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Tuesday 23 Jun 2015 - 16:40 Makkah mean time-6-9-1436
President Obama (Photo: Anadolu Agency)
Washington (IINA) – U.S. President Barack Obama hosted an iftar dinner Monday night to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, The Washington Post reported.
The president said that the holiday dinner "is also a reminder of the freedoms that bind us together as Americans, including the freedom of religion – that inviolable right to practice our faiths freely."
Citing the shootings at the Charleston, S.C., church and the murder of three young Muslim Americans in Chapel Hill, N.C., earlier this year, Obama said that "as Americans, we insist that nobody should be targeted because of who they are, or what they look like, who they love, how they worship." He said "our prayers remain in Charleston."
The Iftar dinner, which continues a tradition started by President Clinton and continued by President George W. Bush, featured nearly the entire diplomatic corps representing the Islamic world as well as a few young Muslim Americans Obama held up as examples of what can be achieved in the United States. There were about 150 guests, including some members of Congress.
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