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."
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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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