Fanning Islamophobia equals enflaming Anti-Semitism

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It pained me to read one of my Jewish friends saying Islamophobia is justifiable
– it is not, and we have to fight all evil, we cannot let current circumstances
ruin our relationships. Our anger should not make us unjust and ruined our futures.
No one can justify Anti-Semitism,
Apartheid, racism, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Hinduphobia, Homophobia and other
evils of the society.  If you fan anyone
of these evils, the flame will engulf others. You will be as much of a bloody
victim in the end, as you want others to be now.  You should stand up against all evil.

If you think it is ok with Islamophobia, you are approving Judeophobia,
or vice-versa, evil does not end with one, it eats us all.

Mike Ghouse is a public speaker, thinker, writer and a commentator on Pluralism
at work place, politics, religion, society, gender, race, culture, ethnicity,
food and foreign policy. All about him is listed in several links at www.MikeGhouse.net and his writings are at
www.TheGhousediary.com and 10 other
blogs. He is committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic
solutions on issues of the day.  

Happy Janmashtami | Lord Krishna’s birth celebrations.

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Hindus around the world
are celebrating the appearance of Lord Krishna on this day in 3102 BCE.  In the west Krishna became a known figure with
the Hare Krishna movement in the 60’s. Happy Janmashtami, ya’ll.

Every human goes thru three major phases of life; birth, life and death.  It is also defined as creation, sustenance/preservation and
destruction, and is acknowledged and honored in the Hindu tradition. They see
God in each aspect of life as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Brahma reflects the
creator form of God, and Vishnu represents the preserver aspect of creation
that inspires one to be righteous, and Shiva brings a finite ending to life. It
is a part of the life cycle: every human is born, lives on and finally
disintegrates. Much of Hindu philosophy revolves around the preservation aspect
of life; two of the most common and well known reflections are in the persona
of Lord Krishna and Lord Rama, both incarnations of Vishnu.  It is not multiplicity of God, but
multiplicity of his (her or it) role in relation to our lives.

As a Muslim, I see Krishna as an exemplary human, a representation of finite
wisdom, a man who I admire, and am inspired by his teachings encapsulated in
Bhagvad Gita as a dialogue between him and Arjuna on the battle field of
Kurukshetra. It is one’s jihad, the internal struggle to be righteous against
the temptations to take revenge, do wrong, and or holding on to one’s angry reactions. At the end do the
right thing for the common and universal good, as we all are a part
of the large family. In Islamic terms, we were all from the
same couple created into different nations, communities and groups and
asked to know each other to create harmony and peace.
I am sharing the picture of a Muslim woman with her kids dressed up as Bala
(Youth)  Krishna in the City of Varanasi
which just celebrated its pluralistic heritage, and I regret not attending the
event. (http://foundationforpluralism.blogspot.com/2014/08/varanasi-spreading-inclusive-and_12.html
). This picture has gone viral.

Click on pictures to get larger versions

 

A true Hindu, Muslim,
Christian, Jew or other don’t see each other’s religions as a barrier but a different experience to be in tune with the spirit of the creation. Most people get that
right, and a few in each group don’t get it, and sulk in the arrogance of being
superior without realizing that arrogance ends with one’s last breath, and no
one is superior from that point forward.

This appeals to me a lot
when people of different faiths admire each other’s traditions and become a
part of it, without being religious. Religion is a personal belief in how an
individual relates with his or her creator, the social structure brings people
together.  Apparently I was dressed up as
Baby Krishna when I was a toddler, and have been blessed to visit his birth place
in Mathura.

If you are blessed to have an open heart and mind to stand up for every one
of his creation. You will enjoy the life to the maximum. It was my pleasure to take up  an issue against Russians who wanted to ban Bhagvad Gita (http://nabsites.net/demo/bigotry-against-hinduism-in-russia/)
and wrote to the Mayor of Moscow to give back the Krishna Temple land they had
usurped and restoration of Krishna Temple in Lahore (http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2007/01/krishna-temple-lahore.html) and there is a whole lot
more we all can do collectively.

