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Editorial: I am a Muslim, but Albania is not a Muslim country

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BY JERINA ZALOSHNJA The Albanian ambassador to Washington notified through a long and exalting social media post that President Trump invited her in a special Iftar dinner – the Ramadan evening meal. “I had the honor and big privilege to be part of his (President Trump’s) table, inside the White House State Dining Room,” the ambassador wrote. The rest of the ambassador’s diplomatic telegraph for the Albanian audience then continued with the old cliche those of us who were born and raised under communism recognize so well: “I told the President the Albanian people are very grateful to him…” and…

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