From Newsweek, which in its headline to the story includes the phrase “Trump’s Muslim ban”:
Ivanka Trump was ridiculed this weekend after wishing “Eid Mubarak” to Muslims celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha.
The greeting, translated as “Blessed Feast” is used as a salutation during Islam’s high holidays. Eid al-Adha, which this year runs from sundown August 10 to sundown August 11, honors Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac at God’s command.
In Islam, the son of Abraham who is nearly sacrificed is Ishmael, not Isaac.
After posting the greeting on Twitter Sunday morning, the first daughter and presidential advisor was derided as “Nepotism Barbie” and accused of Islamophobia for her association with the Trump administration, which instituted a travel ban on visitors and immigrants from several majority-Muslim countries in 2017.
“Your father instituted a Muslim ban,” tweeted Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery.
“Psst, don’t nobody tell Nepotism Barbie here how her father tried to ban all Muslims from entering the United States,” wrote Smirking Chimp blogger Jeff Tiedrich.
In February 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order 13769, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.” The White House described the order as a preemptive attempt to keep out dangerous individuals from unstable, predominately Arab countries.
The White House did not describe E.O. 13769 as an attempt to keep out dangerous individuals “from unstable, predominately Arab countries” but, as the Supreme Court agreed in its decision in Hawaii v. Trump, from countries that “do not share adequate information with the U.S. for an informed decision on entry, and also from certain other countries because their aliens created national security risks.” Trump showed the Court that the limits he put in place were tailored to protect American interests.
“Deteriorating conditions in certain countries due to war, strife, disaster, and civil unrest increase the likelihood that terrorists will use any means possible to enter the United States,” the President’s Executive Order 13769 warned.
The ban has been labeled racist, Islamophobic and anti-immigration—and Ivanka received full brunt of criticism Sunday following her olive branch toward the Muslim community.
Yes, the ban has been labelled – most unfairly — as “racist, Islamophobic, and anti-immigration.” “Racist”? Let’s remember that among the countries included in the ban are North Korea, Venezuela, Somalia, and Iraq, where people of at least three, and possibly four, different racial groups live.
“Islamophobic”? That’s the all-purpose word that is now used to inhibit, or to attack, perfectly rational islamocritics. Even if we were to allow its employ, it can’t reasonably be applied to E.O. 13769. Two of the seven countries covered by the so-called “Muslim ban” are non-Muslim. There are 57 Muslim-majority states, and only five of them are affected in any way by the ban. Two Muslim states, Iraq and Chad, were on the original list, but when it was determined that their ability to monitor their own citizens for security purposes, and to share that information with the American government, had sufficiently improved, they were dropped from the list. No Muslims coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and 45 other Muslim countries have seen any change in their status. No Muslims coming from France or Great Britain or Germany or a dozen other European countries will be affected. Those who are outraged by what they misleadingly call a “travel ban on Muslims” should be reminded that for 95% of the world’s Muslims, nothing has changed. Furthermore, individuals from the affected countries can even apply for an exemption, and may be allowed in on an individual basis. All this has to be kept constantly in mind, and constantly repeated.
Nor can the ban be described as “anti-immigration.” It says nothing about immigration in general, or more pointedly, nothing about the flood of Hispanic immigrants entering our country through our southern border. Of the nearly 200 countries in the world, would-be “immigrants” from only five of them are covered by the ban, and as those countries improve their own security apparatuses and sharing of information, like Iraq and Chad, they too will be dropped from the list of those covered by the ban.
“Imagine being the advisor to the president who created the Muslim ban and tweeting this,” wrote novelist Molly Jong-Fast (The Social Climber’s Handbook).
“Your father is bigoted against Muslims of all nationalities,” wrote Justin Hendrix. “Your duplicity is despicable.”
The “despicable duplicity” here is not that of Ivanka Trump, but of those who criticize her for a two-word greeting to American Muslims on the occasion of the Eid al-Adha feast. She is being whipped from pillar to post because, being the daughter of the man who imposed the “Muslim ban,” she must surely be a supreme hypocrite.
But the hypocrisy here is not hers. It belongs to those who continue to deliberately describe E.O. 13769 as a “Muslim ban,” despite the Hawaii v. Trump decision, in which the Supreme Court upheld the ban as constitutional because it was not a “Muslim ban.” To repeat: countries were included in the Executive Order only if they did “not share adequate information with the U.S. for an informed decision on entry, and also from certain other countries because their aliens created national security risks.”
Would it have mattered if someone other than Ivanka Trump, say, Secretary Pompeo, had wished Muslim Americans “Eid Mubarak”? No, the same charge of “hypocrisy” would have been leveled at him for belonging to an administration that imposed “the racist, isalmophobic, and anti-immigrant Muslim ban.” Anyone in the Trump Administration who wished Muslims “Eid Mubarak” would be attacked as “a hypocrite.”
