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Katherine Marshall is senior fellow at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and Director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue. Her blog, Faith in Action, tracks the activities of people of faith across the globe and across religious traditions. It maps their engagement around critical issues, from global health to the environment -- from AIDS to zebras. It explores the struggles, alliances, and common efforts of people of faith, public and private, local and global. And it highlights how important it is for Americans to look beyond their borders and to appreciate the struggles of the "bottom billion" people in today's globalized world. Her long career with the World Bank (1971-2006) involved a wide range of leadership assignments on issues of international development, with a focus on issues facing the world's poorest countries. From 2000-2006 she served as a counselor to the World Bank's President on ethics, values, and faith in development work. She is the author of several books including "Development and Faith: Where Mind, Heart and Soul work Together." Close.

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Islam, Dreams and Old Clothes

Amr Khaled was everywhere with his message that faith is a powerful force and motivator for young people in the Middle East, but that it doesn't have to lead to jihad.

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Moody:

All possible kind of questions asked by non Muslims about Islam answered on below web sites:

ALL MISCONCEPTIONS AND FALSE MEANINGS ARE ANSWERED:

1-www.irf.net/irf/faqonislam/index.htm (on this site you will get all answers about Islam, CHRISTIANITY, JESUS, JUDAISM , ETHEISIM, HINDUISM and all other religions).
2-www.islamalways.com/
3-www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/
4-www.jamaat.net/deedat.htm
5-www.islamtomorrow.com/yusuf.asp
6-www.justaskislam.com/index.php
7-www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/Q_LP/ (The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam)

gary:

no mention of the man telling his young followers that they need to be tolerant of other beliefs,just the usual 'its all about me' stuff. jobs don't teach tolerance and dreams don't breed acceptence. no talk of equality within islam.when he starts talking like that the extremists will silence him.

AlanRockville:

Katherine, thank you for your post. I intend on educating myself on Mr. Khaled. I have long felt that leaders who can set a more moderate tone within their religions or nations is what is so needed at this crucial time. The key is to be able to answer the "biblical" justifications of extremism with the ones of reconcilition using the same religous sources. I have not yet read Benazio Bhutto's latest book (just published), but I understand she attempts to do just that.
We need to make sure we have leaders and role models to counter the belliegerent threats of the extremists, and that they need to speak out whenever there is a "message" sent via our story-seeking media. This is true for all religions and nationalitiies. Of course, the daily lives of the people who are susceptible to the extreme words must be improved. This is our global universal message. I hope Mr. Khaled can be a force within his religion to do some good. It will be long, hard, and dangerous work. Thank you again for this info.
P.S. My one public publication in the NY Times, 10/2/06:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06EEDF1430F931A35753C1A9609C8B63&st=cse&sq=rotnemer&scp=3

Moody:

CCNL:
You and like your have no shame comparing couple of thousand with millions of FREEDOM SPONSERED killings. Where many of those unjust actions have NO PROOF to link with the TERROR FIGHTERS.
e.g., 9/11
Click on Google just 9/11 and you will find all kind of expert, professional and scientific PROOFS showing that those planes couldn't at all possibly collapse the towers.
Let me give you line of direction towards the investigation to find the truth.
1- Why most of the Jews of towers were on holiday on 9/11?
2- See the demolition and destruction of all kind of building, bombed, burned for MANY DAYS but doesn’t fall and not couple of floors which after FEW HOURS fall like sand bag in FEW MINUTES on Google.( THE MAD BRUTAL USA ADMINISTRATION THINK world is buying that horrific joke done by themselves.)
3- See the pattern of buildings falling when destroyed and compare with technique of IMPLOSION is applied? See on Google!
4- On Google you will also find the twin towers timely and systematic blasts on each floor and their sound effects proving something else film captured???
5- On Google see Pentagon crash recording. Where is the impact of wings in the hole of the wall? Was it a plane crash?? Where is the rubble? See on Google.
6-How could the passport of terrorist found, safe and perfect OUT OF PLANE??
BUSH THINKS THE WHOLE WORLD IS STUPID LIKE HIM....right CCNL! NEXT TIME MAKE THE FIRE FIGHTERS DRESS OF THIS UNBURNED PASSPORT MATERIAL… good idea isn’t it??