Open your heart and minds, and cherish the celebration s of fellow humans.  Happy Janamashtami!

More about it in my article at Huffington Post:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/sri-krishna-birthday-celebration-janmashtami_b_1762997.html

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Pluralism at work place, politics, religion, society, gender, race, culture,
ethnicity, food and foreign policy. All about him is listed in several links at
www.MikeGhouse.net and his writings are
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pluralistic solutions on issues of the day.

Prime Minister Modi's speech on 68th Independence day.

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The
following piece has two parts, first part is PM’s speech on
independence day with notes laden with key phrases he used, it was an
excellent speech given the exclusive background he is raised with,
indeed, he has come a long ways.

The 2nd part shows his lack of
inclusivism in his speech – he was raised in an irresponsible
exclusivist education system that does not promote cohesiveness. Modi
and several Indians are a product of that system, Hindus and Muslims
alike. We cannot blame them, but we have to work on changing the system,
all of us are responsible. Like he said in his speech to ask ourselves,
what am I doing to contribute towards the well being of India? Here is
my contribution.

NARENDRA MODI SPEECH ON AUGUST 15 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o1cxHe9TeD8

It was a good speech – a comprehensive speech covering most aspects of the
nation building.  It is good to hear good
Hindi.  The notes were made as I was
listening, and this has become a habit of mine to make notes of key words and
phrases.  I have not done the grammar or
spell check… oddly Modi caught himself with little grammar mistake around
24:15, nice touch, otherwise his language is perfect.

04:50 Mentions a variety of contributors by titles  
17:11 mera kya, mujhe kya ( I have been writing about this mantra )
18:53 Gender equality – demanding accountability from boys
21:10 Ashoka’s switch from Yudh to Budh
22:29 Call for non-violence
23:22 Hum ne kya paya -10 years moratorium on communal riots
24:15 Female Infanticide – beton ki aas may betiyon ko bali mat
chadayein
        Grammar mistake – budha maa baap,
but corrects himself to budhay maa baap
27:12 sports medals – 29 girls brought medals out of 36
28:00 vikas ka ek hi raasta –  good governance and
development
32:00 Youth employment and steel manufacturing
34:00 Global thinking
35:00 Emphasized on made in India
37:35 Bhagat Singh hi ki seva nahin hai ( I  have redefined Patriotism and like this)
37:45 Jain Jawan Jai Kisan – seva anna ke bhandar bharna
38:43 call on Innovation, make it here instead of importing ( need
infrastructure)
39:24 zero defect zero effect – no compromise no returns and no side effects.
40:36 Change image from saparay to IT professional  – sapna
hai – digital India
42:04 Conduct business on mobil phone – digital India ka sapna –

        e-governance,
effective governance, IT logon ko jodti hai – digital India

44:06 Tourism – and its multiplier effect.
44:48 Gandagi rukwat hai…. safai ka kaam shuru hoga – commitment  is good
45:45 Gandhi – 2019 Jayanti – gandagi to be gone – happens with
janbhagiyadari
46:47 Dignity of women – lavatory – toilet
48:10 My nay gharibi dekhi hai
38:43 Toilet in all schools separate from girls – 
38: 48 spend your money
in building toilet in    schools By August 15, 2015

50:00 Opportunities – naya vichar – kai yojnayein –

            Development
by area – desh banana hai to gaon say shuru karo 2016
            Adapt
one town in each district – to make it exemplary