But what would have happened if neither Ivanka Trump, nor anyone in the Trump Administration, had wished Muslims “Eid Mubarak” on the occasion of Eid al-Adha? The furor from Muslim organizations and individuals, with CAIR and Ilhan Omar and Linda Sarsour leading the pack, would have been tremendous.
Let’s imagine CAIR’s statement, read by an aggrieved-looking Nihad Awad:
“I stand here today, as a representative of the largest Muslim civil rights organization in America. I am – we are – deeply troubled. There are only two holidays in Islam. Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr. Yet the Trump Administration could not be bothered to recognize Eid al-Adha with a greeting to Muslims in America. Even just a simple “Eid Mubarak” would have been welcome. How do you think this makes us, as Muslims and as loyal Americans, feel? It’s a way of telling us we don’t really belong in this country, that – as our President said — ‘we should go back to wherever we came from.’ Our whole community is being systematically disrespected by this Administration. None of us should be surprised. This is the same Administration that imposed the famous Muslim travel ban. This is the same racist, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant President who when he was a candidate proudly said that ‘Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.’
“I implore other Americans, especially our Christian and Jewish brothers, all those in the interfaith movement, to stand with us, to share our pain, to let this Administration know that an assault on any of us – Muslim, Christian, or Jew — is an assault on all of us. This for us is a time of deep sadness and even fear. We saw what happened at Christchurch. We saw what happened in El Paso. The hate, all the hate, has to stop. Come visit our mosques. Come get to know us. Come share your questions and concerns. When Americans get together, we can accomplish great things. From this day forth, let’s work to put the haters out of business.
“Thank you. Salaam aleikum.”
Hypocrisy? Despicable duplicity? What do you think?

CRUSADER says
MObama put his hand on the scale of justice to tip it toward favoring Islamist immigration schemes when he got his chummy gangsters on the Left in Hawaii and the Ninth Circuit to argue against Trump’s reasonable “pause” imposed on the least verifiable and most unstable nations, who have had history of promoting Islamist terrorism.
Nancy Rardin says
In the trump administration there is no reasonable anything. We are all free to worship as we see fit, we are also free to not worship. Freedom of religion means no state religion. There is no religion of the United States. Why do you think our forfathers left England? To worship as they saw fit. There is no religion againt the law. Check the Constitution, the Bill of Rights you know the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. Muslim are not the problem, IGNORANCE IS.
Keys says
Islam is the problem, and people who are ignorant of it a d its history.
Charles Ford says
You are not correct I am sorry to day. freedom of religion is restricted to Hudeo Christian views. It does not apply to any religion that seeks to destroy those pillars.
CogitoErgoSum says
Nancy, a religion that has as its goal the subjugation or elimination of all other religions IS A PROBLEM. Ignorance of the majority of the U.S. population concerning a SUPREMACIST RELIGION that requires EVERYONE to obey its rules, whether a member of the religion or not, poses a threat to the freedom of every U.S. citizen. Islam is that supremacist religion and Islam is a problem. You need to learn more about it.
Alita says
“Nancy, a religion that has as its goal the subjugation or elimination of all other religions IS A PROBLEM.”
Sounds like Christianity, missionaries, “only Jesus can save your soul”, the Conquistadors, etc.
CogitoErgoSum says
Alita, can you explain the meaning of Jizya to me and how it works?
gravenimage says
Nancy Rardin wrote:
In the trump administration there is no reasonable anything. We are all free to worship as we see fit, we are also free to not worship. Freedom of religion means no state religion. There is no religion of the United States. Why do you think our forfathers left England? To worship as they saw fit. There is no religion againt the law. Check the Constitution, the Bill of Rights you know the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. Muslim are not the problem, IGNORANCE IS.
………………….
Actually, the Bill of Rights does *not* say that everything done in the name of religion is legal. Do you think that sacrificing your children to Baal is legal? How about Aztec human sacrifice?
Islam calls for the rape, enslavement, and mass murder of unbelievers. DO you believe that this is legal in the United States?
It seems that you are the one who is ignorant.
Me says
It’s okay… All the MORE we SEE it is Best to keep these bitter people Out,,, it’s all good in the end,,,
Emilie Green says
Muslims are a client of the Democrat Party. No amount of good will or pandering will change that. Don’t bother with any efforts on the interfaith business nonsense.
End PC says
I never understood why it was admirable for a father to assume a voice he heard was Gods, obey it and slit his son’s throat. IMO the proper response to such a voice is “F#ck off.” What’s the matter with people?
