Prayer Rugs In Obama White House

Obama has also been falsely accused of.

Prayer rugs in obama white house.

It seems as if the myths regarding the obama s will continue long after they are gone from the white house. Jim mergernerlerny head of the team that will transform the white house from the obama s home to the trump s second home told msnbc. As to the claim that obama canceled our christian national day of prayer that s false on two counts. The notion of muslim prayer rooms being set up.

Obama angered after learning from the west wing staffers that donald trump s transition team began preparing the executive offices for the new administration by removing prayer rugs from the white house. There were a bunch of tweets in december 2016 and january 2017 suggesting that potus44 i e. This is a hoax perpetuated by a satirical news website. Obama had set up some muslim prayer rooms during his eight years in the white house whereas president trump had thrown these muslim rugs and muslim prayer rooms out of the white house.

One obama did not cancel the national day of prayer. Did the obama white house hold islamic prayer five times a day and provide prayer rugs for muslim employees and visitors. Trump doesn t see the need to provide prayer rugs and false idols is a house built by christians. The piece carried the headline obama crushed after trump orders white house to stop his sickest tradition it also alleged that prayer rugs and crescent moon symbols are available in several areas of the executive mansion to make muslims more comfortable and that islamic prayer is observed for 25 minutes per day seven days a week.

Only the cross in the white house chapel will remain for worship. We received a fact check request to see if it is true that trump had all of obama s muslim items removed from the white house such as prayer rugs crescent moon symbols and the halting of muslim prayer five times per day. In addition prayer rugs and crescent moon symbols are available in several areas of the executive mansion to make muslims more comfortable. Two the national day of prayer isn t a christian observance it s an interfaith observance and has been ever since it was designated so by ronald reagan in the 1980s.

On trump s orders one of obama s most secretive rituals is being reversed and all signs of it removed from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. The allegation about the prayer rug is similar to a thoroughly debunked claim that obama had a muslim prayer curtain put in the white house.