Posted by
Michael on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 7:13:42 PM
Jim Maceda wrote a blog on MSNBC detailing his experiences with his family in France, of whom are converted Muslims. After spending extensive time in Iraq, the importance of Islamic sects was ingrained in his mind. His post is a good suggestion of the nonsense that is sectarian violence:
In the course of our table talk, I pointed to a young woman wearing a
hijab - the Muslim veil - in one of the wedding reception photos and
asked who it was. She was the wife of one of Nader's cousins, I was
told.
"Is she Shiite or Sunni?" I asked, thinking - erroneously, it turned
out - that the more conservative-looking Muslims at the reception would
be Shiite. Both Nader and Juliette looked at me with blank stares. Then
they looked at each other. Then back to me. "I really don't know,"
offered Nader, somewhat embarrassed, or confused, by the question.
"You don't know?" I replied, in disbelief and, no doubt, conditioned by my extensive time in Iraq. "How can you NOT know?"
''Because it's not something we ever talk about," answered Nader. "Shiite, or Sunni, it just doesn't matter.''
Meanwhile, I don't know how many of you were (un)fortunate enough to listen to Iranian
President Ahmadinejad's speech. The freaky part about it was his closing prayer, which was not mentioned in very many following newspaper reports:
"I emphatically declare that today's world more than ever before longs
for just and righteous people with love for all humanity, and above all
longs for the perfect, righteous human being and the real savior who
has been promised to all peoples and who will establish justice, peace
and brotherhood on the planet. Oh Almighty God, all men and women are
your creatures and you have ordained their guidance and salvation.
Bestow upon humanity that thirst for justice, the perfect human being
promised to all by you, and make us among his followers among those who
strive for his return and his cause."
After reading that, I couldn't help but wonder what world reaction would have been if President Bush had gone before the United Nations General Assembly and called for all men and women to accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior.
Yeah. Think about that.
And the fruitcake festival continued with Hugo Chavez throwing a copy of some Noam Chomsky book around and called President Bush "the devil." Allah has the
video.