Obama's Speech Must Change America, Too
By Moez Masoud
Egyptian televangelist
America, a nation that understandably prides itself on the ideals upon which it was founded, failed to demonstrate self-control in the past decade or so. The primary victim of this temporary insanity: the Muslim world. Now comes President Barack Hussein Obama, a multicultural living symbol of America's ability to live up to its ideals. So far, Obama seems keen to reconcile.
While Obama's speech in Cairo is an opportunity to start the overdue and much-needed dialogue that must take place between the U.S. and the Muslim world, it's also a chance for Obama to teach his fellow countrymen. Obama needs to figure out how to explain to ordinary Americans, many of whom currently harbor anti-Muslim sentiments, how to clearly differentiate between the mainstream Muslim majority and the zealot extremist minority.
It is highly detrimental for Americans to unjustifiably hold a strongly negative view of a quarter of the planet's inhabitants. It needs to become common knowledge in America that, as a scholar once put it, "terrorism is to Jihad what adultery is to marriage", and that classical Islam - and not 'no Islam' - is the antidote to intolerance and extremism.
According to Gallup statistics, the majority of Muslims and half of the American public itself feels that the West does not respect the Muslim world, and Muslims feel that their faith has been singled out for disrespect under the guise of freedom of speech. When treated with justice and respect, the greater majority of the Muslim world is more than happy to peacefully co-exist in and develop a globalized world that recognizes and respects the religious and cultural particulars that exist in the world population.
In the Koran, a verse reads: "O Mankind, We have created you from a male and a female and We have made you into peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Surely the most noble of you in the sight of God is the most pious and God-conscious." In other words, the Qur'an teaches that the diversity of mankind is a Divinely ordained blessing.
In the verse immediately before that, believers are commanded to avoid suspicion when dealing with others. If America has extended the hand of friendship, then we too are to extend our hand, and, instead of wasting our energy analyzing invisible intentions, it would be more fruitful to see Muslims in the days to come articulating various ways in which we can cooperate with the U.S. on key universal issues like lowering unemployment and poverty rates worldwide, protecting human rights and the environment, and eradicating terrorism.
The Muslim world will wait and see how Obama will handle Palestine, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the withdrawal from Iraq. If he fails to get these issues right, Muslims will pay no attention to anything else he says or does. A prerequisite for peace is justice, and with regard to the Muslim world it is time that America sheds behind it what Noam Chomsky wittily called its 'distorted morality'. No more occupation of any Muslim land can be justified under any name and for any reason. It needs to be made clear that the 'theocon' agenda of the past administration no longer represents the US: hopefully, unlike his predecessor, Obama does not think God talks directly to him. The hands-off policy with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict needs to become a bad memory, and it would be nice if some memories of the Carter years were to be revived. Obama will give the talk. Then the Muslim world will wait to see America walk it.
If Americans truly adhere to core American values, and Muslims to core Muslim values, the world may very well travel a long way forward in a relatively short period of time.
Moez Masoud's popular show "Al-Tareeq Al-Sah" (The Right Way) is watched by millions of people across the Arab world. His institute's documentary and musical productions air regularly and top the charts. He was recently named the most influential religious figure in Egypt for 2008.
By Moez Masoud |
June 4, 2009; 12:28 AM ET
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Posted by: walter-in-fallschurch | June 6, 2009 9:58 AM
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Continued:
And so component "R." , is already in US, and so cannot tolerate ANY MOSES anti-HUMANiTY" doctrine via Genesis plus story's. as if a SECTion or certain CULTure be "G-d's Chosen.." La La People" NOR via any Anti-Humanity VYASA storys or GAUTAMA's nor CONFUSION story's, So, there's NO more JESUS story's NO more MUHAMMAD anti humanity story's, NO more LAMA GURU... stories ; to Tell the Next Potential Generation(s)! Justly FEEL + SENCE:
R. = being "iTSELF" appearing/Evolving/disappearing US; and Majestically (un Stopable) is forever becoming what one is becoming, aka "ETERNITY AVOiDiNG LONLiNESS" inside, Outside of US (not YE) and in-between!
