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08-28-2014, 08:03 PM
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/08/28/3476675/muslims-letter-hajj-protection/
Muslim Americans Ask State Department To Protect Them During Religious Pilgrimage
A group of American Muslims sent a letter to the U.S. State Department on Tuesday, imploring the government to provide protection against militants and other threats that could endanger them during their religious pilgrimage to Mecca in October.
The letter, signed by 28 different Muslim groups, asked Secretary of State John Kerry to take measures to safeguard Americans participating in this year’s hajj, an annual ritual required of all followers of Islam who have the ability and means to make the journey to Mecca.
“We urge you to take immediate action to protect American citizens who travel overseas to perform one of the five mandatory acts of their faith and ensure that Saudi Arabia addresses this urgent security matter in preparation for the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage,” the letter read. Signers cited several reasons for sending the letter, but rooted their concern in a 2013 incident when a group of American Muslims were brutally attacked as they took part in the hajj. While staying at a camp outside of Mecca, a band of Lebanese-Australians reportedly confronted the U.S. citizens, which included three women featured in the reality TV show All-American Muslim. The attackers shouted insults at the Michigan natives, decrying them for being Shia Muslims before strangling one man until his face turned blue and telling the women that they would “rape them all” if they didn’t leave. The assailants were reportedly followers of Salafism, a subset of Sunni Islam that seeks a radical return to a more traditional version of the religion. Extreme strains of Salafism include members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the militant group currently wreaking havoc in Iraq and killing anyone who disagrees with their intolerant theology — including their fellow Muslims.
Obviously these fools never heard of Benghazi!!!!
Now on the other hand, iffin dey be black, da bez ok....:laugh::laugh:
da Obama bez protickin' dem.. - ;)-Tyr
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/08/28/3476675/muslims-letter-hajj-protection/
Muslim Americans Ask State Department To Protect Them During Religious Pilgrimage
A group of American Muslims sent a letter to the U.S. State Department on Tuesday, imploring the government to provide protection against militants and other threats that could endanger them during their religious pilgrimage to Mecca in October.
The letter, signed by 28 different Muslim groups, asked Secretary of State John Kerry to take measures to safeguard Americans participating in this year’s hajj, an annual ritual required of all followers of Islam who have the ability and means to make the journey to Mecca.
“We urge you to take immediate action to protect American citizens who travel overseas to perform one of the five mandatory acts of their faith and ensure that Saudi Arabia addresses this urgent security matter in preparation for the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage,” the letter read. Signers cited several reasons for sending the letter, but rooted their concern in a 2013 incident when a group of American Muslims were brutally attacked as they took part in the hajj. While staying at a camp outside of Mecca, a band of Lebanese-Australians reportedly confronted the U.S. citizens, which included three women featured in the reality TV show All-American Muslim. The attackers shouted insults at the Michigan natives, decrying them for being Shia Muslims before strangling one man until his face turned blue and telling the women that they would “rape them all” if they didn’t leave. The assailants were reportedly followers of Salafism, a subset of Sunni Islam that seeks a radical return to a more traditional version of the religion. Extreme strains of Salafism include members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the militant group currently wreaking havoc in Iraq and killing anyone who disagrees with their intolerant theology — including their fellow Muslims.
Obviously these fools never heard of Benghazi!!!!
Now on the other hand, iffin dey be black, da bez ok....:laugh::laugh:
da Obama bez protickin' dem.. - ;)-Tyr
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/08/28/3476675/muslims-letter-hajj-protection/