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White House Ramadan DinnerReader comment on item: [The Need to Name and] Know Thy Terrorists Submitted by Debbie T (United States), Nov 20, 2002 at 10:06 Dear Mr. Pipes,Do you have a list of all that attended the Ramadan dinner at the White House? I'm curious which Islamic leaders attended and what their background is. I'm sickened that our tax dollars are spent serving our very enemies. Also, do you know what the menu was? Our President goes out of his way to criticize Christian leaders, yet panders to the very people who are hell bent on destroying America and the world! What is going on? I'm really beginning to wonder who our President really is, or what he is. Now we have Colin Powell calling for more Muslims to flood America. It brings tears to my eyes to see this once great nation lose its identity. The saddest thing about all of it is, that no matter which party is in office, they will take this nation down. It breaks my heart! Submitting....
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Daniel Pipes replies: ATTENDEES AT THE PRESIDENT'S White House IFTAAR DINNERAMBASSADORS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE His Excellency Dr. Farid Abboud, Ambassador of Lebanon His Excellency Baktybek Abdrissaev, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic The Honorable Mahmoud Aboud, Charge d'Affaires ad interim, Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros The Honorable Augustine Agada, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the Federal Republic of Nigeria His Excellency Syed Hasan Ahmad, Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bangladesh His Excellency Bader Omar Al Dafa, Ambassador of the State of Qatar His Excellency Alasri Saeed Al Dhahri, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahayan, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates His Excellency Mohamed Ali Al Khusaiby, Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman His Excellency Abdulwahab A. Al-Hajjri, Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen His Excellency Rashid Alimov, Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan His Excellency Khalifa Ali Al-Khalifa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain His Excellency Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait His Excellency Dr. Rostom Al-Zoubi, Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic His Excellency Hatem Atallah, Ambassador of Tunisia His Excellency Amadou Lamine Ba, Appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Senegal His Excellency Rafiou Alpha Oumar Barry, Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea Mr. Emad Madani (Guest of His Royal Highness Prince Bandar bin Sultan), Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Saudi Arabia His Excellency Soemadi D. M. Brotodiningrat, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia The Honorable Hassan Conteh, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Sierra Leone Mr. Henrique Da Silva, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the Republic of Guinea Bissau His Excellency Cheick Oumar Diarrah, Ambassador of the Republic of Mali Mr. Guy Marcel Eboumy, Counselor, Embassy of the Gabonese Republic The Honorable Raymond Epote, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the Republic of Cameroon His Excellency M. Nabil Fahmy, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt His Excellency Sheikh Abdul Khalid Ghazzali, Ambassador of Malaysia The Honorable Mohammed Ghozlani, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the Kingdom of Morocco His Excellency Dr. Odeen Ishmael, Ambassador of the Republic of Guyana His Excellency Idriss Jazairy, Ambassador of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria His Excellency Karim Kawar, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan His Excellency Shavkat Shodiyevich Khamrakulov, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan His Excellency Pascal D. Kokora, Ambassador of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire His Excellency Sakthip Krairiksh, Ambassador of Thailand His Excellency (Dr Mohamed Latheef, Ambassador of the Republic of Maldives His Excellency Dr. Osman Faruk Logoglu, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey Mr. Counselor Elmar Mamedyarov, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the Republic of Azerbaijan His Excellency Cyrille Oguin, Ambassador of the Republic of Benin His Excellency Roble Olhaye, Ambassador of the Republic of Djibouti His Excellency Meret Bairamovich Orazov, Ambassador of Turkmenistan His Excellency Mohamedou Ould Michel, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania His Excellency Armando Alexandre Panguene, Ambassador of the Republic of Mozambique His Excellency Pengiran Anak Dato Puteh, Ambassador of the State of Brunei Darussalam His Excellency Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Ambassador of Pakistan His Excellency Kanat B. Saudabayev, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan His Excellency Essa Bokar Sey, Ambassador of the Gambia His Excellency Ishaq Shahryar, Ambassador of Afghanistan His Excellency Hassaballah Ahmat Soubiane, Ambassador of the Republic of Chad Her Excellency Edith Grace Ssempala, Ambassador of the Republic of Uganda His Excellency Dr. Fatos Tarifa, Ambassador of the Republic of Albania His Excellency Emmanuel Touaboy, Ambassador of Central African Republic AMERICAN MUSLIM LEADERS Mr. Khaled Saffuri, Islamic Institute Dr. Ziad Asali, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Dr. Yahya Basha, American Muslim Council Shaykh Hicham Muhammad Kabbani, Islamic Supreme Council of America Dr. Sayyid Syeed, Secretary General, Islamic Society of North America Dr. Akbar Ahmed, American University Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl, UCLA School of Law Imam Hassan Qazwini, Islamic Center of America Mr. Hanif Akhtar, Pakistani Business Association Dr. Raana Akbar, Association Pakistani Physicians of North America Dr. Nisar Chaudry, Pakistani American Congress Imam W. Deen Mohammed, The Mosque Cares Mr. Qaseem Uqdah, American Muslim Armed Forces Council Imam Mohamed Magid Ali, All Dulles Area Muslim Society Mrs. Seeme Hasan, Hasan Family Foundation Mrs. Guler Koknar, Assembly of Turkish American Assoc Dr. Shamim Ibrahim, NISWA Dr. Azizah Al-Hibri, President, Karamah Ms. Shareefa Alkhateeb, North American Council for Muslim Women Mr. Ali Jawad, Armada Oil and Gas Mr. Farooq Kathwari, Ethan Allen Dr. Amanullah Khan, Cancer Center Associates Dr. Laith Kubba, National Endowment for Democracy Mr. Mohammad Fadel, National Association of Muslim Lawyers President Bush Iftar Dinner comments - http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/11/20021107-11.html << Previous Comment Next Comment >> Reader comments (178) on this item
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