President Trump Awards International Religious Freedom Award to Muslim Imam

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PJ Media

John Ellis

July 20 2019

Conservatives are told that President Donald Trump is a racist on a daily basis by the MSM. So, leftists can pardon our confusion when we read on the State Department's page that Trump's administration honored a Muslim Imam from Nigeria. It seems completely contradictory for an Islamophobic racist to honor a Muslim from an African nation. In fact, the list of this year's honorees for the International Religious Freedom is quite diverse: Muslims, people of color, and women. I encourage you to click on the link above and read about all the deserving honorees, but I want to focus on Imam Abubakar Abdullahi of Nigeria who put his own life in danger to protect Christians fleeing from persecution.

This is the first year that the U.S. State Department has issued the International Religious Freedom Award. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hosted the awards ceremony on July 17, where he handed out the inaugural award to 5 worthy recipients.

Among the honorees, Imam Abubakar Abdullahi stands out because he "selflessly risked his life to save members of another religious community." The State Department adds that the fleeing Christians "would have likely been killed without his intervention." Providing the details, the State Department continues:

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