53:19 Create a model town – blue print will roll out on October 16
– JP Narayan’s b/d
55:39 Center and states to make a team
56:20 Puranay ghar ki repairi ke bajaye ek naya ghar banayien
56:50 Nai, nai, nai… new institute ki disha may aagay badhien
58:25 Vivekananda meri bharat mata jaag uthi hai, my meri aankhon
say dekh raha hoon
00:00 Ajadi ki jaisi ladai laday mil jul ke laday, tab to hum alag
nahin thay…
        gandhi thay sardar thay…
ignored Kalam Azad ( he is poor in history)
        Gharibi ko door karien
02:30 Pados ke deshon say mil kar gharibi ko ladien
03:35 challenged to work – pradhan sevak
05:22 Jai Hind

Modi could have done much better. May be it is in not his blood to be inclusive in his language. At the very beginning, when
he recited the contributions of a variety of things to the nation, he could
have included Sufis contribution along with rishis and munis. Then around 60th
Minute he recites Gandhi and Sardar, but does not mention Nehru, because of whom
we have a firm and solid democracy, and he does not mention Maualana Azad who
lay the foundation for IIT’s that shines India. He does mention Shastri and JP,
but fails to mention the space program particularly during digitizing India
talk, and he forgets Vinoba Bhave’s bhoodan movement during the Kisan
segment.

I hope he gets a better speech writer next time, who can paint a
fuller image of India and not an adhoori tasveer.

Towards the end when he was saying our nation is the nation of youth,
the following song was on my mind… and had to listen to it before I go
to sleep at about 2:45 AM

A desh hai veer jawanon ka

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWnPJY_o7tw&feature=related


ADDED

Kailas,

Good to hear your wise words, indeed, it was a good speech. Yes, the
overall speech was inspiring and uplifting, its more like the state of the union
speech. I have a greater interest in India than most Indians living outside
India.

What do I want? Nothing but goodness for my country. I may be
out of India, but as the saying goes, India will never go out of me. Whatever I
write, speak, think or do, it is with the idea that every Indian should enjoy
his freedom to eat, drink, wear and believe whatever the hell he or she wants
to. I spend an inordinate amount of time on India – this forum Dallas Indians is
around for 11 years now, it takes time to keep it, my website http://mikeghouseforIndia.blogspot.com
has a lot of information about India… prior to that you know the work I have
done. Remember this is all voluntary work and I have nothing to gain but hear
rude comments now and then, and positive comments like yours, thank you.  I take
them all as my Bachcahy and do not hold any grudge against any one.

Almost every other thing I write always highlights the pluralistic ethos
of India in all my work be it Huffington post, Dallas Morning News, radio, tv or
my speeches or wherever..

WHY?


My interest is our social fabric vis-a-vis pluralism – learning to respect
the otherness of others. Shame on us, the generations after independence don’t
know much about each other – whether you are a Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian or
the other, you know almost nothing about the other, and whatever you know is bad
things. There is a flaw in our education system. My Middle school social studies
Urdu book had two pages on every religion, I wish it comes back and our future
generations are taught to learn about the beauty of every faith.
To understand Modi’s deficiency in inclusive language, you will understand
it better in one of the most read articles on my blog – Can a Muslim
Indian become Prime Minister of India?http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/2012/05/can-muslim-indian-become-prime-minister.html

Many,
but not all Muslims are consumed with their self-interest and focus on their
dire needs, it will be a long time before a Muslim could become Prime Minister
of India. There are millions of Muslims like me,  to whom, India’s interests are
prime, but not enough of us at this time to make the change. 

Modi’s
un-inclusive language is not his fault, he was raised that way. He got many
historical facts wrong during his campaign, and he was taught limited version of
Hinduism, and not the universal aspect of it, being a Vivekananda fan myself, I
am amazed at Swamiji for not expounding on the idea of Vasudhaiva Kutumbukum
fully, may be he did not feel the need for it at that time. Had he done that, it
would have become a template for RSS, without it, Modi’s  India’s history does
not include any Muslim, Sikh or Christian contributions towards its richness,
and as such it does not come in his language. I don’t blame him for that, but
being the Prime Minister of entire nation, I expect him not only to say, ” I am
prime Minister of every Indian” but include that in his language, he sets the
tone. Our generation was molded by Jawahar Lal Nehru, thanks to him for giving
the values of secularism and giving us a stable democracy. Now Modi can put a
stamp of Inclusivism and Pluralism on the next generation, he lacks the
foundation and some day, I will do my work.