Rev. G says
You forget much of the story. Abraham was listening to the same voice that told him not once, but twice, that a man of his age, and a woman his wife’s age, would conceive. Twice he conceived, and his wife did the time they chose to believe the voice. I guess that was proof enough for him. Probably would have been for you as well.
gravenimage says
Actually, End PC, this was about *ending* child sacrifice, which was practiced by all the other peoples of the Levant at the time.
CRUSADER says
Well, it has to do with walking with God’s Will, no matter what, since our own will falters. God’s Will is eternal, and yet God’s Ways are not always understood at first, they are not initially our ways, but our ways can become more like God’s if we enter in conversation, daily, hourly, moment by moment with God, as our internal (and, yes, eternal guide).
We have a soul, each of us, which connects to God, if we understand it more.
This is why it is proclaimed that we are made in God’s Image!
Faith isn’t something tangible, until it is accepted, then believed, then actually lived by us.
At that point it is possible to see. It is a choice — a matter of free will to do so.
Perhaps right now, End PC, you only “see through a glass darkly”
… but you are offered a chance at vision, as with Saul when he became Paul.
Worth reading a bit of the Bible each day, try it for a year — or even just a month.
Really dedicate at a personal level to doing that, and then see what comes of it.
Perhaps begin at the New Testament… if the part on Genesis is a bit disconnected for you.
Just because Islam is total fabrication and bends to human will,
doesn’t mean the Judaic-Christisn faith hasn’t something to actually offer you.
Rod says
Well, it has to do with walking with God’s Will, no matter what, since our own will falters. God’s Will is eternal,
Just because Islam is total fabrication and bends to human will,
doesn’t mean the Judaic-Christisn faith hasn’t something to actually offer you.
Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man intimately. But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves. Numbers 31:17-18
gravenimage says
“Rod” is pretending that Jews and Christians are roaming the countryside slaughtering non-virgins. Why does he even pull this ind of crap?
Meanwhile, Muslims are acting on the savagery of the Qur’an–but “Rod” desperately hopes we haven’t noticed this. Bad dhimmis!
CogitoErgoSum says
Rod, that command was clearly given to a specific group of men who were told to follow it with regard to a specific group of people. It was not an everlasting command given to all believers in the God of the Jews and with the intent that it remain in effect for all time. It expired as soon as it was completed. Compare this to Quran 9:29 which applies to all Muslims and has yet to be completed and is yet to expire.
You do not seem very knowledgeable about either the Bible or the Quran.
CogitoErgoSum says
Rod, are you saying the murder of children is always wrong? Muhammad said it was okay when asked about it — because the children were of them (the infidels). So how does which way I answer your question change what Muhammad had to say on the matter? Are you saying that Muhammad was wrong in what he let his men do to children?
CogitoErgoSum says
See Sahih Bukhari 4:52:256 and Sahih Muslim 19:4322. Or do you reject all the hadiths?
CogitoErgoSum says
Rod. Oh, Rod. What say you, Rod? Do you say murdering children is always wrong or do you insult Muhammad by telling the world he was wrong?
CogitoErgoSum says
Let me rephrase that. Do you say murdering children is sometimes okay or do you insult Muhammad by telling the world he was wrong? It’s getting quite late here and I am tired. You think about it, Rod. (Maybe you are not very knowledgeable about the hadiths either.)
CogitoErgoSum says
Rod, I mentioned Mohammad. Since this is a site for discussing Jihad and Muhammad brought Jihad to the world I figured he was worth mentioning. Why don’t you want to talk about him? That’s very revealing of you, Rod.
As far as the question concerning the deaths of women and children during times of war, I think it depends on the circumstances. I don’t know all the circumstances surrounding the killings mentioned in the Bible. Sometimes we are faced with options that all seem bad. In such a case I would pick the option that would bring about the greater amount of good in the end. I trust that God does this and I would hope that all men do the same. That’s what I trust my leaders to do in times of war and if they don’t do that I would try to find new leaders.
BTW, the killing of people by God in the Old Testament was done before the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. Upon Christ’s death He entered into the realm of the dead and offered all who were there the hope of salvation. So God did not abandon those people.
Also, you never answered my questions … again, very revealing of you. As for Descartes, I don’t know if he ever avoided answering a question. Maybe sometimes he would answer a question with another question. What do you think?
CogitoErgoSum says
Rod, I come here to discuss Islam and Jihad. I try to take the actions of a particular Muslim in a story and think about how what that person did relates to the teachings of Muhammad. I realize most Muslims today are peaceful but the philosophy of their religion is dangerous to others when it is followed as intended by Muhammad. On the other hand, I realize there have been large numbers of Christians throughout history who have been violent in direct contradiction to the teachings of their religion — a religion which I believe is NOT dangerous to others (just to Christians themselves) when practiced as intended by Christ.
