Bangladeshi ambassador at Iftar party with Donald Trump

The Dhaka Times Desk Bangladeshi Ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin participated in the Iftar party with Donald Trump. In addition to ambassadors of Muslim countries, dignitaries were invited to this ceremony held at the White House last Wednesday.

According to media reports, the Ambassador of Bangladesh Mohammad Ziauddin participated in the iftar party of US President Donald Trump. In addition to the ambassadors of Muslim countries, dignitaries were invited to the ceremony held at the White House last Wednesday.

In his first year in office, US President Donald Trump did not host an Iftar party. Entering his second year, he became part of the White House tradition of the past two decades.

Mohammad Ziauddin, the ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States, sat at the same table with President Donald Trump and had iftar and dinner. This time he exchanged greetings with President Trump and conveyed the wishes of the people of Bangladesh including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

It is known that Donald Trump sat next to Vice President Mike Pence, Finance Minister Steven Mnuchin and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, Jordanian Ambassador Dina Kawar. Ambassadors from Arab countries included ambassadors from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Tunisia and Iraq.

Donald Trump opened the event by thanking the Muslim community in the United States. Trump said families and friends come together to celebrate peace at Iftar.

However, Muslim Americans protested outside during the ceremony. They complained that many national organizations working on the rights and dignity of Muslim-Americans were not invited to the iftar party.

Leaders of the Islamic Society of North America and the Council on American-Islamic Relations strongly criticized the event, saying it had more foreign delegates than American Muslims.