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November 26, 2009
Obama Greets MUSLIM Pilgrims
Obama greets muslim pilgrims
Obama continued his outreach to the world's Muslims today, sending greetings to pilgrims to Mecca.
He also noted that his administration is assisting Saudi authorities in preventing the spread of swine flu.
"Michelle and I would like to send our best wishes to all those performing Hajj this year, and to Muslims in America and around the world who are celebrating Eid-ul-Adha. The rituals of Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha both serve as reminders of the shared Abrahamic roots of three of the world’s major religions," Obama said in a statement.
"During Hajj, the world’s largest and most diverse gathering, three million Muslims from all walks of life – including thousands of American Muslims – will stand in prayer on Mount Arafat. The following day, Muslims around the world will celebrate Eid-ul-Adha and distribute food to the less fortunate to commemorate Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son out of obedience to God," the president added in the statement, translated on the White House website into Arabic, Persian, Dari, Urdu, Pashto, Russian, and French.
"This year, I am pleased that the Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with the Saudi Health Ministry to prevent and limit the spread of H1N1 during Hajj. Cooperating on combating H1N1 is one of the ways we are implementing my administration's commitment to partnership in areas of mutual interest.
"On behalf of the American people, we would like to extend our greetings during this Hajj season.."
President Bush when he was President and his surprise visit to see the troops in Baghdad.
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Wild Thing's comment.......
Okay everyone, guy has got to go.
How about the Thanksgiving pilgrims, and their giving thanks to God for His blessings?
Obama ignores most things Christian, but doesn’t miss a Muslim “shout out”. He was too busy for the National Prayer Breakfast with Christian leaders, but made time for a Rammadan prayer with Muslims.
Did he include a shout out to his grandma-ma? Saudi Arabia: Obama's Grandmother in Mecca for Hajj Ceremony
Mecca, 25 Nov. (AKI) - The grandmother of US president Barack Obama has arrived in Saudi Arabia for the 'Hajj' or Islamic pilgrimage to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, a Saudi daily said on Wednesday. Sarah Obama, 87, is being accompanied by a nephew and Obama's cousin, Omran.
On Wednesday Sarah Obama was in the valley of Mina with an African delegation, according to the Saudi daily Okaz.
Obama, the mother of the American president's father, lives in a village in Kenya and is one of the many guests of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud.
About two million Muslims converge on Mecca each year for the Hajj pilgrimage but Saudi officials were expecting fewer pilgrims this year due to the threat of the H1N1 virus known as swine flu.
Crowds of pilgrims have been converging on the holy city of Mecca in recent days, and started the Hajj rites on Wednesday.
At the weekend, Saudi health authorities said that four people attending the Hajj had died from the H1N1 virus but sought to play down the risk.
The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam. It is an obligation for all able-bodied Muslims to attend at least once during their lives, provided they can afford it.
BUT..........oh wait this gets even better!!!! sheesh!
Last year ......
AP, March 5, 2008:
"In the world of today, children have different religions from their parents," she said. She, too, is a Christian.
Posted by Wild Thing at November 26, 2009 05:49 AM
Comments
You might be a Muslim if......
Your grandmother goes to the Hajj
Posted by: Jim at November 26, 2009 09:04 AM
His grandmother is in Meca? Is this the grandmother that swears she witnessed his birth in Kenya? It must be, it's the only one is dead.
Obama was raised by his "white" grandmother and when she was dying, he couldn't even go to be by her side.
Posted by: BobF at November 26, 2009 09:38 AM
The muzzie population is less than 1% of a population of 304 Million. Yet this dimwit keeps saying this is not a Christian Nation. About 80% of the people claim some kind of Christian Religion, he wants to legalize the Illegal Mexicans, they certainly are for the most part Christians(Catholic), that should throw his numbers onto the ash heap.
the muzzie didn't pardon a Turkey this year, I didn't hear anything about that.
He could have made a special trip over to Afghanistan for Thanksgiving and Iraq for the Holiday, but that's too close to being a real Commander-in-Chief. What a piece of crap.
Posted by: Mark at November 26, 2009 10:33 AM
obama is a muslim. He understands and supports muslim thought better than he understands Christian thought. He is alien to America.
Posted by: TomR at November 26, 2009 10:36 AM
Our not so esteemed JIC (Jackass in Chief) is doing everything in his power to denigrate not only our country but our soldiers too and it sickens me to watch it happen.
His muslim faith obviously overrides any sense of decency he might otherwise have.
Posted by: Melissa In Texas at November 27, 2009 12:05 AM
I really think he is more comfortable with
his Muslim idenity then anything else. He
sure hates America.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 27, 2009 01:30 AM
