muslims have made extraordinary contributions to our country,’ he said.

I do hope he’s cutting back on the booze for Ramadan.  Maybe he’ll stop making such absurd statements about Islam “advancing tolerance.”