tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28010206256589982972024-03-16T19:26:33.893-05:00AmericaMike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.comBlogger528125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-28602750219038169982020-01-19T11:35:00.000-06:002020-01-19T11:35:41.118-06:00Holocaust and Genocides 2020<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> This year, a Holocaust survivor will share his story, followed by updated Uyghur, Rohingya, and the signs of making of Genocide in India. I urge everyone to watch the Schindler's list and Civil War movies to grasp the signs.</span></span></span></h3>
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-47740010791510012582019-04-25T18:34:00.000-05:002019-04-25T18:46:31.912-05:00The book: American Muslim Agenda<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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grudgingly you'll see the value in what this book offers, and if you are on the
left, you want more of it, and if you are moderate, you will dance with joy.</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The book is about building a cohesive America where each one of us feels secure
about our faith, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual and political orientation.
Who does not want to live a tension free life at home, workplace, and in the
public space? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The "American Muslim Agenda” serves a two-fold purpose. On the one hand,
it separates the chaff from the grain for fellow Americans to see Muslims for
who they are and not how the media projects them. On the other hand, it
challenges Muslims to restore Islam to its original purpose; that is to create
cohesive societies, in our case, a coherent America, where each one of the 323
Million Americans feels proud of his or her uniqueness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The book presents many success stories to keep the reader bemused. I am pleased
to submit three versions of the blurbs on the book talk. The format can be 10
minutes or 20 minutes presentation with room for Q&A. We want our esteemed
guests to go home fully satisfied with all the questions they have had about
Islam and Muslims. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Our conservative friends would grudgingly acknowledge the pathway laid out in
the book, while the moderates will dance with joy. If your vision of America is
in tune with the book, together as Americans, we can contribute towards the
greatness of our nation.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Would this book bring a change? </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Would this bring a change among Muslims towards others and others towards
Muslims? Indeed, this book lays out a clear agenda to foster harmony among
fellow Americans. It is akin to planting a seed and nurturing to give the
beneficence to the next generation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Some of the reservations we have about Muslims is based on what we have heard
from our parents, friends, teachers, pastors, and TV. It is time for us to
learn first-hand about them and remove the misunderstandings and live freely. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It is one of the bold books written about Muslims, and it highlights the
sources of extremism and how to cure it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Unfortunately, some of the Muslim scholars from the past have reduced Islam to
a religion of rituals and obedience. This book brings clarity to Muslims and
fellow humans and separates the chaff from the wheat for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The overall theme of the book is to open people's hearts and minds towards each
other. I believe that the ultimate ‘unexpressed’ purpose of humans is to live
freely and be comfortable with one's culture, race, religion, ethnicity,
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It will appeal to Muslims and Non-Muslims alike, as they have never seen the
pristine, pluralistic Islam. Moreover, for the first time in Islamic history,
the essence of Islam is explained. Also, for the first time, the book explains
twelve values directly from the Quran that contributes towards building
cohesive societies with no privileges to one over the other. It is human nature
to get along with fellow beings, and this book will resonate with them and pave
the path for them to see the light at the end of the tunnel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">1. The American Muslim Agenda
challenges Muslims to think and restore Islam to its original purpose – i.e.,
to create a cohesive America, where each one of the 323 Million Americans feels
secure with his or her faith, race, ethnicity culture, sexual and political
orientation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">2. The American Muslim Agenda paves the way for Muslims to own their mistakes,
and remedy them. It corrects how fellow Americans perceive Muslims.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">3. Islam is not about imposing
(Sharia) your ideas or governing others. Islam is about living your life and
letting others live theirs with freedom. That is the original Islam. Islam is
about freedom and firmly stands for free will. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">4. The essence and purpose of Islam
from a humanity’s (Aalameen) perspective for the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">5. Never before in Islamic history,
twelve values of Islam that contribute to creating secure, orderly and cohesive
societies have been articulated. Verses from the Quran fully back each value.
Thus, the book becomes a reference manual to teach and learn about Islam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">6. The best way to combat
Islamophobia is through education, engagement, and dialogue. There are many
success stories narrated including dealing with Fox News, Sean Hannity, Stuart
Varney and the supposedly most of the Islamaphobes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">7. This book is the product of
twenty years of research and interviews with the right, left, and the moderate
fellow humans from many faiths including 150 interviews at Fox News and its
many right-leaning guests. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the United States? What does it take, there is a full chapter on the topic?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">9. In the end, it is learning to
respect the otherness of the other and accepting the God given the uniqueness
of each one of the 323 million Americans. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Title of the talk: Muslims making
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Americans Muslims are committed to
building a cohesive America, an inclusive America where each one of the 323
Million Americans feel secure about his/her faith, race, ethnicity, culture,
sexual and political orientation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When you are free from
apprehensions, and connect with fellow workers, the workplace becomes a joy to
be. You will give 100% of your heart and mind to your work, and your family
benefits from having a whole of you, thus creating a little heaven for
yourselves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Dr. Mike Ghouse, author, public
speaker, pluralist, interfaith wedding officiant, and the president of the
Center for Pluralism in Washington, DC., will discuss how Muslim efforts in
building a cohesive America are working. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He points out that we are Americans,
we are free and brave people and must jettison our apprehensions about each
other to live freely. Mike advises that if you are a conservative, then
grudgingly you'll see a value in what this book offers, and if you are on the
left, you want more of it, and the moderates will dance with joy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He points out that we are Americans,
we are free, and the brave people, and must jettison our apprehensions about
each other to live freely. How do we accomplish that? It is by knowing each
other. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">America has always led the world in
science, medicine, math, agriculture, automation, information technology,
exploration and all the advancements of the human race, and it is time for us
to lead the world in building a cohesive nation. The book offers concrete
solutions to Americans to make America a great and powerful model nation of
inclusion for Americans to enjoy living their lives productively and
purposefully, and the world to look up to us to emulate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">We have to assure each other and
every American without exception that we are committed to each other's
security, prosperity, and peace. Our goal is to reach out to every American who
has not been reached before, particularly those who do not understand us. As
American Muslims, we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined
in our constitution. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Mike will share a few incredible
success stories of dealing with our friends on the right and answer questions
about Muslim efforts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The book “American Muslim Agenda”
will become a reference manual to knowledge seekers and teachers of Islam, and
those who want to see one nation, one people and one America. For Muslims, it
is backed up with verses from the Quran. You can order this book from Amazon,
Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Google, and other book stores. See the talking
points at http://www.AmericanMuslimAgenda.com and Mike’s profile appended at
https://www.linkedin.com/inmikeghouse. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Title of the talk: Muslims making America the Greatest nation
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Americans Muslims are committed to
building a cohesive America, an inclusive America where each one of the 323
Million Americans feel secure about his/her faith, race, ethnicity, culture,
sexual and political orientation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When you are free from
apprehensions, and connect with fellow workers, the workplace becomes a joy to
be. You will give 100% of your heart and mind to your work, and your family
benefits from having a whole of you with them creating a little heaven for
yourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Dr. Mike Ghouse, author, public
speaker, pluralist, interfaith wedding officiant, and the President of the
Center for Pluralism in Washington, DC., will discuss how Muslim effort is
ongoing in building a cohesive America, where each one of the 323 Million
Americans feel secure about his/her faith, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual
and political orientations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He points out that we are Americans,
we are free and brave people and must jettison our apprehensions about each
other to live freely. Mike advises that if you are a conservative, then
grudgingly you'll see a value in what this book offers, and if you are on the
left, you want more of it, and the moderates will dance with joy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The book paves the way for Muslims
to own their mistakes, remedy them, and correct how fellow Americans perceive
Muslims. Mike argues that Islam is not about imposing your ideas or governing
others. Instead, Islam is about living your life and letting others live theirs
with freedom. It is a bold challenge to Muslims. He shows a narration from
humanity's (Aalameen) perspective of the essence and purpose of Islam for the
first time in history. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Mike articulates, for the first time
in Islamic history, twelve values of Islam that contribute to creating secure,
orderly and cohesive societies. He concludes that the best way to combat
Islamophobia (and other phobias) is through education, engagement, and
dialogue. Mike lays out a clear agenda to foster harmony among fellow
Americans. It is akin to planting a seed and nurturing to give the beneficence
to the next generation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Mike believes when Muslims become
one with all and defend American values with their souls, they will become part
of the American story, and everyone’s language will automatically shift from us
vs. them to us, the one nation under God with liberty and justice for all. As
American Muslims, we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined
in our constitution. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">This book will become a reference
manual to teachers of Islam and knowledge seekers about Islam, as it is backed
up verses from the Quran. You can order his book from Amazon, Kindle, Barnes
& Noble, Google, and other book stores. See the talking points at
http://www.AmericanMuslimAgenda.com and Mike’s profile appended at
https://www.linkedin.com/inmikeghouse. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The American Muslim Agenda is a primer,
a blueprint, and a road map for Americans in general and Muslims in particular.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A Muslim is someone who is a
conflict mitigater and a goodwill nurturer, following the formula for peaceful
societies practiced by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and guided by the Quran.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">As a community, American Muslims
have not developed any concrete plans to extricate themselves out of the
chaotic situations, hostility and incessant Islamophobic rhetoric we face. Each
time a terrorist acts out, we start praying and wishing that the terrorist not
be a Muslim. We are Americans, and we can do better than that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">There is only one America, and all
of us are fully integrated parts of that nation. We need to learn to engage
with those who are opposed to us, and reassure them that we are all in this
together. Mike will share some success stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When we start defending America and
the American values we are in! We become an integral part of American Fabric.
