Letter to president obama,
IranFuture.org 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 300 PMB# 332 Washington , DC , 20006 President Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Subject: Hajj Sacrifice meat … Dear Mr. President, As a devout Muslim, I have been to Hajj in Saudi Arabia. As an expert on Islam, I am aware of all the religious duties of Muslims. As a fighter for Human Rights, I know very well that rights of an individual are more than their right to vote or freedom to wear what they desire. It is also a God given right to have food on their table without constantly worrying about where the next meal is coming from. As a Human Rights activist, I do my part to encourage awareness that millions of pounds of meat go to waste under incompetent hands. For the past two years, I have been doing everything in my power to induce the Embassy of Saudi Arabia to give an accounting of the disposition of the Hajj meat that millions of Hajji sacrifice on the day of Eid al-Adha ,"Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid”. A brief history of this date: Prophet Abraham (PBH) received a sheep, instead of Ishmael his youngest son, to sacrifice to Allah (SVT). From that day over 3500 years ago and particularly in the time of Prophet Mohammad, we have been commanded to give away the meat of Hajj. Wasting is a forbidden act. In the time of Prophet, people would salt meat and placed it in special animal skin sacks to take back to their tribes during the months of travel. Since the beginning of Al Saud’s reign, this meat has been left to rot after Hajj. According to my sources, in the last decade, due to international pressure, meat is now being frozen and sold. In March of 2010, the Saudi government finally allowed me a meeting with Dr. Saud Al Sati, Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington D.C. I insisted to know what happens to the meat they gather during Hajj. This is not just a few pounds of meat but MILLIONS of pounds that could be given to starving nations such as Afghanistan. Dr. Al Sati, told me in person that the Saudi Government does not put everything about the donations on their WebPages but he quickly sent me the attached information with highlights in red. The question is, what becomes of the surplus meat after Hajj? Unless your administration thinks it is not important that children in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Africa, and other countries where teens are so poor that for a promise of 100 dollars they become suicide bombers, You are one of the few people in the world who can persuasively convey this message to King Abdullah. For the sake of peace and for the people of Afghanistan, US troop and coalition forces, people must be fed. A hungry child sees a soldier as the reason for disparity. In Islam we are forbidden to hurt the hand feeding us. Thank you for your time. Yours Sincerely, Ghazal Omid Executive Director IranFuture.org
Letter to president obama,
- 1. IranFuture.org 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 300 PMB# 332 Washington , DC , 20006 President Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Subject: Hajj Sacrifice meat … Dear Mr. President, As a devout Muslim, I have been to Hajj in Saudi Arabia. As an expert on Islam, I am aware of all the religious duties of Muslims. As a fighter for Human Rights, I know very well that rights of an individual are more than their right to vote or freedom to wear what they desire. It is also a God given right to have food on their table without constantly worrying about where the next meal is coming from. As a Human Rights activist, I do my part to encourage awareness that millions of pounds of meat go to waste under incompetent hands. For the past two years, I have been doing everything in my power to induce the Embassy of Saudi Arabia to give an accounting of the disposition of the Hajj meat that millions of Hajji sacrifice on the day of Eid al-Adha ,"Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid”. A brief history of this date: Prophet Abraham (PBH) received a sheep, instead of Ishmael his youngest son, to sacrifice to Allah (SVT). From that day over 3500 years ago and particularly in the time of Prophet Mohammad, we have been commanded to give away the meat of Hajj. Wasting is a forbidden act. In the time of Prophet, people would salt meat and placed it in special animal skin sacks to take back to their tribes during the months of travel. Since the beginning of Al Saud’s reign, this meat has been left to rot after Hajj. According to my sources, in the last decade, due to international pressure, meat is now being frozen and sold. In March of 2010, the Saudi government finally allowed me a meeting with Dr. Saud Al Sati, Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington D.C. I insisted to know what happens to the meat they gather during Hajj. This is not just a few pounds of meat but MILLIONS of pounds that could be given to starving nations such as Afghanistan. Dr. Al Sati, told me in person that the Saudi Government does not put everything about the donations on their WebPages but he quickly sent me the attached information with highlights in red. The question is, what becomes of the surplus meat after Hajj? Unless your administration thinks it is not important that children in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Africa, and other countries where teens are so poor that for a promise of 100 dollars they become suicide bombers,
- 2. You are one of the few people in the world who can persuasively convey this message to King Abdullah. For the sake of peace and for the people of Afghanistan, US troop and coalition forces, people must be fed. A hungry child sees a soldier as the reason for disparity. In Islam we are forbidden to hurt the hand feeding us. Thank you for your time. Yours Sincerely, Ghazal Omid Executive Director IranFuture.org