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UN Chief Says Fasting Showed Him 'True Face of Islam'
Middle East Monitor ^ | 4/6/23

Posted on 04/16/2023 6:49:13 PM PDT by marshmallow

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said joining Muslims as they fast during Islam's holy month of Ramadan showed him "the true face of Islam", Anadolu News Agency reports.

"The sense of peace, the sense of solidarity, the sense of generosity that I witnessed in the communities hosting refugees, and also the resilience, the courage of the refugees themselves was extremely inspiring," he said.

His remarks came during an interview with UN News's Arabic service on Wednesday, ahead of his visit to Somalia next week as part of the UN Chief's annual tradition of visiting a Muslim-majority country during Ramadan.

"And it remains a very important inspiration of everything I do today as Secretary-General of the United Nations," he added.

Asked about his annual visit to refugee camps or settlements as UNHCR Chief, where he fasted in solidarity, Guterres said: "When I became Secretary-General, I thought that this tradition should be maintained – now, not focused on refugee communities, but focused on the Muslim communities that are suffering".

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1 posted on 04/16/2023 6:49:13 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Fasting is fine. Won’t say the same for Islam.


2 posted on 04/16/2023 6:50:33 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: marshmallow

So, he’d bending over and assuming the position, eh?


3 posted on 04/16/2023 6:52:30 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: marshmallow

I saw the true face of Islam on 9/11/01


4 posted on 04/16/2023 6:52:49 PM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: marshmallow

Little does he know that the reason for the fasting was so that Muslims would sleep during the day and go to war at night.

Moron.


5 posted on 04/16/2023 6:53:48 PM PDT by Jonty30 (How is grinning and bearing something a bad thing? They are grinning.)
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To: grobdriver

yep.

That was a very educational day, wasn’t it.


6 posted on 04/16/2023 7:00:15 PM PDT by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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To: marshmallow

Not eating for 12 hours is not fasting. Typical Islamic bullshit.


7 posted on 04/16/2023 7:03:18 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: marshmallow
Nothing says "Islam" like suicide flying hijacked passenger planes into office buildings full of men, women, and children. No amount of dead muslims will ever settle that score, nonetheless, we've got to keep trying.

8 posted on 04/16/2023 7:06:23 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: marshmallow

If that were the case in truth, he’d find another religion.


9 posted on 04/16/2023 7:11:28 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: marshmallow

Visit Somalia without heavily armed guards and let us know how it goes...


10 posted on 04/16/2023 7:15:33 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: HYPOCRACY

And they eat like pigs the rest of the day...and there are plenty of exemptions.


11 posted on 04/16/2023 7:16:38 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: marshmallow

Shielded upper class twit. Did he sleep all day and binge all night like the rest of them?


12 posted on 04/16/2023 7:24:41 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: marshmallow

And the fact that they want to kill everyone else apparently does not bother him.


13 posted on 04/16/2023 7:37:15 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: marshmallow

they drink alcohol and hide their liquor in their homes so their friends or certain people don’t find out. This is done by many.


14 posted on 04/16/2023 7:38:15 PM PDT by Coleus (250K attend the March for Life, no violence, break-ins, stealing of podiums/laptops, etc., peaceful)
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To: grobdriver

hosting REFUGEES... I don’t see Iran or Saudi Arabia or Turkey opening up their arms for Christians fleeing their tormentors who are Muslims.


15 posted on 04/16/2023 7:48:28 PM PDT by rovenstinez ( )
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To: marshmallow

The UN can’t fit all their luvies in one box— the fat will have to be trimmed somewhere.

Drag queens and muslims?

Kumbaya.


16 posted on 04/16/2023 7:49:41 PM PDT by Irenic
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To: marshmallow

Ya, that religion of peace is sure hard to resist!


17 posted on 04/16/2023 8:24:07 PM PDT by Mlheureux
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18 posted on 04/16/2023 8:47:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: grobdriver

The WORLD saw it, too!


19 posted on 04/16/2023 8:54:00 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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To: marshmallow

UN Chief Says Fasting Showed Him ‘True Face of Islam’
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The Moslems revere Isaiah ...

Isaiah says to the Moslems and the UN Sec

Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high. Isaiah 58:4


20 posted on 04/16/2023 9:32:59 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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