So, I don’t come here to bash Muslims. I come here to discuss Islam. Its core teachings have not changed over the past 1,400 years and that’s the problem I have. Most Muslims today are ignoring certain core teachings towards things like Jihad just as most Christians seem to be ignoring certain teachings towards things like lust, greed or envy … or violence. However, people change very quickly from being one way to another while religious teachings do not. Trying to get people to think about these unchangeable teachings logically is why I come here, although I am probably a failure at what I want to achieve.
So that’s why I’m here. I welcome you being here also. I don’t mind you expressing your opinion though I may disagree with it. As for what others say, I can’t control how they choose to express themselves. That’s just the way free speech is. Sometimes it takes a thick skin to hear it. I can only speak for myself and try to speak calmly. l will try my best to keep things civil and try to follow my own religion which requires me to refrain to the best of my ability from violence or calling for violence.
I feel compelled to speak up about Islam because Islam is being forced upon people whether they like it or not, whether they want to become a Muslim or not. Keep in mind that Islam means SUBMISSION and it is to be applied to EVERYONE and that means me and that means you. THAT is a core teaching which requires Muslims to fight — and that is also why I am here. Muslims will have to decide for themselves how they wish to conduct the “fight.” I will do it with words.
CogitoErgoSum says
Yeah, I’m nuts for thinking Muslims should do as the Quran tells them and follow the example of Muhammad. I’m nuts for thinking verse 9:29 actually means what it says. Well, I guess that’s what reading the Quran does to a person. No way I can argue with that. Come back again and tell me I’m nuts again … because nutty people keep doing the same thing over and over. Oh, but wait; you aren’t nuts, so I guess you won’t be back. Bye.
CogitoErgoSum says
Rod, you came back. I thought you weren’t nuts. Guess I was wrong.
I’ll tell you what, Rod. Since gun violence is something that seems to be what’s driving you nuts and the Quran is what’s driving me nuts, why don’t you find a website that is anti-guns and you can post your comments there and I’ll stay at Jihad Watch and post my comments here. I know it sounds crazy, Rod, but let’s give it a try. It might be better for your blood pressure too.
CogitoErgoSum says
Yeah, Rod, Muslims are supposed to do as the Quran tells them to do the same as Christians are supposed to do the things Christ said to do. Where is the contradiction there? What is your point? Where do I go to find what Muslims believe if not the Quran? I assume it’s a book that means what it says. Are you saying it does not and it’s just meaningless garbage? Why aren’t you trying to convince Muslims of that? (Good luck)
As for breaking any of the commandments, that’s between me and God. I don’t see what it has to do with your argument that I’m a racist anyway. How would failing to honor my parents or stealing some candy from my brother when I was a kid make me a racist? Maybe the fact that at Mass last Sunday I sat behind a white couple with a black baby makes me a racist or that the woman sitting beside me was black. Oh no! When I look at people I see their color. Wow! I’m a racist. I never knew.
CogitoErgoSum says
Rod, yes, I am hinting that I have sometimes committed what I would consider to be sins. I am not perfect and I don’t expect others to be perfect either. However, I do at least TRY to live according to my beliefs. If I didn’t believe in Christianity, I would just stop calling myself a Christian and start trying to convince others to stop also. What is so hard for you to understand that I expect others to be that way as well? If Muslims don’t want to follow their beliefs they should stop calling themselves Muslims and stop getting mad when Islam is criticized. That would be in accordance with my definition of “common sense” but obviously not in accordance with yours.
As far as learning about Islam from any Muslim I happen to meet, that is just ridiculous. I just read in the news that 75% of Catholics believe that the bread and wine at the Mass do NOT become the actual body and blood of Christ. This is a wrong belief according to the actual teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. So I would not trust just any random Catholic to teach me what I need to know about Catholicism. I feel the same way about random Muslims and Islam.
I consult many different sources when I want to learn about something.
Where did you get your knowledge about Islam and Christianity? Did you just get it from talking to random people you’ve met and discussing it over a few beers? If I can’t get an understanding of the basic foundation of a religion from reading the religion’s holy texts, then those texts are garbage and I would not trust the followers of that religion either. When I read the Quran and it says fight, kill or subdue all the unbelievers I understand it to mean just that. Muslims who say differently are either lying or just do not understand what they are reading. I don’t know how to make that any more clear to you because you apparently do not really believe that words have any meaning other than what you decide they should mean. So I would say we are engaged in a pointless conversation — until we can agree upon the meaning of words.
Angemon says
“ I don’t know how to make that any more clear to you because you apparently do not really believe that words have any meaning other than what you decide they should mean. ”
I suspect he knows what islami tenets teach and their importance to muslims, it’s just that acknowledging it completely sinks his, ahem, “argument”.
