{"id":8326,"date":"2018-06-07T13:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=8326"},"modified":"2018-06-07T13:55:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T12:55:03","slug":"trump-hosts-first-iftar-dinner-at-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/trump-hosts-first-iftar-dinner-at-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump hosts first iftar dinner at White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8327\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump.jpg\" alt=\"Trump\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>Donald Trump hosted his first iftar dinner as president Wednesday, marking the traditional Ramzan fast-breaking meal with Muslim invitees at the White House.<br \/>\nTrump, who has frequently engaged in inflammatory anti-Muslim rhetoric, defied recent custom by not holding a similar event during his first year in office.<br \/>\nHundreds of millions of devout Muslims observe the holy fasting month of Ramzan, which is slated to end on June 14 this year.<br \/>\nFrom sunrise onwards, they abstain from food and drink, breaking their fast at sunset.<br \/>\nThere were more than 50 guests. At the head table, Trump sat with Saudi Ambassador Prince Khalid Ben Salman, and Jordanian Ambassador Dina Kawar.<br \/>\nAmbassadors were invited from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, Morocco, Algeria and Libya.<br \/>\n\u201cTo each of you and to the Muslims around the world: Ramadan Mubarak,\u201d Trump said.<br \/>\n\u201cTonight, we give thanks for the renewed bonds of friendship and cooperation we have forged with our valued partners from all across the Middle East,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nOutside the White House, a group of demonstrators displayed slogans and chanted in protest against Trump\u2019s efforts to ban immigrants from several Muslim-majority countries.<br \/>\n\u201cWe think it\u2019s the height of hypocrisy for Donald Trump to ban Muslims with one hand and then invite lead diplomats into the White House and break fast with them,\u201d said Bilal Askaryar.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s hypocritical and his actions with the Muslim ban and spreading hate speech about Muslims is un-American and un-presidential.\u201d<br \/>\nIftar dinners have been a regular feature on the White House calendar, along with prayer breakfasts, Passover Seders and similar events.<br \/>\nSeveral American Muslim groups said they would not participate in Wednesday\u2019s iftar.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/trump-hosts-first-iftar-dinner-at-white-house\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump hosted his first iftar dinner as president Wednesday, marking the traditional Ramzan fast-breaking meal with Muslim invitees at the White House. 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