In the news there was a recent report of Egyptian Coptic Christians writing an urgent letter to the US Prez. Obama pleading that he should hear their cause.
An excerpt from their letter according to Arutz Sheva:
"reconciliation cannot be separated from reciprocation. The Islamic World must not demand from us that which they are unwilling to retune to us and to extend to their own citizens of other religious. I hope you help them understand reconciliation is a two-way street."
You can read more excerpts at Arutz Sheva)
Also Egyptian democratic activists are also trying to get Prez. Obama's attention.
"Where you deliver the message is part of the message," says Saad Eddin Ibrahim, a democracy activist who has lived in exile in the US since 2007 and was twice convicted of "tarnishing Egypt's reputation" for his critical writings. (This, from CSMonitor)
Everyone has such hopes that he can make a positive difference in the world. So much rests upon his shoulders. May God help him. (He is here in Israel at the moment in an unannounced trip)But the way things have been dealt with before seemed more based on lies than on helping anyone. For instance, much money get thrown at the "Israeli -Palestinian problem" but as one Palestinian journalist pointed out, no one checks if the money gets trickled down to the people. And much of the money from the US to Israel is earmarked only to buy US weapons.
Jihad in America? Some like to equate terrorism with Islam, but I am not so sure. There are many Islamists in Indonesia but I don't hear about so much terror there. So why are Africans or African Americans joining in terrorist activity?
There was a shoot out at a Little Rock army recruiting station on June 2nd. The man, Carlos Leon Bledsoe (Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad) was apprehended but not before he managed to kill one person and injure another. More at Homefront Security and at WTop.com)
Movies are creeping in messages that rabbis, priests, other religious figures could only hope to convey to the masses. With movies like the Matrix, the Secret, Zeitgeist -to name a few that personally touched me, messages of a reality different from what is is being entertained in many's imagination. A friend pointed out a more recent item- a sitcom called Heroes.
I don't have a television so I'm not 100% sure what its about, but here's according to Wikipedia:
Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006.[1] The series begins by telling the stories of apparently ordinary individuals from around the world who mysteriously develop superhuman abilities, and who then seek to use them to prevent the end of the world as foreseen in images produced by a precognitive painter. The series emulates the aesthetic style and storytelling of American comic books, using short, multi-episode story arcs that build upon a larger, more encompassing arc.[2] The series is produced by Universal Media Studios in association with Tailwind Productions,[3] and it is filmed primarily in Los Angeles, California.[4] The executive producers are Allan Arkush, Dennis Hammer, Greg Beeman and Tim Kring. (Wikipedia)
What's so interesting to me is that from what I hear the apartment is where everything takes place (the world) and what's the apartment number? 613! (as in 613 commandments to keep)
And Mazal tov to Djimon Hounsou!! He became a proud papa to a baby boy May 30th. Yes, its old news already lol! But I wanted to say mazal tov anyway. What happened to My It List blog. My 411 on who's who in celebrity world. ***pout**
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