That is the clear objective articulated in this book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The book is available at Amazon,
Kindle, Google, Xlibris, Barnes & Nobles, and other book stores. The
softcover is priced at $19.99, and the hardcover is $29.99. It is also
available as an eBook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The American Muslim Agenda will be
in the hands of lawmakers, presidential candidates, media persons, lobbyists,
think tanks, educators, interfaith activists, CEO, and fellow Americans. The
book is about building a cohesive America where each one of us can live
securely with our faith, race, ethnicity, and culture. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">As American Muslims, we uphold,
protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Mike is a public speaker, author,
interfaith wedding officiant, a newsmaker and the executive director of the
Center for Pluralism in Washington, DC. More about him at <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeghouse/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeghouse/</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to: SpeakerMikeGhouse@gmail.com or text (214) 325-1916</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">What is that Americans Muslims want? How close are they to what you want? What can they do about it? What are your issues with each other? If you are a conservative, grudgingly, you'll see the value in this book, and if you are a moderate, you'll dance and sing along with joy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">You and I have a responsibility to create a world where, you, me, and our grandchildren can live without apprehensions. No matter we go, we should feel secure about faith, race, ethnicity, culture and our political and sexual orientation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">Would the book American Muslim Agenda bring attitudinal change among Muslims? Yes, it will, it’s akin to planting seeds and nurturing it to give the beneficence to the next generation. I know most American Muslims will wholeheartedly subscribe to the refreshed understanding of Islam, we need to expand it to more Americans.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">Some of the reservations we have about Muslims and Islam are based on what we have heard from our parents, teachers, clergy, favorite media people and others. We need to find the truth on our own and find freedom from misunderstandings. It is a blessing to be free.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">Muslims have shied away from confronting difficult issues about their faith, and most of them don't even have a clue about the essence of Islam, it was never articulated before in the history of Islam. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">A few medieval scholars have reduced Islam to rituals, five pillars, dhimmi, jizya, sharia, externalities, and enforcement of your rules on to others. That is not Islam, and most Muslims can recite verses that Islam is about free will. God uploaded free will into Adam’s DNA, and emphasized it in the Quran, the prophet practiced ‘freewill’ and established examples for it. Sadly, Muslims know the truth but were bullied into silence with fatwa bombs. All I have done is articulated what Muslims believe, but dared not say it. The book is the voice of the majority of ‘American’ Muslims.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">This book is a product of twenty years of research and thousands of discussions in which Muslims, non-Muslims, and “Islamophobes” have participated in it, including debates on Fox News with Sean Hannity, Stuart Varney, Pamela Geller, Brigitte Gabrielle, Robert Spencer, Jamie Glazov, Raymond Ibrahim, Walid Shoebat, Wafa Sultan, and several others. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">Islam is about living your life and letting others live theirs. Islam is about building cohesive societies where all of God's creation lives with dignity and freedom. In God’s universe, we are merely a speck, and no one is more privileged than the other. If you are a moderate individual of any faith, you will find the book in tune with you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">It is time to go beyond the five pillars of Islam, and I hope the Imams and Muslim scholars who are free thinkers would appreciate the contents of the book. This book may indeed become a reference manual for teaching Islamic values that contribute to creating a better world for all humanity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">The American Muslim Agenda offers guidance to Muslims to be one with all, and it voices what Muslims believe and live with and empowers them to live their lives and let others live with free will. The book opens the door to people of other faiths to shed their biases and join hands in creating a world of safety, security, and harmony for all humanity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">Islam is a public religion, and Muslims don't own it exclusively. You are invited to participate in discussions, including your faith. The book is expected to initiate conversations about the nature of Islam and fellow humans. I welcome your criticism (after reading the book).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 21.4667px;">You can get the book by calling 1-888-795-4274 x 4528 or get it from Amazon online or a book store. You can find the talking points at </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="line-height: 21.4667px;"><a href="http://www.americanmuslimagenda.com/" style="color: #183e7c; text-decoration-line: none;">www.AmericanMuslimAgenda.com</a></span></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 21.4667px;">.</span></span></div>
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-63220772594362321212018-01-02T09:16:00.000-06:002018-01-02T09:16:08.823-06:00Interfaith Marriages - Lynslei weds Adam<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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LYNSLEI WEDS ADAM ON JAN 1, 2018</div>
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January 1, 2018, Washington, DC – Dr. Mike Ghouse officiated the wedding ceremony today, and this is the first interfaith wedding of the year. Mike has been officiating the interfaith weddings for the last eight years and is a licensed interfaith wedding officiant in the United States.</div>
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When people find it difficult to listen to each other, let alone understand each other, Adam and Lynslei are setting a new standard – that of respecting the o<span class="text_exposed_show" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">therness of the other and accepting the God given uniqueness of each other. They will be showing us the way, in effect they are saying, “look we are different, but yet we are determined to create harmony.”</span></div>
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Lynslei’s faith of Islam brings the values of equality and dignity to the relationship, whereas Adam’s Christian tradition has taught him forgiveness, repentance and unconditional love in marriage.</div>
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How sweet it is, that these two traditions will bring fullness to their relationship, with values from Christian and Muslims traditions.</div>
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When two people fall in love with each other, Marriage is the most important milestone of that relationship, and it is the biggest event of their life and must be celebrated and cheered by one and all.</div>
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Indeed, the Holy Quran says, God has created all species in pairs and has made one for the other, and he puts love between two souls which brings them together. And as that union takes place, God is the happiest. God is about harmony and marriage is a step to bring harmony between two people. Indeed, they are very patriotic Americans; they are contributing the idea of one nation under God by coming together.</div>
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Mike has officiated a range of weddings between people of different faiths including Atheists in a secular marriage. Wedding Sermons are customized to reflect the faiths of the individuals. More about it at <a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="async" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.InterfaithMarriages.org%2F&h=ATMLR2j7HHXffGUfq7gtxkvaFHEZHZ18Wzdp_8-NgcmzzjZkpIvAmbSZVvixAv3gu1IzQnSSHd9VvmtUXeQD9Ls9ZVvXuEmIcnIg1uMTnAFEVqhv_rsxaSjsquDhGHi9fEaIjP-L-tn_R95fX55b08J0-crowe9Fxlzonu9V07Zi9-kLxlfxUG6d7e43nrrJH5apaaFe9wHp2hdi_qe7hhRgnuGSEPV1v_wfuND4eh-yY_hdJpdCAFVoOOzaGk666ygcUbqm0tfMrjPDh8-EJxJOW9nEcEhjYa8cSca4llxXwmF6tA" rel="noopener nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #00bcd5; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.InterfaithMarriages.org</a></div>
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Mike is a Community consultant actively engaged in research and activism and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. He will continue to focus his energies on ensuring a safe and secure America for all, where no one has to worry about his race, faith, ethnicity or other God-given uniqueness and live his/her life without apprehensions.</div>
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-43126994241798876562017-12-31T21:15:00.000-06:002017-12-31T21:15:29.279-06:002018’s Message of Optimism - Happy New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">We wish you, your family and friends the very best of 2018. Each
New Year is a milestone in one’s life. Indeed, it is as much a day of reckoning
as it is of celebrations. Reckoning involves reflecting on the reasons you did
not get what you had wanted in 2017, and celebrating for what you got by
cheering for the effort you made to be where you are today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Let’s go forward, if I were to ask you on 12/31/2018, that is a
year from now, how was your 2o18? You may respond in one of the following ways;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">1. Nothing Changed, same o same.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Let’s focus on two extremes; things that got worse and celebrating
the achievements. The question is did you want it to be good or worse? Did you
get what you want? Did you work for getting what you got? Did you at least
plan?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Nothing happens by itself; things happen because someone causes
them or drives them to happen. Did you let others drive your life or did you
drive it yourselves? You cannot go on vacation unless your dream about it, think
about it and plan on it. You cannot buy anything unless your start it with a
want. Unlike the planets, stars and many other things in the universe which are
programmed to function precisely, humans were given a free will to chart their
own course. God does not do anything; He simply cannot do good things for you
and not for others, God is not like that, God is an idea about justness,
evenness and balance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He has laid everything out for you to pursue your own happiness
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Here is a simple way of getting what you want! The first thing is
to know what you want; you should know where you are driving to when you turn
the ignition on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Buy a dozen 5x3 Cards or fold three regular blank white papers and
cut them out into 12 pieces. Write the following down on top of each piece and
place them in your pocket or purse. As you start driving, making coffee,
watching TV or whatever you are doing, take one piece at a time and start
thinking about that item, until you have clarity of what you want keep
thinking. Pull the car over or go to a coffee shop and sit down and write your
thoughts in bullets. Did you know you can day dream while taking a shower? You
can think better sitting on the crown? Here are your 12 or more cards to jot
down the points as to what you want out of each item of life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">An on and on.....</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .25pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Wake up to the day's most important news.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and save it on your cell phone. One evening sit down for a few hours and put it
all together. This would be your guideline to go by, and this would be your
plan for 2018. The more you stare at it, the more it becomes a part of you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">If you were to receive my note on 12/31/18, and without any doubt
you will. If you’ve received this note, you will get that one too unless you
block me. You can proudly say that your life was as planned on 12/31/2017. Why
do I do this? It is simply because my mission in life is to build cohesive work
places, communities and nations and open people’s hearts minds and souls to
fellow beings. Everyone has a purpose in life, find yours now. Mine is to make
life meaningful to as many people as I can.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I am pleased to share what I do.</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Center for Pluralism is a non-profit organization founded in 1996
(as Foundation for Pluralism). It is based on a simple principle; the more we
know about each other, fewer the misunderstandings would be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">CFP is committed to vigorously promoting and advancing pluralism
in the realm of religion, politics, social and cultural aspects of life. We
have published over 3500 articles on promoting harmony and reconciliation,
appeared on 300 national TV shows, addressed in 700 national Radio talk shows
and produced hundreds of programs. We need your wisdom, wealth and work to
continue this work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">CFP will continue to focus its energies on ensuring a safe and
secure America for all, where no one has to worry about his race, faith,
ethnicity or other God-given uniqueness and live her life without
apprehensions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Our programs are designed to prevent chaos and maintain coherence
and stability with the ongoing changes. We need to prepare the next generation
to cope with these changes and minimize potential conflicts with ease. No
American needs to worry about losing his or her way of life. As Americans we
uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our Constitution.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The Center for Pluralism has established over 20 annual programs
to bring Americans together on religious, social, political and cultural
aspects of life. The more we know each other, the less conflicts we would have.
