On Feb. 10, 2007, I attended a SABEEL [Arabic for THE WAY] Conference in Alabama , USA. Among the many truth tellers who spoke was Dr. Phyllis Bennis, a secular Jew, journalist, prolific author, Mid East analyst and Co-founder and Co-Chair of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation who said, " Iran has signed the NPT, which allows them the right to have nuclear power and to enrich uranium. The 185 non-nuclear states have agreed to give up the right to have nuclear weapons and the five nuclear powers that signed the NPT agreed to get rid of their nuclear weapons... Iran is not in violation of the NPT, but America is! The USA has been in violation ever since the day they signed it. The USA is acting like a rogue state. The rhetoric out of Washington, the arresting of Iranian diplomats in Iraq, are deliberate provocations hoping that the Iranians will take the bait and respond."
President Ahmadinejad, you also wrote: "I am confident that you, the American people, will play an instrumental role in the establishment of justice and spirituality throughout the world. The promises of the Almighty and His prophets will certainly be realized, justice and truth will prevail and all nations will live a true life in a climate replete with love, compassion and fraternity."
I believe that too, but they will have to WAKE UP first and then DO SOMETHING!
You quoted the Divine Word of the Holy Qur'an and I now offer you- and all the God-fearing, truth-loving and justice-seeking people of the world- the words of the ancient Hebrew Prophet, Micah and two more modern day 'prophets.'
"What does God require? He has already told you o'man! Be JUST! Be MERCIFUL! And walk humbly with your Lord."-Micah 6:8
"Imagine All the People Sharing All the World."-John Lennon
"If enough Christians followed the gospel, they could bring any state to its knees." Father Philip Francis Berrigan
In Solidarity we have it in our power to begin the world again, and Godspeed on it!