Take a look at our own
behavior – If the President issues Diwali Greetings or mentions about India
or Hinduism in his speech, we gloat and praise him for his inclusiveness. Don’t
you think the Adivasis to Zoroastrians and everyone in between will feel buyoed
by the recognition?

We have a responsibility to be inclusive, teach
inclusiveness, and at the end, each one of us would live a better life and our
India wins. Yes, I will continue to monitor Pope Francis, Narendra Modi and
Barack Obama, three individuals who can bring a positive change to their
respective populations. If we don’t speak it, no one will get it.

You
might cherish one of my vision of India at: http://nabsites.net/demo/happy-independence-day-india/

 

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where everyone feels a part of the nation building and not excluded. More about
him at www.MikeGhouse.net

Happy Independence day India

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My dear Fellow Indians,


Congratulations!  As we proudly celebrate
our 67 years of independence,  we must com mitt ourselves to genuinely free
ourselves from pettiness, free ourselves from our prejudices towards fellow
beings, free ourselves from treating a fellow Indian less than ourselves and we
must certainly shelve the arrogance that God favors us and not others.

We must also commit to defend the freedom of others, we must cherish the
otherness of others and let every one freely breath, drink, eat, wear or believe
whatever suits them, and crush the thoughts of forcing others to behave the way
we want them to behave. No one shall be a slave in free
India.

An Indian is an Indian is an Indian,
period.

As a nation, collectively we are
Adivasis, Atheists, Bahais, Bos, Buddhists, Chrsitians, Dalits, Hindus, Jains,
Jewish, Muslim, Sikhs, Tribals, Zoroastrians and every possible grouping. We are
Brown, Black, White, Yellow and green with envy, magar phir bhi dil hai
Hindustani.
Our Motherland is represented by every
race, nationality, ethnicity, language, culture and religion. We see God as one,
none and many; and in every form; male, female, genderless and non-existent,
being and non-being, nameless and with innumerable names.
We are proud of our heritage – a
mulch-faith, multicultural, multi-regional and multi-linguistic society, where
we have come to accept and respect every which way people have lived their
lives. For over 5000 years, India has been a beacon of pluralism – it has
embraced Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Baha’i and Zoroastrianism to include in
the array of the indigenous religions; Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. 

We may want to consciously start thinking
and acting as one people, one people within a nation and a community and one
people globally. It’s like home when we are conflict free.  I do hope each one
of us purges any bias towards the other, there is joy in being free from
ill-will. Try to be free from it this day forward… free from anything that
prevents you from being a part of the whole. 

Our combined philosophies
believe in one world ; Hinduism describes the world as Vasudaiva Kutumbukum, the
whole world is one family, the idea of Ek Onkar(one) in Sikhism, you are all
created from the same couple as Quraan puts it and Jesus embraced every one
regardless of who any one is… similar philosophies are grounded in all our
religions. 

A few don’t follow their own heritage and resort to
theivary, loot, murder, terrorism, rioting, rapes, infanticide and other evils
that destroy the fabric of the society,  but a majority of every group goes
about their own way, living their life with struggles and ease and don’t even
bother others. We should build upon the 99% of population and not on the less
than 1% that does not follow any principles.

On this day, and every day from here
forward, make a pledge to yourselves to talk about in terms of we Indians – and
not Malyalee, Gujarati, Bengali…. or Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Isaee. Don’t expect
others to jump and say the same, give them the time and if you are consistent
for at least a year, you will see others emulating you.
India led the way to the freedom
movement, since 1947 every country has been liberated from colonialism. Indian
democracy is a shining example to the world, where the people have peacefully
transferred the powers.

We are inherently secular and economically
capitalistic. We believe in “live-and-let-live” life style, which is the essence
of capitalism.