Please review our programs and except the Religious workshops and Unity Day all
other programs can be run as your sponsorship for $5,000/year, but you can
contribute any sum that is in your budget. Please review them in this
mini-Brochure at - <a href="http://centerforpluralism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/4.-CPF-Programs-4-Pages.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">http://centerforpluralism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/4.-CPF-Programs-4-Pages.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Homophobia, Hindu phobia, Xenophobia, Misogyny and other phobias. Through
research and activism we are establishing a respectful space for Pluralism with
the policy makers, interfaith groups, both Republicans and Democrats and of
course the media and you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The Center for Pluralism will become the energy to give a solid
cohesive social structure to our nation. By the year 2025, there will not be an
office, school, playground, college, restaurant, theater, train, bus or a work
place where people of different faiths, races, ethnicities and national origins
do not work, interact, play, live and marry together. This is bound to create
conflicts in airports, public spaces, board rooms, and in bedrooms as well as
places of worship, work places, politics, eateries, and schools.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Are you ready for 2017 - <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/happy-new-year-are-you-ready-for-2017_us_5866d64fe4b04d7df167d49c" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/happy-new-year-are-you-ready-for-2017_us_5866d64fe4b04d7df167d49c</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">A Blueprint for a purposeful 2014 - <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/2014-a-blueprint-for-a-pu_b_4517662.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/2014-a-blueprint-for-a-pu_b_4517662.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Should Muslims Celebrate New Year? It is about building an
integrated America<a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fatwa-should-muslims-celebrate-new-year_us_5a465e47e4b06cd2bd03df69" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fatwa-should-muslims-celebrate-new-year_us_5a465e47e4b06cd2bd03df69</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Let’s stay focused on peace and prosperity and not conflicts and
confusion. In 2018, you will see me a lot more of me on National TV and Radio
shows, and lot more activism and research. Of course I will jump with both my
feet in political campaigns to work to ensure checks and balances in our
system. The House and Senate must be given a simple majority to two different
parties and not the same, most of the evil decisions were made by our
government when all the three; President, Senate and House were from the same
party. We have to break this to make sure America remains the America we all
want and dream. An America that is good for every one with no exceptions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Mike Ghouse is committed to his life
mission of building cohesive work places, communities and nations. He works for
an America where every one of the 322 million Americans should feel secure
without apprehension or fear of the other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He is one of the 5 people in the world
who is actively pursuing research, activism and teaching Pluralism. Just
Google and find a tremendous amount of work on pluralism in religion, politics,
society and culture. Mike defines Pluralism as an attitude of “respecting
the otherness of other” and accepting the God-given uniqueness of each one of
us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He is a pluralist, thinker, writer,
activist and a speaker on Pluralism, Interfaith, politics, Islam, human rights
and foreign policy including India and Israel-Palestine. He is a news maker,
interfaith wedding officiant and a community consultant and offers pluralistic
solutions on issues of the day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-52589888637993022472017-12-11T19:59:00.003-06:002017-12-11T19:59:41.605-06:00Roy Moore or Doug Jones?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri; font-size: 13pt;">Full article may appear at "the hill" later tonight or Huffpost in the morning and will appear hear as well. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri; font-size: 13pt;">We believe that the best governance happens when we have checks and balances in place and the best thing that Americans can do at this time is to keep the house majority with the Republicans and give the Senate majority to the Democrats. That will prevent slam dunking the bills through the Congress and the Senate and due discussions will take place for the benefit of Americans. If you look back, you will find that all the bad decisions were made when the President, Senate and Congress are from the same party. For the sake of America and integrity of our government, we hope the Alabamians do the right thing. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri; font-size: 13pt;"><br /><br />Mike Ghouse, America first and not Republicans or Democrats</span><br />
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-30988221965738939502015-11-20T05:20:00.000-06:002015-11-20T05:25:30.919-06:00Muslims against ISIS rally on the steps of Lincoln Memorial <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.02px;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 22.8267px;"><b>PRESS RELEASE</b></span></span><br style="line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 22.8267px;"><br />Mike Ghouse (214) 325-1916<br />Mike@AmericanMuslimInstitution.org<br />website: <a href="http://www.americanmusliminstitution.org/" style="color: #183e7c; text-decoration: none;">www.AmericanMuslimInstitution.org</a></span></span><br style="line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 22.8267px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"></span><span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 22.8267px;"><b>American Muslims against ISIS gather up on the steps of Lincoln Memorial</b></span></span><br style="line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 16.478px;">Washington, DC, November 19, 2015 – Muslims around the world and particularly Americans Muslims have been sick of the terrorists, particularly the ISIS and the Al-Qaeda guys ever since they started terrorizing the lives of innocent people. We mourn the loss of lives in France, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere in the world and firmly stand against the terrorists.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.02px;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 16.478px;"><br />Given the short notice prior to the Thanksgiving weekend, the Muslims of Washington, DC have organized a gathering of Americans of different faiths to come together on the steps of Lincoln Memorial and make the statements of condemnations.</span><span style="line-height: 16.478px;">We hope this event effectively conveys a message to the terrorists that the world is against them, and that we are all in this together; opposing terrorism and condemning ISIS. </span></span><br style="line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 16.478px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16.478px;">You are all invited to join us on the steps of Lincoln Memorial:</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Time: 3:00 -4:30 PM </span></span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;">Website: </span><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><a href="http://www.americanmusliminstitution.org/" style="color: #183e7c; line-height: 19.6px; text-decoration: none;">www.AmericanMuslimInstitution.org</a></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.02px;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16.478px;">The purpose of this gathering is to send a clear message to the ISIS and their ilk, that American Muslims are angry about their actions. They are to be charged for the violations of human rights, forcing women into slavery, conversions at gun point, harassment of Christians, Yazidis, Shias, Jews, Sunnis and other minorities, and most certainly creating chaos and abusing the name of Islam.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 17.12px;">We cannot tolerate any of these acts and we urge our president to speak out in behalf of fellow humans, and give them three days notice to back off, surrender, and repent for their actions or face the consequences.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 17.12px;">We invite Americans of all faiths and no faiths to join us in standing up against ISIS. Yes, we the Muslims are as angry as average American. Indeed, we are all in this together.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 17.12px;">We pledge that we are one nation under the flag, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.</span></span></span><br style="line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 17.12px;">Please join us on the steps of Lincoln Memorial.<br /><br /># # #</span></span><br style="line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"></span><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><b><span style="color: blue;">SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS</span></b></span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br style="line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><br />We will be listing as many participating organizations as we can. Please send an email with the name of your organization, website and your phone number, and we will add to the list below.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upon declaration of our independence on July 4, 1776, two of the first three heads of states who recognized the sovereignty of the United States were Muslims and one of them was a Muslim from India.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It means everything and the biggest thing is freedom. Islam is indeed about freedom of conscience, justice and liberty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Pledge of Allegiance is one of the most cherished statements for Muslims, "One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." There are several verses in the Quran that assert those values, so it's like coming home for Muslims.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The concept of equality is etched and nurtured in the Muslim psyche in every ritual and spiritual practice of Islam. Prophet Muhammad delivered the following words in his last sermon, "All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor does a black have any superiority over white except by piety and good action." Muslims hold this declaration close to their hearts and as American Muslims, "We hold these truths to be self-evident..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The raging battle among Americans to keep the state and church apart resonates with Muslims living in America as the Quran speaks out to them, 49:13- "O mankind! We have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. The noblest of you, in the sight of God, is the best in conduct. God Knows and is Aware." Indeed, knowledge leads to understanding and understanding to acceptance of the otherness of others and appreciate a different point of view without having to agree with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honoring merit appeals to Muslims: you can be who you want to be and Muslims bpast about their ability to rise on the basis of their merit. The Prophet tells his own daughter that she will not get a free pass to paradise because she is a daughter of the prophet; she has to earn it on her own through good deeds to fellow beings, such is the emphasis placed on merit and individual responsibility. That is what capitalism, democracy and America are all about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every immigrant in general and a Muslim in particular loves the idea that you are innocent until proven guilty. They see the wholesomeness of justice in America and they love America for it. An observant Muslim recites at least 17 times a day that God alone is the judge and we must refrain from judging others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On July 4, 2015 we will be celebrating the 239<sup>th</sup> birthday of America. It is time to reflect upon our journey from the historic declaration of independence on July 4<sup>th</sup>, 1776 to July 4<sup>th</sup>, 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our Founding Fathers had a vision and laid the ground work for a sustainable cohesive America for centuries to come, " We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."<br /><br />We have come a long way, and still have miles to go to realize the above truths, and to fulfill the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. Indeed, the last two months have packed an incredible amount of events in our history. The pulling down of the confederate Flag in several states after the tragic events in Charleston, South Carolina gives us a lot of hope, the Supreme court's landmark decision to make same sex marriage legal brings freedom to the GLBT community; yet another decision by the Supreme Court brought freedom to those who were vulnerable, the sick and the poor Americans. Thanks to President Obama for making health care a reality for all Americans. The affordable care Act is the law of the land now.<br /><br />First, I pray for the spirit of that freedom to be born again, again and again every year, for eternity. Indeed, we are the land of the free and the brave. The whole world looks up to America with admiration, although we still have a few more milestones to achieve.<br /><br />Donald Sterling, the basketball billionaire and Don Imus, the popular American Radio host and several others faced severe retribution for racial slurs. Rick Sanchez and countless Senators and Congress persons were taken to task for making Anti-Semitic comments. Now thank God for the Supreme Court, no one will dare abuse the freedom of these three communities: African Americans, Jews and the LGBT community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two more communities, among many need such freedom; women are still not getting equal pay, and I hope the Republicans will join the Democrats and pass that bill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Who is left behind? Hispanic Immigrants and Muslims!</b><br /><br />In 1986, President Reagan brought relief to 3 million undocumented aliens through his amnesty program. Now President Obama is working on freeing 11 million aliens from the tension of separation with their family members. As a nation we need to collectively reflect on the issue and do the right thing; legalize those here with agreed upon conditions.<br /><br />In recent years, American Muslims have become an easy target for abuse without any consequence. Some US presidential candidates top the list for bigotry, having said that they would not hire a Muslim in their cabinet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The problem is two-sided: we the Muslims are not connected enough with mainstream society for a vast majority of Americans to stand up for us, empathize with us, or even understand the truth about us that we are no different than them in our endeavors and aspirations of life. We need to get out of our shells and be part of American society.<br /><br />We must however express our gratitude to the millions of Americans who have stood up for us, compelled by their sense of justness and fair play after 9/11 and as recently as the Phoenix and Garland rallies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Muslims we are making serious efforts to be fully participating and contributing members of American society for the security, peace and prosperity of our homeland. We have unequivocally stood up for free speech.<br /><br />As American Muslims we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in the U.S. constitution. Our faith reinforces the creed of "One Nation under God, with liberty and justice for all."<br /><br />We at America Together Foundation, will take bold congenial steps on behalf of Muslims to get ourselves on a par with the other communities who had previously endured abuse, and with the support of all Americans, we will shame them for their bigotry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I urge every Muslim to reach out to their fellow Americans to share the joy of July 4<sup>th</sup> God willing, Muslims will be celebrating July 4<sup>th</sup>2016 en masse all over the nation. We are going to be unfurling big plans soon. The more integrated we are, the safer it is for every one of the 318 million plus Americans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The very first step on American soil puts a smile on an immigrant's face; if not you, it has happened to your parents, grand or great grandparents. It's the exuberance you witness on a baby's face when she stands up for the first time, it is the exhilaration you see when a toddler eats the food on his own for the first time, or the relief written all over the face of a student when he or she graduates. Indeed, it is an expression of freedom I felt upon arrival in New York some thirty five years ago. My journey continues as I get ready to celebrate another July 4<sup>th</sup>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker, writer, pluralist, TV-Radio commentator and a human rights activist committed to building cohesive societies and offering pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. His info is in 63 links at <a href="http://mikeghouse.net/" style="color: #165288; text-decoration: none;">MikeGhouse.net</a> -- Mike is also president of America Together Foundation.</span></div>
