The White House website informs Americans about yesterday's official Iftaar dinner. President Bush attended the dinner and gave a small speech to commemorate the holy month of Ramadan. Muslim congressmen Keith Ellison and Andre Carson were noted to be in attendance, and the President specifically mentioned the role of Muslims in the United States in “innovation and invention.” Time was also taken to remember “all the brave Muslim Americans who wear the uniform of the United States Armed Forces” and that America's strength lies in its religious diversity. The President said, “We reject bigotry in all its forms.”
