Thomas Jefferson hosted America’s first Ramadan iftar 

May 25th, 20182 The United States’ first iftar took place at the home of the third president.  In 1805, the month of Ramadan fell in December. Far from his friends, family and home, one Tunisian man was attempting to observe it in Washington, D.C. This was the statesman Sidi Soliman Mellimelli, who was spending six months in the United States, on...