CogitoErgoSum says
If we make Isaac the only son (legitimate son) of Abraham the story makes more sense. Since Abraham and Sarah were so old when Isaac was born they both knew Isaac was a special gift from God and that they were not going to have any more children. God had also promised Abraham that he was to be the father of a great nation that would arise from Abraham’s household. Ishmael and Hagar had already been sent away and were no longer a part of Abraham’s household when God asked for Isaac to be sacrificed. Abraham trusted that God would never go back on His promise by taking from Abraham his only means of being father to a great nation. God was testing Abraham’s trust and Abraham did trust that God was not a liar but Abraham also knew that God could test his trust sometimes. Abraham went along with the test and he passed the test.
Making Ishmael the son that Abraham is asked to sacrifice just makes God and Abraham both look bad since Isaac would have still been left alive. The killing of Ishmael would be senseless and it would just make God look bloodthirsty and Abraham would be willing to go along with it and that is what Muhammad wanted everyone to think by replacing Isaac with Ishmael in the story.
CRUSADER says
Trust is big with God.
God tries to make it big with us through tests, trials and tribulations
until we come around — or until our time is up! (By then it is too late!)
Thereby, the national motto in US courts and on US money, reminding us:
“In GOD is our trust”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust
CogitoErgoSum says
The people doing the insulting are the Muslims by replacing Isaac with Ishmael. It’s an insult to Jews, Christians, and most of all to GOD. It’s also an insult to Abraham because that’s what Muhammad did to all the prophets. He made them all failures with the biggest failure of all being Jesus. He had to diminish others in order to make himself the most important — the miserable, lying wretch of a man. I would not offer Muslims anything near best wishes on any of their feasts or holidays.
CogitoErgoSum says
Excuse me. I would have one good wish for them: May God help you STOP BEING MUSLIMS.
FYI says
@CES
It mean seem harsh that Abraham was so tested but of course YHWH already knew the future outcome and would not have wanted Isaac to actually be killed.
In other words since YHWH already knew what the outcome would be ,Isaac was never really in any danger of being killed.
YHWH would have know Abraham was trustworthy and was certain to pass the test.
Isaac was never going to be killed.
It may seem harsh,but it is really a story of TRUST in God.
{God being YHWH,not “al LAH ” of course}
CogitoErgoSum says
Well, we get into predestination here. Yes, God knows what all possible outcomes will be but each one of us is allowed to make his/her own choice of all the various possibilities. I’ve talked about that before with the idea of roads being laid out before us and then we must decide which fork in the road to take. God knows what is down each of the roads but we don’t. It’s all quite mind-boggling but, yes, if we trust in God and try to do what we think He wants, we can have hope that our trust in Him will guide us in the right direction.
FYI says
BTW in the koran Abraham isn’t even…. Jewish.
“Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian”
k3:67
Well,he couldn’t have been a Christian{and no Christians would dispute the fact that Abraham was JEWISH:in fact he is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus MATTHEW 1,who we know was JEWISH{“we Jews..” John 4:22},so clearly Abraham was Jewish}
Except in the koran:Moses becomes musa the muslim,Abraham is a muslim and Issa is a muslim
In k9;30 allah curses the Jews by saying “And the Jews say ‘ezra is the son of allah’..”
But there has never been any Ezra claiming to be the son of allah[as far as I know}anywhere,anytime in Judaism!!
And this al lah wants you to think he is the SAME as the Biblical God?
And he can’t even get the religion of Abraham{or Moses} right,denying they were even JEWISH.
Kay says
EndPC, it is definitely a difficult story. Probably it’s best to pray long over it and to listen to others who have done the same.
Keep in mind that God is so much greater than humans and yet reveals himself, so he has to make himself understood. In the whole story, God doesn’t allow the sacrifice— and thereby makes a statement about all human sacrifice— but God himself provides the sacrifice. But for Abraham, maybe to get Abraham to understand the importance of God’s act, God took Abraham one step before he could take him the next.
Regarding the twist in saying it was Ishmael, those little twists in something mostly true are a reason to be wary.
David says
I am so glad I’m an atheist. People like you. Repeatedly show me that it is the best thing for me. Take away religion and the world would be a happier and more sensible place to live.
marc says
Ironically atheists would not live so well without our Judeo-Christian values. Unless you holdup china as an example.
gravenimage says
So true, Marc.
SemiDave says
@End PC I would suggest that the only voice you would believe is your own. People believing their own lies are fools. People who have witnessed miracles are not fools. Abraham eas no fool. Is God perhaps just too big for your apparent belief in self.