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<a href="mailto:MikeGhouse@aol.com" style="color: #165288; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">MikeGhouse@aol.com</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><br />(214) 325-1916</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><a href="http://www.americanstogether.org/" style="color: #165288; text-decoration: none;">www.AmericansTogether.org</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;"><br />Let this be clear to my fellow Americans, w</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;">e all have a collective responsibility to communicate and u</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;">nderstand different values and learn to respect the otherness of others. ( An appeal to add to Friday Sermons is also made at the bottom). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;">Let the Bikers draw cartoons of the Prophet, look to this as an opportunity to follow the practice of the prophet, he was a mercy to mankind and it is time for Muslims to demonstrate that. What did he do when he was harassed on his way to Taif? He prayed in the tradition of Jesus, "forgive them God, for they know not". God's will was to show a way to build better societies by mitigating conflicts and nurturing goodwill and not aggravating it. Thus he turned the other check as Jesus had and prayed for the well being of all.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;"><br />This Friday, I urge Muslims around American Mosques to open up their hearts an minds of understanding, instead of sulking, retrieving to a corner, getting angry or harboring ill-will, I ask them to pray for the well being of Biker Americans in their Friday Sermons across the land and hopefully across the globe. Let them make an effort to build a cohesive America where no American has to live in apprehension or fear of the other. Let’s do our part right and seek God’s help in repairing our relationships.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;">I request the Islamic Community Center in Phoenix to welcome the guests with abundant supply of bottled water, leave it on the tables outside. If I can make it, I would like to be there and meet with our biker brothers and sisters. I am one of them in free spirit, and one of you in practicing Prophet’s kindness. More details at: <a href="http://www.americanstogether.org/" style="color: #165288; text-decoration: none;">www.AmericansTogether.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;"><br />The free speech is an enduring value and the hallmark of civilizations, and we simply cannot compromise on it, however much a few may abuse it. Indeed, Free speech is one strong element that will bind Americans together. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;">Criticism can fade away or rain on us depending on how we respond to it. Lack of conviction in one's faith breeds intolerance towards criticism, whereas firmness in faith can lead us to learn from criticism, explore the infinite wisdom and realize the strength of our faith (Imaan); a worthy feeling to have, instead of living in doubt and shooing criticism away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;">We need to handle criticism of Quran, Islam and the Prophet with grace, and respond to it gracefully. At least it increases the chances of mitigating the conflict and restoring harmony. The other way around is fighting back, which guarantees further aggravation of the conflict and isolation. Let freedom of speech remain the corner stone of Islam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;">I urge fellow Muslims to be open to all the criticism with confidence, let the doors of communications be open. Islam stands on its own; it does not need our defense, and it is silly to protect God or the Prophet, they are not weaklings or our property to protect, they belong to the whole universe, don't they?<br /><br /><b>APPEAL FOR FRIDAY SERMONS:</b></span><br />
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world know that Prophet Muhammad was a mercy to mankind, through our acts. God willing, over a period of time, we will replace the wrong perceptions accumulated about us in the last 30 years, and go back to good times of respecting each other. Ask your Imam to pray for the well being, safety and security of every American whether we agree with him or not. Prophet </span></span><span style="line-height: 24px;">Muhammad</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"> was all about mitigating conflicts and nurturing good will, and let's consciously do that, so once again the world can believe that Prophet Muhammad was a mercy to mankind. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span family="SCRIPT" lang="0" ptsize="12" style="font-family: 'Viner Hand ITC';"><br />mike</span><span family="SANSSERIF" lang="0" ptsize="10" style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow';"><br />Mike Ghouse, Speaker<br />Motivation | Pluralism | Human Rights | Religion.<br />(214) 325-1916 text/talk</span><span family="SANSSERIF" lang="0" ptsize="10" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />.................................................................................................................. . </span><span family="SANSSERIF" lang="0" ptsize="10" style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow';"><br />Mike Ghouse is a public speaker, thinker, writer and a commentator on <a href="http://foundationforpluralism.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Pluralism</a>, <a href="http://www.worldmuslimcongress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Islam</a>,<a href="http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">India</a>, <a href="http://www.israelpalestinedialouge.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Israel-Palestine</a>, <a href="http://centerforamericanpolitics.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Politics</a> and other issues of the day. He is a human rights activist, and his book standing up for others will be out soon | He is producing a full feature film " <a href="http://www.worldmuslimcongress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Sacred</a>" to be released on 9/11 and a documentary "<a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Americans together</a>" for a July 4 release. He is a frequent guest commentator on Fox News with Sean Hannity and syndicated Talk Radio shows and a writer at major news papers including Dallas Morning News and Huffington Post. All about him is listed in 63 links at <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/" style="text-decoration: none;">www.MikeGhouse.net</a> and his writings are at <a href="http://www.theghousediary.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">www.TheGhousediary.com</a> - Mike is committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. </span></div>
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first Muslim guy to commemorate Holocaust, and perhaps the first
non-Jewish person to commemorate the Holocaust as well." </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>Of all the people on the earth, my mother would be pleased to know that I am
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to step up to the plate. Quran 3:133, "And vie with one another to
attain to your Sustainer's forgiveness and to a paradise as vast as the
heavens and the earth, which has been readied for the God-conscious." I
am not driven by paradise, nor do I seek rewards. But it does mean
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fear of the other. God-conscious simply means being caring and sensitive
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #010101; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are concerned about the violent reactions to Quran burning by some of the fringe elements among Muslims elsewhere in the world, the perceptions that get slapped on to Muslims for the actions of a few, and safety of fellow Americans and American Embassies.<br /><br />As American Muslims, we plan to respond to pastor Terry Jones' planned burning of 3000 copies of Quran on September 11, 2013 with grace and dignity. We honor the free speech guaranteed in our constitution for every American and have no intentions to criticize, condemn or oppose Pastor Terry Jones expression. Instead, we will be donating blood and praying for the goodness to prevail.<br /><br />We hope, our mercy based message will remind Muslims to follow the examples of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), a mercy to mankind to contribute towards a better world. We believe it may also bring a change in the attitudes of followers of Pastor Jones, and in the behavior of those Muslims who reacted violently the last time Pastor sought notoriety.<br /><br />Our response would be to show unity and solidarity with fellow Americans and the fellow humanity – we will establish a system to respond to conflicts. Americans of all traditions and religions will come together and express our goodness through fellowship and prayer, and rededicate our pledge to the safety, security and unity of our nation.<br /><br />What exactly will Muslims do?<br />Details at: www.UnitydayUSA.com<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />Mike Ghouse<br />(214) 325-1916 text/talk<br />. . . . .<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and has done that throughout his life as an activist. Mike has a presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes all his work through many links.</span></span></span></span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-6599536137629796612013-08-22T21:50:00.000-05:002013-08-22T21:50:01.114-05:00From Muslims in America, a novel protest against quran burning<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Courtesy:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/From-Muslims-in-America-a-novel-protest-against-quran-burning/articleshow/21982162.cms" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Times of India</a></span><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT" style="background-color: white; color: black; float: left; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">WASHINGTON: In an effort to overturn the image of Muslims as fire-breathing, sword-slashing conquerors and avengers, a Muslim group in America will resort to a pacific response to the provocative burning of the Quran by a fundamentalist Christian evangelist.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br /><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Pastor-Terry-Jones" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Pastor Terry Jones</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="cm_word" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important; color: rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;">the notorious Christian extremist</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>who riled<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="cm_word" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important; color: rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;">Muslims</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>across the world with his inflammatory burning of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="cm_word" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important; color: rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;">the quran</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in 2011, has upped the ante by threatening to burn 3000 copies of the Quran on September 11, the anniversary of the terrorist attack on America that killed nearly 3,000 people. But instead of getting provoked, the so-called "<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/World-Muslim-Congress" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">World Muslim Congress</a>" in the US said it will "reclaim the standard of behavior practiced by the prophet concerning scurrilous and hostile criticism of the Quran."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />It cited a quranic verse that says, "To overcome evil with good is good, and to resist evil by evil is evil," and said it is also strongly enjoined in the Quran in the same verse 41:34 that "Good and evil deeds are not equal. Repel evil with what is better; then you will see that one who was once your enemy has become your<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="cm_word" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important; color: rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;">dearest friend</span>."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT" style="background-color: white; color: black; float: left; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /><span class="cm_word" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important; color: rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;">The Texas-based outfit</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>said many Muslim organizations across America will go on a "blood drive" to save lives and serve humanity with kindness on the same day pastor Jones has said he will burn the copes of the Quran.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />"As Muslims and citizens we honor the free speech guaranteed in our constitution. We have no intentions to criticize, condemn or oppose pastor Terry Jones' freedom of expression. Instead, we will be donating blood and praying for goodness to permeate in our society," said Mike Ghouse, an Indian-American Muslim community leader who has been promoting inter-faith harmony in the US for several years.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />Ghouse said the organization hoped that the blood drive event and the message will remind Muslims elsewhere in the world that violence is not the way. "Muslims, who react violently to senseless provocation, should realize that, violence causes more violence, and besmirches the name of the religion that we hold so dear. We believe that Prophet Muhammad was a mercy to the mankind, and we ought to practice what we believe and preach. We must not insult Islam by the negative reactions of a few," a statement from the organization said.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />Jones's Quran burning capers have caused universal revulsion, including in the United States, and also led to sporadic episodes of reactive violence in some countries. US government officials, from the federal, state, and local levels, have repeatedly condemned his antics.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />"It's regrettable that a pastor in Gainesville, Florida with a church of no more than fifty people can make this outrageous and distressful, disgraceful plan and get, you know, the world's attention," former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said when Jones first announced his provocative move in 2010.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />But Jones has kept at it despite universal condemnation, including promoting a movie called the "Innocence of Muslims" that vilified Islam and conjuring up September 11 as "International Judge Muhammed Day." Although dismissed as a wingnut in the US, he still gets enough attention to rile up some Islamic extremists.</span><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT" style="background-color: white; color: black; float: left; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT" style="background-color: white; color: black; float: left; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/From-Muslims-in-America-a-novel-protest-against-quran-burning/articleshow/21982162.cms" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/From-Muslims-in-America-a-novel-protest-against-quran-burning/articleshow/21982162.cms</a></span></span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-87081472145127912282013-08-22T21:49:00.001-05:002013-08-22T21:49:24.446-05:00A proper response to an inflammatory act - Saudi Gazette<h1 class="conttitle" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Tariq A. Al-Maeena</b><br /> </span></span><br /><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> REMEMBER the contentious Pastor Terry Jones out of Florida, who rose to fame back in 2010 with his controversial declaration of burning a copy of the Qur’an, an act that was surely meant to inflame passions within Muslims the world over?<br /><br />Well guess what? He is now planning something on a much bigger scale. On Sept. 11, 2013, the pastor and his disciples will carry out an “International Burning of 2,998 Qur’ans” to “send Islam a very clear warning.”<br /><br /><br />The 2,998 figure is meant to signify the number of people who died during the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks.<br /><br />In a message he said: “On September 11, 2013, to remember those who were murdered by radical Islam, and to send Islam a very clear warning that they will not get their foothold in the American Constitution as they have done in Europe, we will be holding an International Burning. The radical hand of Islam shows itself with violence against anyone who dares to stand up and speak the truth. … We will not be silent.”