Through the years we have expressed
the highest degree of maturity on handling extreme situations; the more
divergent opinions we hear, the larger our heart grows, the bigger our embrace
would be and we can cushion more differences. Let’s continue to honor the
concept that there is always another side to the story, as finding the truth is
our own responsibility. I am proud of my heritage and am proud to be an
Indian-American.
Click and enjoy:

Jai Hind

Mike Ghouse

Committed to cohesive societies
www.MikeGhouse.net
http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/

PATRIOTIC SONGS

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Israelis should appreciate President Jimmy Carter with a statue at Ben-Gurion Airport

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Also Published at the Daily Arab News
http://thearabdailynews.com/2014/08/14/israelis-appreciate-president-jimmy-carter-curse/

Shame on the
men and women who hurl curses at President Jimmy Carter at every opportunity
they get – all we see on the internet is ugliness displayed towards him.  What is wrong with their sense of gratitude?
 Of course, a majority of good decent Israelis respect and honor him, but
we don’t hear much from them, it is time for them to speak up, lest not the
world think they are ungrateful people.    .

The Israelis should kiss his feet, he is the only man in the difficult Jewish
history who brought a real sustainable security to Jews; he removed a major
enemy of Israel by forging a friendship agreement with Egypt. Carter is a peace
maker, and has the balls to do the right thing. I wish Obama was man enough to
stand up to Netanyahu to get him to do the right thing; instead he buckled to
Netanyahu, who is not good for Israel’s long term security, neither his actions
will mitigate the rise in Anti-Semitism across the globe.

President
carter locked Begin and Sadat in a room and told them to come to agreement or
rot in there. It took tremendous courage on his part, despite the attempts by
right wing lobby to derail his work and the end his courage and wisdom won for
Israel. Israelis should be grateful to their savior and honor him by building a
statue in his name at Ben-Gurion Airport.

The book he wrote on Apartheid in Israel is good for Israel in the long run;
you cannot bury your head in the sand and deny it. Apartheid is not good for
Israel, as it was not good for America or South Africa. Apartheid is expressed
in so many ways, including the stinky attitude that does not value the lives of
Palestinians and justifies killing them; they can be spared.  I am concerned about the abnormal guilt laden
people Israel will have in the future.  It is not good for Israel. Talk to Iraqi
veterans, Vietnamese Veterans and thoughtful Israeli soldiers and others, they
know injustice towards others impairs their mental balance. 

A good
Jewish Scholar disappointed me severely. He and I worked together on a few
projects, and then he disappeared and would not return my calls or emails. One
day at a Synagogue I was a greeter; he walked in, saw me and walked away in a
hurry, as if I were a land mine.  I was
not going to let that happen and ran up to him. He did not like a bit, when I pointed
that as a scholar like him, should give me a reason for his cold shoulders. He
looked at me with disgust and said, “Take that xxx xx x xxxxx Carter off
your website” then I will talk with you.  He did not want to
elaborate and simply walked away and I kept looking at him in disbelief; such a
hatred for your savior?
President
Carter is being attacked on facebook again, “He accuses Israel of
committing “deliberate attacks on civilians.” And responses were
like, “Major. Asshole”,”Nasty old man, a liar as well as a
fool.”  Someone wrote Fxxx him. This is disgusting.  Those few
men who ‘curse’ him should repent and pray for him. No one has done more good
to Israel than Jimmy Carter. None!

 Of
course, a majority of good decent Israelis respect and honor him, but we don’t
hear much from them, and all we see on the internet is ugliness displayed
towards him. Evil persists if we don’t speak up, and we have to speak up to
bring awareness to the moderate Jews that they need to speak up.