Alexios Comnenis says
What Ivanka did is great! What her father did to protect our country is unprecedented positive. Those who oppose this are enemies of America as ex muslim president Obama did for 8 long years. The real enemy is within of US. These enemies must be stop through voting for the right candidate. And those who vote for these socialist holiwood style democrat are voting for the destruction of our great country.
Westman says
“How do you think this makes us, as Muslims and as loyal Americans, feel?”
How do you think this makes us, as non-Muslims and as loyal Americans, feel, when your Quran says not to make friends or associates with unbelievers, don’t be loyal to non-Islam governments, and only Allah’s laws are valid?
We can only assume that, you are either ignoring the demand of your religion, or, you are lying about loyalty to America – because you cannot be loyal to the US above loyalty to the Umma and also be an orthodox Muslim.
Our new Muslim congresswomen are also not helping a loyalty image. Swoon over them if you must, but don’t be surprised if it damages the favorable public perception of CAIR.
Westman says
My concocted American response to a concocted yet accurate vision of what CAIR has expressed numerous times.
CRUSADER says
Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr.
Islam ☪️ cultural jihad spreads its dread with festivals…
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See how these festivals are now being TRANSLATED
into local lingo in Asia, Africa and the West! ***
Eid al-Adha — lit. ‘Feast of the Sacrifice’, or Eid Qurban also called the “Festival of the Sacrifice”, is the second of two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year (the other being Eid al-Fitr), and considered the holier of the two. It honours the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God’s command. But, before Abraham could sacrifice his son, God provided a lamb to sacrifice instead. In commemoration of this intervention, an animal is sacrificed ritually and divided into three parts. One share is given to the poor and needy, another is kept for home, and the third is given to relatives.
*** In languages other than Arabic, the name is often simply translated into the local language, such as English Feast of the Sacrifice, German Opferfest, Dutch Offerfeest, Romanian Sărbătoarea Sacrificiului, and Hungarian Áldozati ünnep. In Spanish it is known as Fiesta del Cordero[4] or Fiesta del Borrego (both meaning “festival of the lamb”). In Kurdish it is known as (Cejna Qurbanê / جەژنی قوربان). It is also known as Eid Qurban (عید قربان) in Persian speaking countries such as Afghanistan and Iran, Kurban Bayramı[5][6] in Turkey,[7] কোরবানীর ঈদ in Bangladesh, as عید الكبير the big Feast in the Maghreb, as Iduladha, Hari Raya Aiduladha, Hari Raya Haji or Qurban in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, as بکرا عید “Goat Eid” or بڑی عید “Greater Eid” in India and Pakistan, Bakara Eid in Trinidad and Tobago, as Tabaski or Tobaski in The Gambia, Guinea, and Senegal (most probably borrowed from the Serer language – and an ancient Serer religious festival[8][9][10][11]), and as Odún Iléyá by the Yorúbà people of Nigeria
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha
Eid al-Fitr also called the “Festival of Breaking the Fast”, is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting (ṣawm). This religious Eid (Muslim religious festival) is the first and only day in the month of Shawwal during which Muslims are not permitted to fast. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan. The day of Eid, therefore, falls on the first day of the month of Shawwal. The date for the start of any lunar Hijri month varies based on when the new moon is sighted by local religious authorities, so the exact day of celebration varies by locality.
Like Christmas, Muslim’s Eid celebration represents a time of giving. As we approach the end of the month of Ramadan, Muslims look forward to a three-day celebration called Eid Al-Fitr. … And therein is the difference between the Christian and Muslim holidays…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr
gravenimage says
If a Muslim is a loyal American then he is a virtual apostate.
Angemon says
Whether they know it or not. And what happens if they’re given the evidence and asked to choose between loyalty to their nation or a place in Paradise in the afterlife?
gravenimage says
“Rod” is pretending that oppressing and butchering unbelievers and imposing barbaric Shari’ah law–as Islam enjoins its followers–is compatible with being a loyal American citizen. Nice try, creep.
Donovan Nuera says
Ivanka should have instead pointed out (1) the “cultural misappropriation” by Muslims to change the story of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of his son Isaac in Canaan for Ishmael and then placing the event in Mecca (where no city was founded until maybe 400 AD and Abraham never ventured 1000 miles south into hot desert)..and (2) pointing out massive animal cruelty of the bloodlusting butchery during the actual “holiday”!! (PETA where are yoooooouuu…)
Donovan Nuera says
Heck…Trump should ban halal butchery. Too bad the main halal certifying organization is in Omaha! Be sure to ask the waiter at steakhouses if their steaks are halal certified or not…and if they are …walk out loudly
CRUSADER says
Shari’a – banning
Legislation in Oklahoma
nearly worked out.