Hence [US, i] HU{e}MATE(s), aka "APOCALYPTARIAN" R' Religious-Jealousy Free & thus, contrary to YE (not OUR) infixus books R' Fearless Nationals, aka "Automatic Born Citizen/Denizen(s) of Holy+i S.S. Earth (forget man made Heaven or Hell Worlds)
Yes! 1"R." = 1Religion = 1/ONE/G-D, not several/many competing religions for god(s). Yes, Praying (talking to "IT"/ONE) & Meditating (Listening to "IT"/ONE) is an inescapable & an undeniable TRUTH (opposite MYTH).
REMEMBER: SOURCE-1 via OUR innate "Holy-Compenent "R."" can never be substituted/commingled w/the words "Allah" or YHWH or Jehovah or Ishvara etc. "IT" (G-D by 1,000+ names) is only "IT", not a HE/HIM nor a SHE/HER.
WE. [i] US R' Students forever of SOURCE-1 & i [HU{e}MATE's] never Graduate. How bout YE? Then Welcome to S.pace-S.hip Earth, ELSE Leave!
Posted by: InterfaithNation | June 5, 2009 9:10 AM
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Mr. MASOUD & Congregation & World.
ON: P-r-o-o-f that there is Only 1-ONE R.eligion, via 1-ONE (wahad, Uno, Ek...) "G-D"/"IT"/"iTSELF"... revealing US & thus now hath 1,000+ Names & No More 99 names. Note: whether Ye like IT or not, R.eligion is not like different Ice-Cream flavor(s).
R.i.S.E.P.M.G. exists, right in front of OUR noses & as Real as G-D is an "IT" or being "iTSELF" in & outside of US all & G-d (OUR) , not YE, is not/never as a HE/Him nor a She/Her!
Note: To be free of Man-Made religious-Disease's 1-One must Never say "My god" is aHE or aHIM or are YE HiS. Hint: Try to use "IT" more instead of "HE" as if hath gender, or "SHE", less. "IT" is Superior to any HiS or Her's.
COMMENTARY/Explanation: The TRUTH means opposite of MYTH [Man made Systems] So Please Know THAT, Apocalyptically speaking (not Pre-Apocalyptically)
R. = Religion (Belongs to LAW/NATURE not Human(s) +
i. = intelligence/intellectual +
S. = Society (Umma) Tribe/Community +
(E)= Economy/Barter/Trade/Work +
P. = Political (Man Made not Religion System(s +
M. = Military (to counter Aggressor/Predators) +
G. = Government (Man made, not Religion Systems)::
R. is Natural/innate (OUR G-D (not YE god(s)) is acsually Expressionless. hence why spell "G-D" (OUR) instead of ye 'god(s)'.
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Posted by: InterfaithNation | June 5, 2009 9:10 AM
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Over & Over & Over & Over & Over & Over & Over & Over & Over & Over & Over & Over & Over & Over..............................
Hear YE Hear Ye, O' Sweet Sweet Holty-i NEBULA-BUiLT Space-Ship Earth (of many):
AL Islam's "MINARETS" On Earth, should be silenced 6-Days aWEEK (Day & Night & inbetween)?
Explanation/Commentary: Besides Noise Pollution; 'Minarets' disrespect US non-Islamic Folk; includes Christians disrespecting US non-christian folk by banging on their bells during Day or evey hour includes Monks on Gongs etc.. AND
by Constantly Blasting [via electric?] Ssuch loud-peakers from their (not OUR) Minarets, along with them Roosters et al, is is tantamount to "PSYCHiC-DRiViNG" So,
pleazzza, forget 'Water Bording!' Hence One of the 'Culprits' or real Reasons for Psyching unsuspecting Homegrown Pre-Apocalyptic "Religious Finatics"!
Interesting: When it comes to Organized (or Private) Religion that All Parochial Schools & or Yashiva's & or Madrassa's & or ishrams etc.. Also Practice/indulge in [Pre-Apocalyptic] repetative "RELiGIO-PSYCHiC-DRiViNG."
Hence the dangers of breeding (like a pandemic) those seemingly inflicted with "RELiGiO JEALOUSY PSYCHOSiS" & "PRE-APOCALYPTiC SiNdrome."