I am glad Jimmy Carter has the vision and foresight to call on US, EU to recognize
Hamas,
indeed, I am writing a piece, it is good for Israel to have working
relationships with its purported enemies and friends, if not who will they make
peace with? Duh!  It is time for the
right wingers to sit on the side lines, and watch good things happen without
their animal instincts.  Let Jimmy Carter
be in the middle again, God has blessed him to be a peacemaker. May he bring
security to Israel and Justice to the Palestinians, Amen!     
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Mike Ghouse is a public speaker, thinker, writer and a commentator on Pluralism
at work place, politics, religion, society, gender, race, culture, ethnicity,
food and foreign policy. All about him is listed in several links at www.MikeGhouse.net and his writings are at www.TheGhousediary.com and 10 other blogs. He is committed to
building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the
day.

Happy independence day to Pakistan

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67 Years ago today, Pakistan was born. Indeed it was created out
of the British India on August 14, 1947 and then the next day, August 15, 1947
India got her independence.  

As a Pluralist, I have always worked on the concept that we all belong to
the same family of Nations.  Back in 1993, I started a Newspaper called
Asian News, with a page each dedicated to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal
and Sri Lanka. 

In 1996, I started Asian News Radio, which continues today as Fun Asia Radio. A
few years later when Rehan Siddiqi took over the radio to 24/7 programming,  I
continued to do different programs, and one of them was during the month of
August, from the 1st through 15th  I  shared a
different aspect of the subcontinent from the cultural, geographic, ethnic,
cuisine, clothing, singing to politics to national heroes of the nations.

What remains nostalgic to me was August 14th and 15th –
on that day I took live calls asking Indians to sing the Pakistani national
songs, and it was amazing so many Indians had learned the songs, and vice versa
happened on the 15th, our Pakistani friends sang Indian national
songs.

The Partition was difficult and intense – with people moving from
one land to the other and vice versa, perhaps it was the greatest human
migration in a single week ever. Of course it came with massive suffering –
people killing and butchering each other on both sides. Unless we both people
learn to acknowledge that the suffering and infliction of misery was mutual, we
will continue to harbor ill-will and inject that in our kids. Some people live
with hate and ill-will until they die and never receive the true freedom.
 I hope we all grow up and not carry this forward or run the sewer of hate
in our kid’s veins.
I wish a very happy independence day to both the Pakistani and
Indian friends. As an Indian, I will do my own celebrations, reflecting on what
I can do to contribute towards the wellbeing of my motherland: India.
Jinnah’s speech on August 14, 1947: http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/legislation/constituent_address_11aug1947.html
Pakistan Paindabad !

Mike Ghouse is a public speaker, thinker, writer and a commentator on Pluralism
at work place, politics, religion, society, gender, race, culture, ethnicity,
food and foreign policy. All about him is listed in several links at www.MikeGhouse.net
and his writings are at www.TheGhousediary.com and 10 other blogs. He is
committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on
issues of the day.

Life goes on, shouldn't it?

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Some of us who have lost everything in life to a
few things or nothing….today becomes yesterday by tomorrow… Another day
will be gone, and another month and another year… and one day we will not be
able to notice this passage.

Standing by the river at sunrise, I wonder about the incessant flow of water.
No matter what is happening in world, the river keeps flowing, sun keeps
rising, seasons keep changing, people keep birthing, marrying, divorcing and
dying everyday… Do we stop? Does our life stop? Should it stop when things
are difficult?

What should we do when people in Iraq are being killed by the rogues claiming
to be the state, people in Gaza are being killed by the state claiming to be
civil… People in Africa are dying of Ebola, Aids and hunger. People like
Robin Williams who are ending their lives abruptly… how painful and
unbearable must it have be?

We are merely a speck in this universe… Nothing will stop for us, should we
stop living? Hell no! I got out of my bed this morning mulling over this. We
have another day to experience, and shouldn’t it be our choice to appreciate
it, cherish it, weep it or brood it over? What are your thoughts?

I pray for things to get better for every one, that is the least I can do,
Amen?

