Kerry Reflects, Talks ISIS at Eid al-Adha Reception
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Credit: US Department of State(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State John Kerry commemorated Eid al-Adha, marking the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in which nearly two million Muslims take part every year, at a State Department reception on Thursday.
“We’re celebrating the meaning and importance of sacrifice and devotion in our lives,” Kerry said. “Eid al-Adha is a special time for charity and compassion, and for prayer and reflection.” He took part in that reflection too, saying that “if I went back to college today I would at least minor, if not major in comparative religion.”
Kerry also took the opportunity to call on other world leaders involved in the ongoing fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, urging them to exhibit “mutual respect, without anybody asserting that they have a better way or a better answer.”
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