Reality Check: This Holy+i Cosmic (OUR Miracle in Motion) Planet via S.S. Earth's, aka S.S. GAiA, S.S. GEOID, S.S.TELLUSng something, needs not only LESS-RELiGiON(s) [Eventually becoming 1, nomore 2, 3, 4, 5...], BUT
Less NATION/STATE BUILDING w/Less Currency's! In a Prophetic way Prez OMAMA is right to tell Israel "... Not to build more Settlements ..."
Explanation/Commentary: There is +/- 192 Nation States on S.S. Earth. But Today We Need only 13-Nations! Not 192! AND
this means Earth also needs Less Currency's. Thus there shall be only 3 (not 1) or 4 Currencies only!
Imagine a U.S of S. AMERICA, U.S. of N. Africa & U.S. S. Africa a U.S. Of Sharia Gulf/Saudi States, a U.S. of the LEVANT (Israel, Palistine, Leban) United as One!? And United Baluchistan (Iran + Afghan + Pakis) etc...
Note: This is not a Dream; but a Prophecy whose time in TiME will (inevitably) be. A SECULAR, not Religious, Reality! So,
Peace, Paz, Salaam, Shalom, Mir, Zhingyu, Ahimsa...
Posted by: InterfaithNation | June 5, 2009 7:18 AM
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Something on Religio Disease's/Plagues:
There is nothing (Zero) AB-ORiGiNAL about imported Abrahamic Judeo-Jews here, nor Judeo-Christians & Islamics. Includes imported Vedic Judeo-Hindu's Buddhas, Taoists, Confucions etc..!!!
A CORRECTION OF (Man-Made) ALL, Every & Any Pre-Apocalyptic competing Faith/Belief/Religio SYSTEM(s) is prophetically/inevitably overdue on this BLESSETH (not Curseth/Sineth) S.S. HOLY-EARTH: Soo,
"IT is time to DEPORT/Re-Export/kick-out (not Mexicans AbOriginals & CO.) of Amerika All Non-genuine, not made in Amerik [imported] All YE (not OUR) Pre-Apocalyptic Superstupidstitious Religion man-made SYSTEMS (zero made by "IT") back from whence they was imported from in the 1st place." i.e.: Back to Aegypt (Afrik), back to Euro, back to Mid-East, Back to Major/Minor Asia, islands, caves etc abroad.
This includes All Ye (not OUR) ABRAHAMiC: Chumash/Bibles, Copy-Cat Quran/Korans, & VEDiC: Geeta/Sruti, Copy-cat Kangyurs/Tripitaka... So, There's Nothing Genuinely American (un-American) about All YE (not OUR) Imported-Religion(s) System in sweet sweet U.S. of A's!
Remember: G-D (not god) by 1,000+ names now and no more by 99 Names, is not/never a HE/HiM/HiS nor is GoD (not god) a SHE/HER, but rather the ALMiGHTY/LORD/ALLAH/iSHVARA... by 1,000+ names is an "IT" being "iTSELF" in and out of US-ALL!
Yes! A NEW-Religion() Borneth in sweet sweet U.S.A. Revealed (opposite Secret) from All YE (not OUR) Old-time-Religion(s). A Prophecy Whose time (clocks) via TiME (Holy TEMPerature) is NOW!
Behold the True "SiNGULARiTY" & nomore the false "PLURALiTY" of Ye (not OUR) Man Made Killing/Jealous (man-made) Religion(s) institutions!
Therefore Al Islam & CO., Ye must INSTEAD worship The "RELiGiON Of Everything, [thats] Before The SCiENCE Of Everything"
Goodbye Muhammad! Goodbye Moses! Goodbye JESUS! Goodbye VYASA! Goodbye GAUTAMA et al! [Note: All Ye (not OUR) Novel-Stars are human's unkinds; unlike US HU{e}MATES kinds].
Remember: OUR "IT" aka G-D (not god(s)) can never-Break "IT"s own LAWS! WHEREFORE: "IT" & by many names (not a HE or a SHE) is impossible for "iTSELF" (Lord..) to be jealous of Anything or any body!
Posted by: InterfaithNation | June 5, 2009 6:12 AM
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Note: The [man-made] U.S. Constitution is Secondary:
Why?