<br /><br />This time around an American and his associate have decided to counter the pastor’s intended inflammatory actions with a carefully executed response that smacks of ‘turning the other cheek.’<br /><br />Mike Ghouse, a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work and social settings is spearheading a move to meet the pastor’s response head-on with a worthy response. Mike, who is zealous toward building a cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day is planning “to respond to Pastor Terry Jones' planned burning of 2,998 copies of Qur’an on September 11, 2013 in positive terms.”<br /><br />In a press release, Mike and his associate Mirza Beg speaking for the organization<br />(www.worldmuslimcongress.com) said: “Our response — we will reclaim the standard of behavior practiced by the Prophet concerning “scurrilous and hostile criticism of the Qur’an. It was "To overcome evil with good is good, and to resist evil by evil is evil." It is also strongly enjoined in the Qur’an in the same verse 41:34, “Good and evil deeds are not equal. Repel evil with what is better; then you will see that one who was once your enemy has become your dearest friend.”<br /><br />“God willing Muslims will follow the divine guidance and pray for the restoration of Goodwill, and on that day many Muslim organizations will go on a “blood drive” to save lives and serve humanity with kindness.”<br />“We invite fellow Americans of all faiths, races, and ethnicities to join us to rededicate the pledge, “One nation under God”, and to build a cohesive America where no American has to live in apprehension, discomfort or fear of fellow Americans. This event is a substitute for our 10th Annual Unity Day Celebration (www.UnitydayUSA.com) held in Dallas, but now it will be at Mulberry, Florida.<br /><br />“Unwittingly Pastor Jones has done us a favor by invigorating us by his decision to burn nearly 3,000 copies Qur’an on September 11, 2013. Obviously he is not satisfied by the notoriety he garnered by burning one Qur'an last year.<br /><br />“As Muslims and citizens we honor the free speech guaranteed in our constitution. We have no intentions to criticize, condemn or oppose Pastor Terry Jones' freedom of expression. Instead, we will be donating blood and praying for goodness to permeate in our society.<br /><br />“We plan to follow Jesus Christ (pbuh), a revered prophet in Islam as well as Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) — that of mitigating the conflicts and nurturing good will for the common good of the society.<br /><br />“We hope, this event and the message will remind Muslims elsewhere in the world as well, that violence is not the way. Muslims, who react violently to senseless provocation, should realize that, violence causes more violence, and besmirches the name of the religion that we hold so dear. We believe that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was a mercy to the mankind, and we ought to practice what we believe and preach. We must not insult Islam by the negative reactions of a few.<br /><br />“We can only hope it will bring about a change in the attitude of the followers of Pastor Jones, and in the behavior of those Muslims who reacted violently the last time the Pastor sought notoriety — We hope this small step towards a bridge to peaceful coexistence would propel us towards building a cohesive society.<br />“Like most Americans a majority of Muslims quietly go about their own business, but it is time to speak up and take positive action instead of negative reaction. May this message of peace and goodwill reverberate and reach many shores.<br /><br />“Lastly, we appreciate the Citizens of Mulberry, Florida, Honorable Mayor George Hatch, City Commissioners, police and fire chiefs for handing this situation very well. This will add a ‘feather of peace’ in the city’s reputation. We hope Mulberry will be a catalyst in showing the way in handling conflict with dignity and peace.<br /><br />“We thank the media for giving value to the work towards peace rather than conflict.”<br /><br />Thank you for your commitment towards a peaceful solution, Mike. It is the media who should thank you for your commendable cause.<br /><br /><br />— Tariq Al-Maeena can be reached at talmaeena@aol.com and followed @talmaeena</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mike Ghouse, the organization's president, said he hopes his group's peaceful gathering in Mulberry will stand in contrast to Terry Jones' burning of the Muslim holy book.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“Everybody in the world is going to be watching what happens in Mulberry,” he said. “We want them to know violence is not a behavior that will be tolerated.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Muslim group is moving its Unity Day ceremony, held annually in Dallas since the 2001 attacks on the United States, and will stage the Sept. 11 event in Mulberry.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“We usually have about 500 people of all denominations at the ceremony,” he said today. “I don't expect that many people to come to Mulberry, but we're hoping people from the community will turn out.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A separate group of residents in Mulberry already is planning its own protest to the burning. Suzanne Carter-Moore, a Lakeland resident who works and grew up in Mulberry, initiated a local effort upon learning of Jones' plans in July.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“I just don't want Mulberry to appear like we are condoning his actions,” she told The Ledger last week.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jones, who couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday, is planning to burn the Qurans in Mulberry also on Sept. 11. He has said he plans to burn a holy book for every person who died in the 2001 attacks.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He said he chose the Mulberry area after a resident, Bill McKinney, offered his property for that purpose. Jones has sold the Gainesville property where his church, Dove World Outreach Center, was the setting for a similar burning in 2011 that sparked deadly riots in Afghanistan</span></span></span></div>
Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-39730657826608387392013-08-22T21:47:00.005-05:002013-08-22T21:47:54.294-05:00Quran Burning and exemplary Muslim reaction.<div style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span id="role_document" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2]"><span data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[1]">The following responses<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">were<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>given to Questions<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2]"><span data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[1]"><span id="role_document" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2]"><span data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[1]"><span id="role_document" style="color: black;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2]"><span data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[16]">PRESS RELEASE is at: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2013/08/planned-muslim-response-to-quran_18.html" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" title="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2013/08/planned-muslim-response-to-quran_18.html">http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2013/08/planned-muslim-response-to-quran_18.html</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[2]" /><br data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[3]" /><span data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[4]">At least we can expect two outcomes, as it will be watched world wide and some one will torch our embassy somewhere or become destructive and media will go berserk.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[5]" /><br data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[6]" /><span data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[7]">1. Let the Muslims around the world watch, and they will, that violence is not the behavior of Muslims- that is not what Prophet taught or Qur'an says. They all know it, but a reminder is good, isn't it? </span><br data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[8]" /><br data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[9]" /><span data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[10]">2. Let the World know that there is a standard set of behavior for the followers of the man who is considered a mercy to mankind - those who don't follow, did not get their religion right, and hope some sane minds will consider that and not blame Islam, but blame the individual criminals for their wrong doing. </span></span></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2]"><span data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0]"><br data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[11]" /><br data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[12]" /><span data-reactid=".r[3d79y].[1][4][1]{comment10151868882422774_33333603}.[0].[1].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[13]">Just because nothing is happening now, it does not mean that many a people think Islam is the religion of peace like every religion. should we wait something to happen and react?<br /><br />No religion should ever be blamed for the acts of individuals, get the rascals and punish them and get it over instead of nagging the religion for ever. NO religion, yes, No religion ever teaches to hate, kill, maim, rape, loot and violate others freedom.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />Prophet Muhammad was a man of peace, like Jesus, Moses, Krishna, Buddha, Zarthustra, Mahavira, Nanak, and several others in formal and informal religious traditions along with Gandhi, MLK and others.<br /><br />To build cohesive societies, we have to remove the myths about each other. Place the blame where it belongs, punish the wrong doer individual and keep the society safe. You cannot punish, kill, hang, bury or beat up religion- its intangible,so why blame?</span>Each one of us has to contribute our individual share of good in building cohesive societies, and this is our humble effort. If it fails, so be it. We are not here to win or loose, but to do our Dharma and let God's grace work its own ways. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span>THANK YOU</span></span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-21533864960849720472013-08-22T21:47:00.001-05:002013-08-22T21:47:10.304-05:00Planned Muslim Response to Qur'an Burning by Pastor Jones on September 11 in Mulberry, Florida<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span><span><b>PRESS RELEASE</b></span><br />August 19, 2013| Dallas, Texas<br /><br />Mike Ghouse<br />Text/Talk: (214) 325-1916<br />MikeGhouse@aol.com<br /><br />Mirza A Beg<br />(205) 454-8797<br />mirza.a.beg@gmail.com<br /><br />www.WorldMuslimCongress.com<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>PLANNED MUSLIMS RESPONSE TO QUR'AN BURNING BY PASTOR JONES ON 9/11/13 IN MULBERRY, FLORIDA</b></span><br /><br />We as Muslims plan to respond to pastor Terry Jones' planned burning of 3000 copies of Quran on September 11, 2013 in positive terms.<br /><br />Our response - we will reclaim the standard of behavior practiced by the Prophet concerning “scurrilous and hostile criticism of the Qur’an” (Muhammad Asad Translation Note 31, verse 41:34). It was "To overcome evil with good is good, and to resist evil by evil is evil." It is also strongly enjoined in the Qur’an in the same verse 41:34, “Good and evil deeds are not equal. Repel evil with what is better; then you will see that one who was once your enemy has become your dearest friend.” <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />God willing Muslims will follow the divine guidance and pray for the restoration of Goodwill, and on that day many Muslim organizations will go on a “blood drive” to save lives and serve humanity with kindness.<br /><br />We invite fellow Americans of all faiths, races, and ethnicities to join us to rededicate the pledge, “One nation under God”, and to build a cohesive America where no American has to live in apprehension, discomfort or fear of fellow Americans. This event is a substitute for our 10th Annual Unity Day Celebration (www.UnitydayUSA.com) held in Dallas, but now it will be at Mulberry, Florida.<br /><br />Unwittingly Pastor Jones has done us a favor by invigorating us by his decision to burn nearly 3000 copies Quran on September 11, 2013. Obviously he is not satisfied by the notoriety he garnered by burning one Qur'an last year.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />As Muslims and citizens we honor the free speech guaranteed in our constitution. We have no intentions to criticize, condemn or oppose Pastor Terry Jones' freedom of expression. Instead, we will be donating blood and praying for goodness to permeate in our society.<br /><br />We plan to follow Jesus Christ (pbuh), a revered prophet in Islam as well as Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) – that of mitigating the conflicts and nurturing good will for the common good of the society.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />We hope, this event and the message will remind Muslims elsewhere in the world as well, that violence is not the way. Muslims, who react violently to senseless provocation, should realize that, violence causes more violence, and besmirches the name of the religion that we hold so dear. We believe that Prophet Muhammad was a mercy to the mankind, and we ought to practice what we believe and preach. We must not insult Islam by the negative reactions of a few.<br /><br />We can only hope it will bring about a change in the attitude of the followers of Pastor Jones, and in the behavior of those Muslims who reacted violently the last time Pastor sought notoriety – We hope this small step towards a bridge to peaceful coexistence would propel us towards building a cohesive society.<br /><br />Like most Americans a majority of Muslims quietly go about their own business, but it is time to speak up and take positive action instead of negative reaction. May this message of peace and goodwill reverberate and reach many shores.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />Lastly, we appreciate the Citizens of Mulberry, Florida, Honorable Mayor George Hatch, City Commissioners, police and Fire Chiefs for handing this situation very well. This will add a ‘feather of peace’ in the City’s reputation. We hope Mulberry will be a catalyst in showing the way in handling conflict with dignity and peace.<br /><br />We thank the Media for giving value to the work towards peace rather than conflict.</span></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span><br />
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Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-37277264264116929862013-03-29T23:24:00.002-05:002013-03-29T23:24:14.058-05:00A Muslim Pluralist Celebrates Easter<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A MUSLIM CELEBRATES EASTER</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first response from a few Muslims would be "no, no and no!" Muslims cannot celebrate resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus did not die, he and his message lives on! </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether Jesus was buried and resurrected, or taken up by God, faith in him is shared by more than half of the world inclusive of Muslims and Christians. Whether you believe in Jesus or not, his message of love thy enemy, love thy neighbor and forgive the other will set us free. Can we celebrate that message? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps I may be the first Muslim to be baptized. It was an enriching experience to me in particular, feeling the symbolic transformation of the feeling of love towards all of God's creation. Muslims feel the same upon performance of Hajj Pilgrimage; we become child-like with love for all of God's creation; life and matter. The Hindus cherish an identical feeling when they take a dip at the Sangam in River Ganges, particularly during the Kumbh Mela.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To this Muslim, Easter represents resurrection of Jesus through his message, and Easter is a symbolic day to celebrate that message.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Continued - <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/a-muslim-pluralist-celebrates-easter_b_2976582.html#es_share_ended" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/a-muslim-pluralist-celebrates-easter_b_2976582.html#es_share_ended</a></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span lang="0" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mike Ghouse is a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.professionalspeakermikeghouse.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">speaker</span></a>, thinker and a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://theghousediary.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">writer</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">pluralism</span></a><span lang="0"><span style="color: #003366;">,</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://republicanmoderates.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">politics</span></a><span lang="0">, peace,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">Islam</span></a><span lang="0">,</span><a href="http://israel-palestine-dialogue.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">Israel</span></a><span lang="0">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">India</span></a><span lang="0">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://pluralismcenter.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">interfaith</span></a><span lang="0">, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a</span><a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">Cohesive America</span></a><span lang="0"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at</span><a href="http://www.theghousediary.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">www.TheGhousediary.com</span></a><span lang="0">. He believes in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://standingupforothers.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"><span lang="0" style="color: #003366;">Standing up for others</span></a><span lang="0" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and has done that throughout his life as an activist. Mike has a presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.hannity.com/guest/ghouse-mike/10804" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">Sean Hannity show</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">Dallas Morning News</span></a>; fortnightly at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">Huffington post</span>;</a><span lang="0"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #003366;">www.MikeGhouse.net</span></a><span lang="0"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>indexes<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span lang="0" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">all his work through many links. </span></div>
Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-1914988066863896622013-03-04T16:22:00.002-06:002013-03-04T16:22:10.406-06:00Sequestration 2013, a Political Mess<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">It’s a ransom - if you do that, we will do this. Neither Obama administration nor the Republicans budged from their positions to realign the cuts in expenditures and enhancement of revenues to balance the budget. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span><br /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">We can survive this $85 billion cut, but is this how we deal with the national issues? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Republicans are assuming that we are not going to make it in 2014, so what the heck, let’s do the thing that needs to be done any way and make Obama look bad. Our intention smells foul.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">We have to balance the budget; we cannot spend more than we collect. Indeed, we had a balanced budget when President Clinton left. However President Bush, the macho man loaded with revenge seeking testosterone's had to lie to us to go to war and that is where our destruction began. His actions killed over 5000 of our soldiers and nearly a million Afghans and Iraqis – for what? He piled up a reckless debt of $10 Trillion dollars. That was irresponsible, had he done what Obama did, to go get that one guy Bin-Laden; we would not be in this mess today. Cheney and Bush owe an apology to the nation, their karma is messed up, but they have messed us up. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The blame must be placed squarely on the party leadership. The Republican Party programs its members to be sheepish; to shut up and listen to the boss. How many Republican were belligerent towards Bush? We are freaking conformists in a free nation. We have become cowards and don’t have the balls to speak out against our own. It is time to change. I see hope in Chris Christie, John Huntsman, Colin Powell and many more that are speaking up, and add to that list, this little man from Dallas, Texas who will relentlessly pursue the case for sanity in our party.<br /></span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Had we questioned President Bush and demanded the truth from him, we would have saved the nation, but that is behind, right now, we have to cut spending. Cannot continue with deficit financing of our state. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">President Obama needs to be aggressive in cutting spending; there is a lot of wasteful spending that needs to be cut. Let it begin with huge pay cuts for the elected representatives, not the ones who make less than $100,000 but any pay check above that. They can demonstrate to the nation that they mean business.<br /></span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The Republicans on the other hand need to have some common sense, we cannot go cold turkey on budget cuts, and it has to be a gradual and balanced approach over a period of 6 years without hurting the economy. But cuts, we must make.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The good thing about Moderate Republicans is they care for their country more than their party and they will save the party and not the right wingers among us. We need to have a simple (not the arrogant) majority in the house and Democrats to have the simple majority in the Senate. These guys need to fight and spend time on each bill – there shall be no slam dunk of any bill. Most of the evil decisions were made when all the three branches of government were of the same party. As a moderate Republican I detest a monopoly of the party over our governance.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">If we don’t change our stinking attitudes we will be slaughtered in 2014, all these Taliban’s, 22 of the Republican Senators and some 138 Republican Congress persons must go for voting against women’s equal rights act in the senate. What a shame! I expect more of us Republicans to speak out against these primates. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">URL- <a href="http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2013/03/sequestration-2013-republican-mess.html" style="color: #0c0c0c; text-decoration: none;">http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2013/03/sequestration-2013-republican-mess.html</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">....... Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and has done that throughout his life as an activist. Mike has a presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes all his work through many links.</span></span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-55813770454653122802013-02-14T00:36:00.003-06:002013-02-14T00:36:44.510-06:00Valentine Day message<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">VALENTINE DAY'S UNIVERSAL MESSAGE</b><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: blue;">FOR MY SINGLE</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: blue;">, </span></b><b><span style="color: blue;">COUPLED AND MARRIED FRIENDS</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Love
has no bounds. Indeed, its a relationship of caring between husband and
wife, mother and son, father and daughter, mother daughter, brother
sister, brothers, sisters, friends, uncles, aunties, Granpa and Gramma,
friends, and any one you care about. Valentine's day has moved from an
exclusive rendezvous between two lovers to an universal meaningful
expression of caring between any two people, and as a futurist, I see
this morphing into a universal affection day within a decade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Throughout
the history of language, words have taken on new and expanded meanings;
Valentine's Day is no exception, and eventually, it will become an all
inclusive romantic day. <br /><br />Please feel free to say happy
valentine's day to your sister, mother, brother, daughter, dad, uncle or
a friend. It is a much bigger word now than it started out to be. Take
them out for dinner and send them flowers to let them know that you care
if you are the only one for them at this point in life.<br /><br />While we
Americans express it by presenting red roses to our loved ones, the
Filipinos will break another record; the number of people kissing at the
same time, Brazil will have another major festival on her beaches
celebrating love. You are welcome to share other such expressions.<br /><br />On
the other side of the world, a few frustrated ones will go to the other
extreme. A handful of Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshi Hindus and
Muslims will go on bashing and harassing the people who want to spend
their time in peace. They ransack shops that sell the cards, and have a
record of beating up couples in restaurants. If I were a peacemaker,
pundit or an Imam, I would actively seek these men to respect the
otherness of others, and ask them to join for tea and laddus (dessert)
at the</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Temples,
Mosques or other places of worship and have them fall in love with God,
and sing songs praising the lord, instead of bullying others on the
street. We need to pave the way for people to respect the "otherness" of
others.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Sadly,
some of you are going to feel lonely, if you miss the love in your
life; you have an opportunity to fulfill it. There is plenty in you that
you can give by feeding the homeless, visiting lonely patients in the
hospitals or nursing homes, disadvantaged women and children, our
veterans... share whatever little you have with them including the time
and just listening to them. When a homeless person asks, give whatever
you can, that is the most affectionate thing to do, you will enrich
yourselves far greater by sharing.</span><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
best thing you can do for yourselves it to take an hour away from every
one, and reflect on your life without blaming any one and figure out how
to change it. Your love does not have to be expressed in the romantic
sense, channel it out with family members, or a good old friend, or just
by yourselves by caring for them, and doing things un-asked, and
without any expectations of reciprocation.<br /><br />There is nothing more
peaceful than knowing yourselves, consider appreciating what ever you
have, and accepting the way you are without wishing to be something and
someone else. You don't need to compare with any one on the earth, there
is none like you, you are one in 7 billion; you have your own unique
thumb print, eye print, dna, taste bud, colors, foods, smells, sights...
by God, you are your own model! When you accept that you are unique
with your problems and joy, you will find peace and love.<br /><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When
you love yourselves, i.e., you do not wish you had things others have
but be content with what you have, you do not wish to look like someone
else and be happy that you can at least breathe, you do not wish to wear
like someone else, you do not want to talk like some one else, and do
not want to live like some one else, then you have accepted your
uniqueness that God gave you (ok, the genetic, if you don't believe in
God), when you do that, you are in love with yourselves. <br /><br />Don't
forget, if your love makes you humble, you become the honey and attract
good friendships, on the other hand if you become arrogant that others
are inferior to you, you stink, and repel like hell and no one would
want to be friends with you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make the commitment and just do it, if you
like it recommend it to your friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are not single and have a spouse, listen to these songs and see if they express you.<br /><br />I dedicate these three songs to Yasmeen, my dear wife. <br /><br />Kenny
Roger's, you decorated my life: I particularly like the line which
says, there is no rhyme or reason that is what love is all about. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJkPFSt326c">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJkPFSt326c</a><br /><br />Ronnie Milsap's, what a difference you made in my life,<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ni1WPGEZtg&feature=fvst">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ni1WPGEZtg&feature=fvst</a><br /><br />Muhammad Rafi's ai Husn Zara Jaag in Urdu/ Hindi,<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_qGtHjM6Oc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_qGtHjM6Oc</a><br /><br />and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's, aap say mil kay in Urdu/Hindi<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixRn65ImoRQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixRn65ImoRQ</a><br /><br />My
expressions would be incomplete without honoring the poet of love,
Mirza Ghalib, one of the greatest romantic poets of all times who
composed his poetry in Urdu/Hindi and Farsi.<br /><br />Ishk per zor nahin, hai a o aatish ghalib<br />Ke lagaye na lege, bujhaye no bujhe.<br /><br />Affection is that flame O Ghalib,<br />you cannot lit or extinguish it deliberately, it just happens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is a beautiful Hindi/ Urdu song for the people who are platonic friends, it is one of my top ten favorites! </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9oufp_mc30" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9oufp_mc30</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have seen the twinkle in those eyes,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">let love remain love, and not give a name to it,<br />leave it alone and don't label a relationship to it,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="0">....... <i>Mike Ghouse is a <a href="http://www.professionalspeakermikeghouse.com/">speaker</a>, thinker and a
<a href="http://theghousediary.com/">writer</a> on <a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/">pluralism</a></i></span><i><span lang="0" style="color: #003366;">,<a href="http://republicanmoderates.blogspot.com/"> politics</a>, peace, <a href="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/">Islam</a>, <a href="http://israel-palestine-dialogue.blogspot.com/">Israel</a>, <a href="http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/">India</a>, <a href="http://pluralismcenter.blogspot.com/">interfaith</a>, and cohesion at work
place. He is committed to building a <a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/">Cohesive America</a> and offers
pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at <a href="http://www.theghousediary.com/">www.TheGhousediary.com</a>. He believes in
<a href="http://standingupforothers.blogspot.com/">Standing up for others</a>
and has done that throughout his life as an activist. Mike has a presence on
national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on <a href="http://www.hannity.com/guest/ghouse-mike/10804">Sean Hannity show</a> on
Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to
the Texas Faith Column at <a href="http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/">Dallas
Morning News</a>; fortnightly at <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse">Huffington post;</a> and
several other periodicals across the world. His personal site <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/">www.MikeGhouse.net</a> indexes all his work
through many links. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sean<span> Hannity</span> offers the conservative perspective, and I will be on his show t<span>onight </span>to offer pluralistic solution<span> on issues of the day. A</span> moderate<span>'s</span> point of view for our friends on the right as well as the left<span>,</span> to see the bigger world. I may not talk a whole lot, but I will precisely make a few points. </span>This must be my 40th or 50th appearance on the show,
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the last few weeks, Sean Hannity has been called names on my forums and the <span>Facebook</span>, what we need to realize is that Hannity is a patriotic American who keep our government in check.<span style="line-height: 115%;"> I am glad Hannity does not give a pass to
Obama or any one. Had he grilled President Bush, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">we would not have
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if it is unpleasant. My favorite media heroes are those who nail the respective
governments down, and keep them on their toes. Imagine an America without
criticism, but without it, our democracy will not be
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America Together Foundation<br /></span><i><span lang="0">........ Mike Ghouse is a
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thinker and a
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">pluralism</span></span></a><span lang="0"><span style="color: #003366;">,</span>
</span>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">politics</span></span></a><span lang="0">,
peace, </span>
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and cohesion at work place. He is
committed to building a </span>
<a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/">
<span style="color: #003366;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Cohesive
America</span></span></a><span lang="0">
and offers pluralistic solutions on
issues of the day at </span>
<a href="http://www.theghousediary.com/">
<span style="color: #003366;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">
www.TheGhousediary.com</span></span></a><span lang="0">.
