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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Aug 27, 2014, 04:53 PM Aug 2014

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US Muslims ask John Kerry for protection on Mecca pilgrimage [View all]

Lauren Markoe

(RNS) Concerned for the safety of U.S. citizens soon headed to Mecca, 27 Muslim-American groups are asking the State Department to better protect them from violence that has plagued those who have made the pilgrimage in the past.

A letter from the group sent Tuesday (Aug. 26) to Secretary of State John Kerry was prompted in part by a 2013 incident in which a group of Sunni Muslims from Australia threatened to kill and rape a group of Shiites from Michigan.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/08/27/u-s-muslims-ask-kerry-protection-mecca-pilgrimage/

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US Muslims ask John Kerry for protection on Mecca pilgrimage [View all] hrmjustin Aug 2014 OP

This article isn't really specific about what they would like. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #1

I agree that our troops are a non-starter. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #2

It's my impression, and I could be wrong, but Saudi Arabia is already doing all it can AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #3

I think no matter how much the Saudi's try there will be an attempt to attack Americans. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #4

The most effective pressure we can exert on the Saudis okasha Aug 2014 #5

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