Catholic League Chief Speaks Out on Obama’s Eid al-Fitr Message

Catholic League President Bill Donohue is slamming President Barack Obama for his statement commemorating the end of the Muslim Ramadan observance, saying Obama doesn’t “stand with people of all faiths.”

Obama’s brief statement, issued earlier this week to send best wishes to Muslims during the Eid al-Fitr celebration, said that the observance reminds him and wife Michelle “of the many achievements and contributions of Muslim Americans to building the very fabric of our nation and strengthening the core of our democracy.”

Further, Obama said he and his wife “stand with people of all faiths, here at home and around the world, to protect and advance their rights to prosper, and we welcome their commitment to giving back to their communities.”

“While Eid marks the completion of Ramadan, it also celebrates the common values that unite us in our humanity and reinforces the obligations that people of all faiths have to each other, especially those impacted by poverty, conflict, and disease,” the president said.

Donohue wrote on the Catholic League’s website that Obama does not stand with all faiths while protecting human rights.

“As you speak, Christians are being beheaded all over the Middle East because they are Christians, and those carrying out this mass murder are doing so in the name of Islam,” Donohue wrote. “Yet you continue to say and do absolutely nothing about these unspeakable crimes. Do Christian lives mean so little to you?”

Donohue said that when he types in the phrase “President Obama Speaks Out,” or “Speaks Against,” into Internet search engines, subjects such as “Trayvon Martin,” “Kanye West,” “Fox News,” and “bullying” come up.

“I can search in vain to find you condemning the genocidal slaughter of Christians by Muslims,” Donohue wrote. “Muslim terrorists are killing Jews in Israel and their representatives have pledged to wipe Jews off the face of the earth. Yet your administration spends most of its time lecturing Israelis to be patient. About what? Being bombed because they are Jews? Do Jewish lives mean so little to you?”

Donohue admitted that nobody wants the President to insult Muslim Americans from the White House, “but you had an opportunity to at least call on them to speak out about what their people are doing in the Middle East, and you blew it. Instead, you decided to patronize them for all their contributions to human rights.“

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