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Standing up for others</span></span></a><span lang="0">
and has done that throughout his life as
an activist. Mike has a presence on
national and local TV, Radio and Print
Media. He is a frequent guest on
<a href="http://www.hannity.com/guest/ghouse-mike/10804">
<span style="color: #003366;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Sean
Hannity show</span></span></a> on Fox
TV, and a commentator on national radio
networks, he contributes weekly to the
Texas Faith Column at
<a href="http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">
<span style="color: #003366;">
Dallas Morning News</span></span></a>;
fortnightly at
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">
<span style="color: #003366;">Huffington post</span>;</span></a><span lang="0">
and several other periodicals across the
world. His personal site </span>
<a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/">
<span style="color: #003366;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">
www.MikeGhouse.net</span></span></a><span lang="0">
indexes </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-42702454005435841882013-02-08T21:41:00.001-06:002013-02-08T21:41:27.649-06:00Ghouse knocks down Pamela Geller on Hannity Show <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span>Indeed, it was a
knock down drag out with dissembler Pamela Geller. Sean Hannity asked me to cut
down on expletives, an unusual for me.</span><br />I just read Pamela Geller’s
note on her blog, “I will be on the Sean Hannity radio show at the top of the
hour (4pm) for a knock down drag out with dissembler Michael Ghouse.
http://www.wsbradio.com/s/inside/seanhannity/ and
http://www.hannity.com/show/2013/02/07</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><br />We argued over the
word Jihad. The word was used for the first time when Prophet Muhammad’s army
came home from a victorious war. The associates asked him, what next? The
prophet said, the greater Jihad begins now. The "greater jihad" is the inner
struggle to hold on to the temptations to take revenge, or oppress the captured.
Instead, he taught one to be humble, and be charitable and kind to them. However
the meaning of the Jihad was screwed up around the 10th century to mean war on
non-Muslims.<br /><br />Pamela was belligerent and going on and on, that’s when I
got to her. I guess this must be a first time on Hannity show. I told her
“Pamela, first, you did not listen to what I said - that is the screwed up
meaning of Jihad, that was an add on, and not Qur’anic or Islamic, you did not
hear me, that it was in the middle ages that it was added, and unfortunately it
is believed by many Muslims.”<br /><br />Secondly, we are having a dialogue here,
you tell a point and cut it out and I will do the same, you got this non-sense
memorized and rolling it on, breath in between your sentences, let it be a
dialogue… there was a dead moment, and I realized, that was the right thing for
me to do. Thanks Hannity for letting it pass, I am glad he did, otherwise
neither will make the points.<br /><br />Then I laid it on her that she is robbing
the American public by not telling the whole truth. In Islam, there is no
offensive war, per Islam no Muslim can wage a war, unless in self-defense, all
else about Jihad is non-sense.<br /><br />An another point, although I do not like
Ahmedinejad’s loose mouth, he did not say to wipe out Israel, he said to wipe
out Zionism and not Israel… of course; it was over loud conversation between
Pamela and I.<br /><br />I am against supplying F-16 fighter planes to Egypt. What
is it for? The only possible enemy Egypt has is Israel, and Masri has said he
will continue to honor the peace accord. This is the dumbest thing we are doing
to supply them with arms.<br /><br />Hagel should be confirmed for Secretary of
Defense, for a change we need someone who is not a damn war monger.<br /><br />John
Brennan - He needs to clarify about the operations of drone, we are creating
more ill-will through our indiscriminate killing of the
innocents.<br /><br /><br /><b>Reference
points</b><br /><br />http://www.hannity.com/show/2013/02/07<br /><br />http://frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/the-emerging-egyptian-iranian-strategic-alliance/<br /><br />Ahmadinejad
warned, “The Iranian people are ready to march on Israel to destroy it if it
launches an attack adventure against Iran.”<br /><br />and feeling encircled by
hostile governments in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and other Gulf states, the Iranian
regime is looking for a new dance partner.<br /><br />Moreover, Egypt has to walk a
tightrope in its relationship with the United States if it wants to receive
billions of dollars in financial aid and advanced weapons such as F-16s to build
up its military. On the other hand, Morsi sees some leverage in hedging his bets
and keeping the U.S. on edge as to just how far Egypt is willing to go in
pursuing deeper ties with Iran.<br /><br />Second, while Egypt may not formally
break diplomatic relations with Israel and withdraw from the Camp David peace
treaty in the foreseeable future, it can revert to a cold peace and allow
Iranian arms to transit the Sinai on the way to Hamas in
Gaza.<br /><br /><b>Ayotallah
Khameini</b><br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/world/middleeast/irans-supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-khameini-rejects-direct-talks-with-us.html?_r=0<br /><br />The
ayatollah’s objection is an edict to which other Iranian officials, including
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, must adhere,<br /><br />“The Iranian nation will not
negotiate under pressure,” he said. Noting the international sanctions against
Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei said: “The U.S. is pointing a gun at Iran and wants us
to talk to them. The Iranian nation will not be intimidated by these
actions.”<br /><br />http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/fischer-a-no-on-hagel-he-fell-short-87310.html<br /><br />Sen.
Deb Fischer will not support her fellow Nebraskan, former Sen. Chuck Hagel, for
Defense Secretary, she wrote in an op-ed published Thursday.<br /><br />“Sen. Hagel
had a chance to clear the record and address bipartisan, well-intentioned
concerns,” Fischer (R-Neb.) wrote for the Omaha World-Herald, referencing the
former Republican senator’s performance in confirmation hearings last week. “He
fell short, consequently failing to reach the heightened standard to which
nominees to this position are held. I cannot support his
nomination.”<br /><br /><b>John Brennan</b><br /><br /> Brennan, 57, was expected to be
examined closely about U.S. spy activities from waterboarding to the use of
drones at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
EST/1930 GMT.<br /><br />Even so, there has been no groundswell of objection to
Brennan's nomination, and he was expected to win confirmation from both the
panel and, later by the full U.S. Senate.<br /><br />Brennan is Obama's
counterterrorism adviser and was a top CIA official under former President
George W. Bush.<br /><br />The biggest concerns about the nominee have come from
liberal Democrats, not the conservative Republicans whose reservations about
Obama's nominee to head the Pentagon, Chuck Hagel, prompted a delay in the vote
to confirm the former Republican senator.<br /><br />Senator Ron Wyden, a Democratic
member of the intelligence committee who has pledged to press Brennan on drones,
said in television interviews on Thursday he was encouraged by Obama's to
provide classified documents, but that more action is
needed.<br /><br /><br /><b>Senate Committee Postpones Vote on Hagel
Nomination</b><br /><br />The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) decided to
postpone its tentatively planned markup of Chuck Hagel's nomination to be
Secretary of Defense.<br /><br />SASC was planning to vote on the nomination today,
but committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) decided to delay action saying
that the committee's review was not complete.<br /><br />Although he did not
reference it, several media sources report that more than two dozen Republicans
wrote Levin calling for more time to review Hagel's financial records, which
they argue are incomplete. Politico quotes a passage from the letter where
questions are raised by the Republicans about whether Hagel was paid "directly
or indirectly, from foreign sources" in relation to speeches or consulting
work. Hagel reportedly had been asked about this previously and replied that
the financial information requested "regarding private corporate and non-profit
entities ... is not mine to provide. ...I do not believe I have any of the
information requested," according to
Politico.<br /><br />..<i>..</i></span><i><br />Mike Ghouse is a <a href="http://www.professionalspeakermikeghouse.com/">speaker</a>, thinker and a
<a href="http://theghousediary.com/">writer</a> on <a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/">pluralism</a>, <a href="http://republicanmoderates.blogspot.com/">politics</a>, peace, <a href="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/">Islam</a>, <a href="http://israel-palestine-dialogue.blogspot.com/">Israel</a>, <a href="http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/">India</a>, <a href="http://pluralismcenter.blogspot.com/">interfaith</a>, and cohesion at work
place and <a href="http://standingupforothers.blogspot.com/">standing up for
others</a> as an activist. He is committed to building a <a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/">Cohesive America</a> and offers
pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at <a href="http://www.theghousediary.com/">www.TheGhousediary.com</a>. Mike has a
strong presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a
frequent guest on <a href="http://www.hannity.com/guest/ghouse-mike/10804">Sean
Hannity show</a> on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he
contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at <a href="http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/">Dallas Morning News</a>, fortnightly
at <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse">Huffington post,</a> and
several other periodicals across the world. His personal site <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/">www.MikeGhouse.net</a> indexes everything you
want to know about him. </i></span></span></span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-77593940283516667342013-02-08T07:56:00.000-06:002013-02-08T07:56:01.530-06:00Texas Faith: Do we need a new national conversation about marriage? <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Humanity
is diverse, that's God's intentional creation. The male/ female ratio
has always remained around 50/50 with +/- 2 points variation on either
side. The world would never be 100% male or female, likewise the world
would never be 100% Gay, it will be a natural 10-15% of the population.