Thank you
mike
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at work place, politics, religion, society, gender, race, culture, ethnicity,
food and foreign policy. All about him is listed in several links at www.MikeGhouse.net and his writings are
at www.TheGhousediary.com and 10
other blogs. He is committed to building cohesive societies and offers
pluralistic solutions on issues of the day.

Massacres of Christians, Yazidis, Shia and others in Iraq must stop now

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MASSACRES OF CHRISTIANS, YAZIDIS, SHIA AND OTHER MINORITIES IN IRAQ MUST STOP NOW.

In behalf of World Muslim Congress; I strongly condemn the evil acts of
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi for terrorizing Christians, Yazidis, Shia and other
minorities in Iraq. He is an evil man
and must be caught and processed for his crimes against humanity, there
is Genocide in making, and I recommend a bounty be placed to get him
dead or alive.

Christians are being chased out of Iraq, with
the Gangster Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi giving a despicable ultimatum to the
Christians, “We offer them three choices: Islam; the dhimma contract –
involving payment of Jiziyah; if they refuse this they will have
nothing but the sword.”

Al-Baghdadi’s gang is rogue, and villains of humanity and Islam. We can offer them to surrender or face the drones.

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Gaza Crisis ; Do we fault religion or the individuals like Netanyahu, Mashaal and Obama

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Do
we fault Religion or the individual for the Gaza Crisis? We need to be
demanding an apology from Benjamin Netanyahu, Barak Obama and Khaled
Mashaal.

The Arab Daily News
http://thearabdailynews.com/2014/08/06/fault-religion-individual-gaza-crisis/

By Mike Ghouse

English: Khaled Meshaal in a meeting with span...

English: Khaled Meshaal in a meeting with spanish journalists (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Some
of the powerful leaders in Christianity tend to be sadistic men, and
their tailor-made-God loves killing people, and they remorselessly
justify and cherish massacres of Palestinians, because God will come
soon to the earth if that happens. Does Jesus want blood on his hands to
come back?
The
Powerful Jews and Muslims are no better either; they have got their
scriptures completely wrong. One’s bigoted God has promised them the
land robbing from others, and the other’s bigoted God tells them not to
make friends with Christians and Jews. The interpretations for the
following verses need to be corrected now; Exodus 23:31-32, Deuteronomy
1:8, Genesis 15:18-2 and Quran, 5:51 to prevent abusers from justifying
injustices and outright hate. God is not a bigot; it is our insecurity
that makes us make him a bigot.

Continued at Arab News – http://thearabdailynews.com/2014/08/06/fault-religion-individual-gaza-crisis/

Light a candle, and the light the spirituality in you today

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We learn and we share, and thank God for the blessings,
so many of us have moderated or toned our attitudes towards others, we are a
little more inclusive than we were before.  The more differing and opposing views we encounter,
the more growth we see in us, which will bring a genuine balance in our approach
towards life problems.

Real spirituality is connecting with what surrounds us; life and matter, meaning,
you have learned to tune in with everyone.  
You are connected with everyone, and others are connected with the
greater you like a round peg in a round hole. When you are spiritual conflicts
fade and solutions emerge, and that brings genuine peace to you. It is worth raising
ourselves from smallness to the expanse of the universe. The joy is immense!

Going through Gaza Crises, and asking my friends to keep this to a humanitarian
issue has been a difficult one, but has been acceptable to most of you.  If we cannot feel the sufferings of others, no
matter who they are, there is a deficiency in our humanity.  No matter who is right or wrong, we cannot
justify or cherish the death and destruction of any human. Thank you for your belief
in being a human first and making loyalty to your faith, nation or politics secondary
to that.  

Whenever you get a moment to ponder today, think about being spiritual and say
a prayer for the victims of violence everywhere without favoring one over the
other, and pray for guidance to those who need guidance to respect the otherness
of others.

Light a candle for peace today.
Love the humanness in you!

Mike Ghouse
www.israelpalestinedialogue.com

www.HolocaustandGenocides.com

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