Because O.U.R. Real/Genuine Holy+i "CONSTITUTION" is our UNIVERSE, That
the "LAWS OF "IT"s own NATURE" are O.U.R. Real/Genuine "CLAUSES" to "Uphold", "Magnify" & "Make Honorable" as the HOLY-i NO-MAN/WOMB Evolveth out of our MAGMAPERCOLATION effect via the OCEANIC MEGAPLUME WOMB"!
Hark! Behold! the "O.ne U.niversal R.eligion" & IT's NEW SONG (Dynamicism) comething from All their (not OUR) OLD-Songs [Staticism)! So,
Time to Remove the Federal IRS NOT-FOR-PROPHET tax-Exempt Statis's Of All Pre-Apocalyptic Imported Abrahamic/Vedic.. Religions competing for a name for god INSTEAD OF G-D, Systems, in Sweet Sweet U.S. of A., and Therefore CONGRESS & CO.;
DO Like the Germans Do with their Churches: "Tax-Payer's", Secular or not, Gives them [Churches, Synogogues, Mosques, Temples..] x-amount of Dutch Mark Money's each Year.
Interesting: The White Houses's (Congress turning their Heads) current "FAITH BASED INITIATIVE" (from Clinton's to Reagan [pbuh] & Bush's) turned into the executive Branch's so called "COMMUNITY FAiTH BASED" la la, is acsually Good.
So, since, Today in Sweet Sweet SECUALR? America, that Mega Churches, such as rick Warren & CO. & Mosques, Synogogues, Shrines/Temples.. get to share annually in Tax Payers +/- $2,000,000,000 Annually; THEN
"IT IS TiME" to Revome All IRS Religious Institution Tax-Exempt STATUS's NOW, not Tomorrow; And So let them Equally recieve a Portion of the White Houses (un Constitutional) Free Hand Out Moneys!
Note: When Bureaucrats (PLUTOCRATS are running USA, not OLIGARCHS) Cunningly are Claiming that some of the tax payers Faith-Based money's is also being Allocated or shared (deliberately) commingled? with some Non-Religious Not-For-Prophet Entity's (Philanthropy's/Institutions) in order
to Hide (opposite Revelation) a ,"RELIGIOUS-PURPOSE" Then that is another open/Obvious "Conflict of Constiutional Intent" , not Biblical, so to spaketh truth (opposite MYTH)!
Posted by: InterfaithNation | June 4, 2009 11:52 AM
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NO!
All "Abrahamics" as in Judeo Jews & their Judeo-Christians 2ndaries & their judeo-Islamic Tertiary's are All IMPORTED-RELIGIONS (Man-Made) Systems. AND
All "Vedics" Judeo-Hindus & their Judeo Buddhists 2ndaries & Confucion Tertiary's...
besides "... a Mosque in every State ..." are All "NOT-{MADE}-IN-AMERICA!
So, Preacher, Imam, Priest, Rabbi 'Word {Merchant}' Professor... Mr. Obama & CO., said something that Every HU{e}MATE, not HUMAN(s) know innately!
i.e., "Not To Kill/Maim.." "Love Each Other not hate each other..." so,
Do YE (not Us) realy need Pre-Apocalyptic Religion/Books to tell Us Apocalyptarians otherwise???
So, telling one a "T{AUTOLOGY}" in Religion expression, is the same as telling a "BIG LIE" in Political expression. Forget Correctness therein & therefrom!
Behold the "IT",/b> Revolution (opposite Secret) is Now Began! Soo,
IT is TiME to re-Export All 'Imported" Religions in Sweet Sweet U.S. of A. back to Mid East, Asia, Europe, Africa etc..!!
Posted by: InterfaithNation | June 4, 2009 11:13 AM
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Posted by: InterfaithNation | June 4, 2009 11:09 AM
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Masoud pontificates thus:
"If Americans truly adhere to core American values and Muslims to core Muslim values, the world may very well travel a long way forward in a relatively short period of time."
Let us see now how can we reconcile liberty with autocracy, pluralism with intolerance, one man one woman to one man 4 women mentalities? One ideology has got to give way and it would not be the one that proved its efficacy in dealing with today’s challenges.
Posted by: abhab | June 4, 2009 9:54 AM
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jesus,
do we really have to put up with this junk form interfaithnation? ugh...