{"id":3071,"date":"2017-05-30T09:53:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T16:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2017-05-30T10:42:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T17:42:48","slug":"state-department-tweets-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2017\/05\/state-department-tweets-ramadan.html","title":{"rendered":"State Department Tweets Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i which i tweet the entirety of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateDept<\/a> Ramadan message, located here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5uEXrzllVt\">https:\/\/t.co\/5uEXrzllVt<\/a> \/1<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aziz Poonawalla (@azizhp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/azizhp\/status\/869596527286640640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On behalf of the United States Department of State, Renda and I sincerely wish Muslims around the world a peaceful and blessed Ramadan \/2<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aziz Poonawalla (@azizhp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/azizhp\/status\/869596758925492225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ramadan is a month of reverence, generosity, and self-reflection. Most importantly, it is a cherished time for family and friends &#8230; \/3<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aziz Poonawalla (@azizhp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/azizhp\/status\/869596977951981568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;to gather and give charity to those who are less fortunate. This time reminds us all of the common values of harmony and empathy &#8230; \/4<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aziz Poonawalla (@azizhp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/azizhp\/status\/869597311856295940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">we hold dear.  I wish all those celebrating a very happy Ramadan Kareem \/5 FIN<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aziz Poonawalla (@azizhp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/azizhp\/status\/869597498670632960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is an absurdly short message. In fact it reads like a greeting card. You could practically do a Mad Libs version:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On Behalf of [ORG], [SPOUSE] and I sincerely wish Muslims a peaceful and blessed Ramadan. Ramadan is a month of [IDEALS]. Most importantly, it is a time of [ACTIVITIES].  This time reminds us all of the common values of [PLATITUDES] we hold dear. Ramadan Kareem!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>anyway, I guess we should be at least thankful that it doesn&#8217;t recriminate Muslim Americans about terrorism. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i which i tweet the entirety of the @StateDept Ramadan message, located here: https:\/\/t.co\/5uEXrzllVt \/1 &mdash; Aziz Poonawalla (@azizhp) May 30, 2017 On behalf of the United States Department of State, Renda and I sincerely wish Muslims around the world a peaceful and blessed Ramadan \/2 &mdash; Aziz Poonawalla (@azizhp) May 30, 2017 Ramadan is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[24,33,46],"class_list":["post-3071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dour-mullah","category-the-pillars-of-faith","tag-islam","tag-muslim-americans","tag-ramadan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>State Department Tweets Ramadan - City of Brass<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State Department Tweets Ramadan - City of Brass\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"i which i tweet the entirety of the @StateDept Ramadan message, located here: https:\/\/t.co\/5uEXrzllVt \/1 &mdash; 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