(Politico) The White House is considering a scaled-down version of its traditional ceremony marking the end of Ramadan next month, after Muslim leaders warned aides that people would decline invitations in objection to the president’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war.
Typically, the president hosts hundreds of Muslim leaders from around the country for an Eid al-Fitr celebration to mark the holiest month of the Muslim calendar. But according to three people familiar with the White House’s planning — who were granted anonymity to discuss private conversations — the administration has discussed limiting invitations this year to a smaller group of administration officials and ambassadors from Muslim-majority nations.
That would resemble an affair similar to what then-President Donald Trump hosted several times when he was in office.