Not sure how the children of the corn are getting along in Nebraska.
https://www.aaiusa.org/anti_sharia_legislation
David Yerushalmi is a lawyer, political activist, and the primary force behind anti-Sharia movements in the United States. In 2007, Yerushalmi pushed for legislation to make adherence to personal religious observances known as “Sharia” a felony with a twenty-year prison sentence. Unsuccessful, in 2010 Yerushalmi authored the model text for an anti-foreign law bill that state legislatures across the country would use, nearly verbatim, to expressly prohibit the use of all foreign law in American courts. Known as the “American Laws in American Courts” bill, this initiative is a thinly veiled attack on religious freedom and rife with anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bigotry.
Since 2010, 35 states in the U.S. have either considered, outlawed, or are in the process of outlawing, the legal application of foreign law in their judicial systems. These efforts are a waste of time and legislative attention; and unnecessary given Sharia’s limited application by adherents to personal affairs such as fasting, prayer, marriage, divorce, inheritance, and guardianship. Legislators supporting these bills argue they are meant to protect the United States from terrorism and safeguard Judeo-Christian values, but proponents have failed to site any instance in which personal Islamic observances have threatened U.S. laws in any way. The targeting of Sharia undercuts American democracy, disregards our country’s longstanding history of religious tolerance, and establishes a dangerous division between America and its fastest-growing religious minority.
There are also serious legal implications for other religious groups and businesses. Orthodox Jews, for example, often have divorce cases mediated by a religious arbiter and request that the courts adopt the decision; this would be explicitly illegal under anti-foreign law bills. The same legislation also interferes with the process of international adoptions, international business, and matters of contract law.
Current Bills in State Legislatures (partial list) — not up to date :
2010 marked the first year in which state legislatures (Louisiana and Tennessee) officially enacted bans on the use of foreign law. Between 2011 and 2014, six more states followed suit (Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, North Carolina, and South Dakota). 29 other states have seen legislative attempts to ban foreign law in their state houses, but the bills have failed to pass into law. Those states are: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
The following states are currently considering legislation to ban foreign law, which, in practice, will regulate personal conduct based on religious observances:
Arkansas —
SB 229 was introduced on February 5, 2015 and was approved by the Senate on April 1, 2015. It died in the House on April 22, 2015 when legislation adjourned.
HB 1474 was introduced on February 26, 2015 and passed the House on March 5, 2015. It died in the Senate on April 22, 2015 when legislation adjourned.
Indiana —-
SB 38 was approved by the Senate on January 29, 2015 and subsequently referred to the House on February 3, 2015.
Legislative Language: “Provides that a court may not apply, enforce, or grant comity, res judicata, claim preclusion, or issue preclusion to a foreign law, ruling, or judgment if doing so would violate the fundamental liberties, rights, and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Indiana…”
Iowa —-
HB 135 was introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee on February 2, 2015 and will carry into 2016. Kentucky
HB 29 was introduced to the House on January 6, 2015 and has since been referred to the interim Joint Committee on Judiciary.
Legislation Language: “to establish legislative intent that the rights of an individual afforded under the Constitutions of the Commonwealth and the United States take precedence over the application of any foreign law in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding…”
Minnesota —-
SF 1264 was introduced and referred to the Judiciary committee on March 02, 2015.
Legislative Language: “The legislature finds that it is the public policy of this state to protect its citizens from the application of foreign laws when the application of foreign law will result in the violation of a right guaranteed by the U.S Constitution or Minnesota Constitution…”
Mississippi —-
SB 2116 was referred to the Judiciary committee in January 2015 but died in committee shortly afterwards.
HB 177 passed the House on February 4, 2015 and subsequently passed as amended in the Senate on March 4, 2015. On March 23, 2015, the Governor approved the bill.
Legislative Language: “an act to address the application of foreign laws in judicial proceedings in this state … to prohibit the use and enforcement of foreign laws under certain circumstances…”
Montana —-
SB 199 was voted on in the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 10, 2015 but failed to pass. It currently remains in the committee.
Legislative Language: “an act establishing the primacy of Montana law by prohibiting the application of foreign law when it violates a fundamental right guaranteed by the Montana or United States Constitution…”
New Hampshire —-
HB 461 currently resides in the House Judiciary committee where it has been laid on the table, meaning that consideration of the bill will be postponed until further notice.
Legislative Language: “It shall be the public policy of this state to protect its citizens from the application of foreign laws when the application of a foreign law will result in the violation of one of the following fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution of this state or of the United States: due process, equal protection, freedom of religion, speech, or press, the right to keep and bear arms and any right of privacy or marriage as specifically defined by the constitution of this state…”
Texas —-
HB 828, HB 899, HB 3943, HB 562, and HB 670 were all introduced this year and died in the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee when legislature adjourned June 1.
