{"id":2211904,"date":"2024-04-02T23:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T03:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-was-forced-to-scale-back-ramadan-event-after-pushback-from-muslim-leaders\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T23:47:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T03:47:33","slug":"biden-was-forced-to-scale-back-ramadan-event-after-pushback-from-muslim-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-was-forced-to-scale-back-ramadan-event-after-pushback-from-muslim-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden had to downsize Ramadan event due to objections from Muslim leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-was-forced-to-scale-back-ramadan-event-after-pushback-from-muslim-leaders%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2211904&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden opted\u2064 to downsize a \u2063planned Ramadan event due to Muslim leaders&#8217; objections to\u200b his Gaza policy.\u200d Initially envisioned \u200cas a larger gathering, the event was adjusted to a working meeting on policy, following feedback\u2064 from community leaders. Emgage Action declined the invitation citing \u200dconcerns over military aid to Israel, leading to a humanitarian crisis\u200d in Gaza. President Joe Biden decided\u2062 to reduce the\u200c scale of a scheduled Ramadan event in response to objections from Muslim leaders regarding his Gaza policy.\u2062 Originally planned \u2064as a large gathering, the\u2064 event was transformed into a policy-focused working meeting based\u200c on \u2062input from community\u200c leaders. Emgage Action declined \u200bthe invitation, highlighting \u2063issues related to military aid to Israel and the \u200cresulting humanitarian crisis in Gaza.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> scaled back a planned Ramadan event after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/muslims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Muslim\">Muslim<\/a> leaders expressed their dissatisfaction over his stance on the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Biden met with some Muslim leaders and then held a small dinner with some Muslims in his administration, <em>Reuters<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/white-house-hosts-muted-ramadan-event-bidens-israel-policy-draws-anger-2024-04-02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a>. While the event was expected to be a larger affair, such as in years past, the White House told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that it gave community leaders the option to choose the format, and the consensus was a working meeting on policy.<\/p>\n<p>One Muslim advocacy group, Emgage Action, told the news outlet it declined Biden\u2019s invitation, citing \u201ccontinued unconditional military aid to Israel,\u201d which has led to a \u201chumanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House confirmed that some individuals, including those from <a href=\"https:\/\/emgageaction.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Emgage Action<\/a>, declined to go to the event but that the number was small.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Emgage Action for further comment.<\/p>\n<p>A person familiar with the meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/02\/politics\/white-house-ramadan-meeting?cid=ios_app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> CNN that many Muslim leaders felt a dinner with Biden would be inappropriate given the lack of food for Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a significant amount of pushback from attendees that it would be inappropriate to raise the humanitarian crisis in Gaza over dinner,\u201d\u00a0they said.\u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s a famine in Gaza; 23 children have died from starvation in northern Gaza. I don\u2019t think anybody would be comfortable sharing those stories and images over dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, the White House pushed back on reports that the dinner would be scaled back, saying that Biden was following the community\u2019s wishes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was actually a request from members of the community. This is what they wanted,\u201d White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2949065\/biden-hosting-muslim-leaders-white-house-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> reporters during a Tuesday press briefing. \u201cThey wanted a working group meeting. They wanted it to be private.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The episode reflects Biden\u2019s plummeting favorability among Muslims, who make up a sizable part of his voting base in several key swing states. Many are threatening to withhold their vote from him in November if he doesn\u2019t change course on the war.<\/p>\n<p>Outrage over Israel\u2019s actions in its war against Hamas spiked on Monday when seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrikes. Biden released a statement denouncing the attack, urging a swift investigation into the matter, and saying that Israel hasn\u2019t been doing enough to protect civilians.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncidents like yesterday\u2019s simply should not happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>I am outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen, including one American, in Gaza yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Incidents like yesterday\u2019s simply should not happen.<\/p>\n<p>Here is my full statement. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nl2jq8wqTt\">pic.twitter.com\/Nl2jq8wqTt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1775316042367094888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Total casualty figures in the Israel-Hamas war are controversial, but the number of deaths in Gaza is believed to be in the tens of thousands. Around 1,200 Israelis were killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that ignited the war.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden trimmed a planned Ramadan event following Muslim leaders&#8217; discontent over his Gaza conflict stance. He engaged with select Muslim leaders and hosted a modest dinner with Muslim officials in his administration, as per Reuters. 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