AHMED FROM BAHRAIN :
Concerned
You have such flawed judgment. To avoid looking at your own mischief you keep harking at Muslims in general. Take a close look at your own self-righteous foreign policy before you accuse me of anything. In this day of internet, nothing is hidden except your head in the fake sand of your own thoughts.
Wake up and admit to the fact that your country has the biggest power and it is using it in a major negative way and your taxes pay for that.
Like a cracked record with its needle stuck, you hark on a 1000 years of injustices that I never had a part in but try to avoid what injustices you inflict today. Right now. Concern yourself with NOW.
This is my last post addressing your cracked record. You have moved from my radar.

Moody:

CCNL:
You and like your have no shame comparing couple of thousand with millions of FREEDOM SPONSERED killings. Where many of those unjust actions have NO PROOF to link with the TERROR FIGHTERS.
e.g., 9/11
Click on Google just 9/11 and you will find all kind of expert, professional and scientific PROOFS showing that those planes couldn't at all possibly collapse the towers.
Let me give you line of direction towards the investigation to find the truth.
1- Why most of the Jews of towers were on holiday on 9/11?
2- See the demolition and destruction of all kind of building, bombed, burned for MANY DAYS and not couple of floors for FEW HOURS on Google.
3- See the pattern of buildings falling when destroyed and compare with technique of IMPLOSION is applied? See on Google!
4- On Google you will also find the towers timely and systematic blasts on each floor film captured.
5- On Google see Pentagon crash recording. Where is the impact of wings in the hole of the wall? Was it a plane crash?? Where is the rubble? See on Google.
6-How could the passport of terrorist found, safe and perfect OUT OF PLANE??
BUSH THINKS THE WHOLE WORLD IS STUPID LIKE HIM....right CCNL!

AHMED FROM BAHRAIN :
Concerned
You have such flawed judgment. To avoid looking at your own mischief you keep harking at Muslims in general. Take a close look at your own self-righteous foreign policy before you accuse me of anything. In this day of internet, nothing is hidden except your head in the fake sand of your own thoughts.
Wake up and admit to the fact that your country has the biggest power and it is using it in a major negative way and your taxes pay for that.
Like a cracked record with its needle stuck, you hark on a 1000 years of injustices that I never had a part in but try to avoid what injustices you inflict today. Right now. Concern yourself with NOW.
This is my last post addressing your cracked record. You have moved from my radar.

Moody:

All possible kind of questions asked by non Muslims about Islam answered on below web sites:

ALL MISCONCEPTIONS AND FALSE MEANINGS ARE ANSWERED:

1-www.irf.net/irf/faqonislam/index.htm (on this site you will get all answers about Islam, CHRISTIANITY, JESUS, JUDAISM , ETHEISIM, HINDUISM and all other religions).
2-www.islamalways.com/
3-www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/
4-www.jamaat.net/deedat.htm
5-www.islamtomorrow.com/yusuf.asp
6-www.justaskislam.com/index.php (on this site you will get answer of every question you have and asked, with in a day or by next day - IT’S A CHALLENGE !!!)

Moody:

All possible kind of questions asked by non Muslims about Islam answered on below web sites:

ALL MISCONCEPTIONS AND FALSE MEANINGS ARE ANSWERED:

1-www.irf.net/irf/faqonislam/index.htm (on this site you will get all answers about Islam, CHRISTIANITY, JESUS, JUDAISM , ETHEISIM, HINDUISM and all other religions).
2-www.islamalways.com/
3-www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/
4-www.jamaat.net/deedat.htm
5-www.islamtomorrow.com/yusuf.asp
6-www.justaskislam.com/index.php (on this site you will get answer of every question you have and asked, with in a day or by next day - IT’S A CHALLENGE !!!)

halozcel:

*You see the pyramids*,he said.*They were built with faith*.
No,terrible wrong.Islam hadnt built the pyramids.
The pyramids were built by the Civilization 5000 years ago.Islam calls *age of ignorance* and the islamists in Egypt want to raze down the pyramids.

Islam came to Egypt and the Civilization gone.
Cleopatra gone and the Bogeywoman came.

*Do not make me be an extremist*.Freedom and jobs was his answer.
No,wrong diagnosis.All leaders of terrorists organizations had good jobs and were rich.

If you dont know what Love is,if you dont know what civilization is and if you are educated by the Cult of *two equals one*,whatever you have job or not,*to be an extremist* is inevitable.

Solution.Yes,solution.
You shall unconditional leave the Cult.
You shall unchain your head(remove headscarf)
If you dont unchain your head,you can not be free.

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