SB 1090 was introduced and referred to the State Affairs Committee where it died March 16.
SB 531 was the only bill approved by the full Senate on May 22, 2015, “relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state.” It was approved by the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee on May 23, 2015, but died on the House floor when legislature adjourned on June 1, 2015.
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CRUSADER says
PETA — The Cruelty Behind Muslim Ritual Slaughter :
https://www.peta.org/blog/cruelty-behind-muslim-ritual-slaughter/
(Video)
I’m going to be frank—after a minute and a half of GAIA’s latest undercover video footage from a halal slaughterhouse in Belgium, I had to stop watching.
But while I was able to hit a pause button, the more than 250,000 cows, sheep, and goats who are slaughtered while they are still conscious must endure prolonged torment. Animals killed halal (according to Islamic law) cannot be stunned before their throats are cut, which means that many animals—including the cow shown in this video—fight and gasp for their last breath, struggling to stand while the blood drains from their necks.
Belgium forbids slaughter without prior stunning, but the law does not apply to ritual slaughter practices, even though much of the halal meat produced in the country is distributed both to religious and nonreligious markets. Islamic teachings encourage kindness and compassion toward all creatures, which is why many Muslims make the humane decision to go vegan.
Visit
IslamicConcern.com
to learn more about cruelty-free alternatives to halal meat.
*** (I cannot advocate the above site, just making an observation.)
CRUSADER says
Then there is this article, perhaps to see….
https://www.theweek.co.uk/58447/halal-meat-what-does-it-involve-and-is-it-cruel-to-animals
gravenimage says
Yes–PETA actually *is* opposing cruel Halal slaughter.
Sun says
“Your father instituted a Muslim ban,” tweeted Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery.
“Psst, don’t nobody tell Nepotism Barbie here how her father tried to ban all Muslims from entering the United States,” wrote Smirking Chimp blogger Jeff Tiedrich.
“Your father is bigoted against Muslims of all nationalities,” wrote Justin Hendrix. “Your duplicity is despicable.”
Open your eyes.
Anyone who walks through the American cities can see that this is not true.
Come to Houston and visit the universities and big shopping malls. Head-scarfs and people from Middle East everywhere – despite the alleged entry ban.
CRUSADER says
Houston replaced the ten gallon cowboy caps for turbans and kaffiyeh ?
While we continue to learn about the invasion-culture we are assimilating to
Into….
☠️
Types of Turbans:
http://old.seattletimes.com/news/nation-world/crisis/theregion/turbans.html
Angemon says
Smirking Chimp – what a fitting description of someone who makes such an easily disprovable claim…
James Lincoln says
I think that Pres. Trump was right the first time. When he was campaigning he said:
“Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. We have no choice. ”
And they still haven’t figured out what the hell is going on…
Keys says
+100
CRUSADER says
USA Left Coast ran interference against Trump….
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Remember also that, in 2007, Muzzie Bro’hoodlum declared they had no need for 9/11 violent tactics of spectacular murdering, since the Islamist agendae were working so well and taking root in USA …
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Kay says
So easy to disrespect a woman by referring to her appearance. How “progressive” of them.
CRUSADER says
Ivanka could run for US President sometime.
She has been an advocate for fair rights.
Wondering if she has dealt with this wonder woman of
Peek dot com travel innovation fame:
Ruzwanna Bashir wrote an article in The Guardian in which she told her story as a survivor of sexual abuse. Bashir’s article was published in light of the 2014 investigations into the sexual abuse of 1,400 children in Rotherham, England between 1997 and 2013. Bashir cited the underreporting of abuse in the British-Pakistani community and the taboos around shame that perpetuates it. She calls upon the communities to give victims the support they need to come forward and bring the perpetrators to justice.
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(Jagadguru-cult-follower Tulsi Gabbard was comfortable with the wrong Bashir!)
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/when-bashir-met-bashar-sudans-president-visits-damascus-meet-assad
Laura Randelli says
Probably best to refrain from congratulating Muslims on their barbaric feast days.
gravenimage says
Agreed.
UNCLE VLADDI says
Can’t fix Stupid Libtard.
AP says
I can’t remember of one good thing that has come from allowing the savages into our country! Name something positive. I know of all of the negative,
infidel says
Come to our mosques .. get to know us… OK but U will never come to our temples, churches, Synos, monasteries..as U are so superior… Just keep Ur mosque invitation to Ur pathetic intolerant self.
Alita says
You sound so tolerant!
gravenimage says
How is Infidel noting that Muslims will not do interfaith in the places of worship of the Kuffar intolerant? Do you believe that telling the truth is intolerant?