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[WashingtonTimes] A coalition of more than two dozen American Moslem groups sent a letter Tuesday to Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
, asking for the protection of religious freedoms for Moslems that travel to Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
to perform the Islamic pilgrimage called "Hajj." The letter comes almost a year after American Moslems were singled out and attacked with knives and blades after being insulted with slurs during the 2013 Hajj. Victims of the assault claim that not only did Saudi police refuse to assist; the U.S. Embassy ignored them as well.
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The letter comes at a critical time, as American Moslems will leave for this year's Hajj in late September.
The effort is sponsored by Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, based Moslem Advocates, and in a blurb the group said "[This] comes a year after a group of American Moslems from Dearborn, Michigan, was attacked during the Hajj because the group belonged to the Shia denomination of Moslems. The Americans were viciously attacked, including men being strangled and women threatened with rape. When these individuals reached out to the U.S. Embassy for help, their calls were not returned."
The letter from the Moslem groups references not only this act of violence, but other attacks against American and Western participants in the Hajj in previous years, including an incident in 2007 that shocked the American Moslem community.
“It is critical that our government protects all citizens and supports them when their rights are violated" both here and abroad,” said Mohammed Sabur, a director at Moslem Advocates. “We are asking Secretary Kerry to use his diplomatic relationship with the Kingdom of Soddy Arabia to protect American citizens, and to ensure that if Americans are in jeopardy, they can rely on the U.S. Embassy for immediate assistance.”
| I thought Muslims didn't harm other Muslims in the Hajj... |
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