Mike Ghouse</span></span>
<span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><br /><br /><b>Texas Faith: Do we need a new national conversation about marriage?</b><br /><br />By Bill McKenzie / Editorial Columnist<br />Dallas Morning News, Published on February 5, 2012 <br /><br />Ten panelists contributed to this forum, to read the contributions from all the panelists, please visit - <a href="http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/2013/02/texas-faith-do-we-need-a-new-national-conversation-about-marriage.html/"> http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/2013/02/texas-faith-do-we-need-a-new-national-conversation-about-marriage.html/</a><br /><br />Has
the conversation about marriage reached a dead-end in our country, as
Blankenhorn suggests? If it has, please explain what you would like this
conversation to now include. If you think we don't need a new
conversation, please explain.<br /><br /><b>MIKE GHOUSE, President, Foundation for Pluralism, Dallas, and Speaker on interfaith matters, diversity and pluralism</b><br /><br />The
conversation on marriage has just opened up, and we are far from
reaching the dead-end. But until that time we will need two parallel
societies. They will not be in conflict with each other, but each on its
own path.<br /><br />What is missing in the conversation is our untapped
ability in understanding the wisdom of God. As humans we are
disgustingly selfish, and grind on to the selective verses that suit our
insecurities to force the weak (minority) into obedience, as if we gain
something.<br /><br />The conservatives among us, particularly those who
are Christians and Muslim, are stuck in the dished-out versions of the
Sodom and Gomorrah story. We need to follow Jesus in spirit, and follow
the merciful and inclusive God of the Universe (Quran).<br /><br />God has
endowed us with free will. He let Adam make the mistake without slapping
him for eating the forbidden fruit. Instead, he kicked us out, and gave
us an opportunity to multiply and live out in a bigger world with free
will. He wanted us to figure out living with each other without
punishing the few, who opt not to multiply.<br /><br />As a futurist of
interfaith trends, I have been struggling to understand sin. I found
guidance in Buddhist literature about sin from this analysis, which I
read on ReligionFacts.com:<br /><br />"'Sexual misconduct' has thus
traditionally been interpreted to include actions like coercive sex,
sexual harassment, child molestation and adultery. As homosexuality is
not explicitly mentioned in any of the Buddha's sayings recorded in the
Pali Canon (Tripitaka), most interpreters have taken this to mean that
homosexuality should be evaluated in the same way as heterosexuality, in
accordance with the following principles: I) Intention - Is the act
motivated by love, generosity and understanding? And ii) consequential -
does the act cause harm and regret (in oneself or others) or benefit
and joy?"<br /><br />As a pluralist, I draw upon different religious
scriptures, and here is a corollary from Quran about carrying on a civil
dialogue. "Respectfully, I do not practice what you practice, and you
do not practice what I practice, so you live with your belief as I do
with mine, as long as we understand our differences and not harm each
other."<br /><br />The dialogue must continue until we learn to respect the
otherness of others and live in harmony. No one's belief should be
thrust on the other. That kind of freedom is a hallmark of civil
societies.<br /> …<br />The phobias that acknowledging and accepting the gay
sexual orientation will cause more people to become gay is as
ridiculous as saying eating Chicken will make you a Chicken. The sooner
we accept this, the quicker we can put this fear behind and move on with
our lives, instead of harassing and denigrating fellow humans. Thank
God, I am blessed to be friends with all of God's creation including
many gay and lesbian friends. The alarmist attitude will evaporate one
day, why not junk it now? Indeed, it's a blessing to be free.<br />…..<br /><br />References: <br /><br /> New York Times piece on Blankenhorn. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/us/in-shift-blankenhorn-forges-a-pro-marriage-coalition-for-all.html?_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/us/in-shift-blankenhorn-forges-a-pro-marriage-coalition-for-all.html?_r=0</a><br /><br />American Values, marriage a new conversation<br /><a href="http://www.americanvalues.org/marriage-a-new-conversation/index.php">http://www.americanvalues.org/marriage-a-new-conversation/index.php</a><br /><br />Buddhism about Homosexuality <br /><a href="http://www.religionfacts.com/homosexuality/buddhism.htm">http://www.religionfacts.com/homosexuality/buddhism.htm</a><br /><br />Quran about Civil Dialogue<br /><a href="http://www.religionfacts.com/homosexuality/buddhism.htm">http://www.religionfacts.com/homosexuality/buddhism.htm</a><br /> </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. . . . . . . </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mike Ghouse is a <a href="http://www.professionalspeakermikeghouse.com/">speaker</a>, thinker and a
<a href="http://theghousediary.com/">writer</a> on <a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/">pluralism</a>, <a href="http://republicanmoderates.blogspot.com/">politics</a>, peace, <a href="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/">Islam</a>, <a href="http://israel-palestine-dialogue.blogspot.com/">Israel</a>, <a href="http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/">India</a>, <a href="http://pluralismcenter.blogspot.com/">interfaith</a>, and cohesion at work
place and <a href="http://standingupforothers.blogspot.com/">standing up for
others</a> as an activist. He is committed to building a <a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/">Cohesive America</a> and offers
pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at <a href="http://www.theghousediary.com/">www.TheGhousediary.com</a>. Mike has a
strong presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a
frequent guest on <a href="http://www.hannity.com/guest/ghouse-mike/10804">Sean
Hannity show</a> on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he
contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at <a href="http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/">Dallas Morning News</a>, fortnightly
at <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse">Huffington post,</a> and
several other periodicals across the world. His personal site <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/">www.MikeGhouse.net</a> indexes everything you
want to know about him. </span></i></span></span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-67726457375763315672013-02-01T19:55:00.000-06:002013-02-01T19:55:10.358-06:00NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY<div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span id="role_document" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b><i>Your Signature is requested for</i></b><br /><b>NATIVE
AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY</b><br /><a href="http://standingupforothers.blogspot.com/2013/02/american-indian-heritage-day.html" title="http://standingupforothers.blogspot.com/2013/02/american-indian-heritage-day.html"><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #003366;">NOTE</span><span style="color: teal;"> </span></span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: teal;">- </span><span style="color: navy;"><a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/AmericanHeritageDay-DraftLetterofSupport.docx" title="http://www.mikeghouse.net/AmericanHeritageDay-DraftLetterofSupport.docx"><span style="color: teal;">DRAFT
LETTER</span></a></span></span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Note: <a href="http://standingupforothers.blogspot.com/2013/02/american-indian-heritage-day.html" title="http://standingupforothers.blogspot.com/2013/02/american-indian-heritage-day.html">http://standingupforothers.blogspot.com/2013/02/american-indian-heritage-day.html</a><br />Draft
Letter: <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/AmericanHeritageDay-DraftLetterofSupport.docx" title="http://www.mikeghouse.net/AmericanHeritageDay-DraftLetterofSupport.docx">http://www.mikeghouse.net/AmericanHeritageDay-DraftLetterofSupport.docx</a></span></span></span></div>
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asking you to consider supporting H.B. No.174, a bill to create the American
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state representatives to pass the bill, that will create an "American Heritage
Day" to honor and appreciate the Native Americans. Every community, and every
nation on the earth has a national day, except fellow Native Americans. We all
have to participate and contribute towards each others pride.</span><br />
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your reflections, write your name, address and email to: </span><a href="mailto:roberto.alonzo@house.state.tx.us" title="mailto:roberto.alonzo@house.state.tx.us">roberto.alonzo@house.state.tx.us</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on
pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at
work place and standing up for others as an activist. He is committed to
building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the
day at </span><a href="http://www.theghousediary.com/" title="http://www.theghousediary.com/">www.TheGhousediary.com</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. Mike has a
strong presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a
frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national
radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas
Morning News, fortnightly at Huffington post, and several other periodicals
across the world. His personal site </span><a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/" title="http://www.mikeghouse.net/">www.MikeGhouse.net</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> indexes everything you
want to know about him. </span></div>
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801020625658998297.post-83483718908269343792013-01-30T19:21:00.002-06:002013-01-30T19:21:15.259-06:00Texas Faith, Is the religious left too nice and without influence? <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
future of our society will be shaped by the moderate majority, for the
first time in our long history, the moderates have discovered that they
don't need to bang their fist on the table, or scream bloody murder to
be heard, they have done it effectively at the ballot box, they waited
for the left or the right to move towards moderation, and the left
jumped on it and got the ride in 2012, and now the right is scrambling
for the ride. Continued at: <a href="http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2013/01/texas-faith-is-religious-left-too-nice.html">http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2013/01/texas-faith-is-religious-left-too-nice.html</a></span></span><br />
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<br /><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Texas Faith, Is the religious left too nice and without influence?</b><br /><br />By Bill McKenzie / Editorial Columnist, Dallas Morning News, January, 29, 2103<br /><br />The
Washington Post's Lisa Miller wrote earlier this month about how "nice
isn't going to win the battle for the religious left."<br /><br />Miller
noted how the religious left once made the case for issues of great
consequence, such as women's suffrage and civil rights. But she contends
the religious left needs to greatly improve how it makes its priorities
and activities more compelling and newsworthy.<br /><br />Wrote Miller:
"Kumbaya is not a story. Why can't we all just get along is not a story.
Since the rise of the religious right in the 1970s in reaction to the
Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, the religious left has failed to
gain any comparable visibility, traction or voice on major issues in the
political sphere.<br /><br />"News releases from the precincts of the
religious left continue to emphasize niceness over moral
authority….There's nothing wrong with being polite, of course. But a
great, galvanizing, undeniable moral argument is better. 'Civility is a
great friend of the status quo,' says Jim Naughton, partner at Canticle
Communications, which advises faith-based groups. 'People aren't going
to change because you're nice to them.'"<br /><br />What do you think of her
point? Is the religious left indeed without the same influence and
profile as the religious right? If so, is it because the religious left
has tried more to be civil and nice than to make a compelling moral
argument?</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>MIKE GHOUSE, President, Foundation for Pluralism,
Dallas</b><br />
</span></b><span><br /><br />We are conditioned to
seeing everything from a binary perspective; left or right. We lose
sight of the critical third dimension; the deadbeat moderate majority.
This is the group that is meek, civil and polite, but does act
decisively while casting the ballot.<br /><br />Indeed, the religious left is more influential than the right in pulling the moderate votes.<br /><br />Obama
is reelected with a greater margin over his rival on the right. The
public support for legal abortion is accumulating despite the religious
right. Same sex marriage is gaining greater acceptability. Obama care is
in, Immigration reforms are underway, and gun safety regulation is
gathering momentum. Heck, the wars will end with no desire to engage in
another senseless war. <br /><br />On the other hand, the religious right is
losing, not because of inadequacy in their principles, but because of
their belligerent, unintelligent pounding on the airwaves, and turning
the moderate majority off.<br /><br />Jim Naughton makes a powerful point
that Civility is a great friend of the status quo; he is talking about
the moderates, and not the ones on the left. Whether it is the city
council meeting, church gathering or in informal gatherings, it is
always the people on left or the right who drive the conversation, they
have no qualms in speaking out passionately, even though they get shot
at alternatively by the other, they don’t lose the enthusiasm for their
point of view. Whereas the moderates, keep raising their hand politely,
hoping to get their turn, but never get a chance to get their point
across, they don’t know how to bang their fist on the table, such an act
is rude and stupid to them.<br /><br />Years ago, a Nun made a remarkable
point on Tim Russert’s Meet the press. The right will frighten the
public and attempts to win by guaranteeing to take care of them, the
left will match their tall claims, while the moderates have difficulty
in embellishing and giving false hopes, they lack passion.<br /><br />America
is moving towards the center, the moderate majority is realizing its
power to keep things at an even keel; they want an America that is good
for every one of her citizens, in fact they made that difference in 2012
through the ballot, as they do not have the passion to speak out.
Indeed, Americas’ future will be shaped by the moderates.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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contributed to this forum, to read the contributions from all the panelists,</span> please visit - <a href="http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/2013/01/texas-faith-is-the-religious-left-too-nice-and-without-influence.html/">http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/2013/01/texas-faith-is-the-religious-left-too-nice-and-without-influence.html/</a>
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</span><span style="color: black;">Mike Ghouse is a <a href="http://www.professionalspeakermikeghouse.com/">speaker</a>, thinker and a
<a href="http://theghousediary.com/">writer</a> on <a href="http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/">pluralism</a>, <a href="http://republicanmoderates.blogspot.com/">politics</a>, peace, <a href="http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/">Islam</a>, <a href="http://israel-palestine-dialogue.blogspot.com/">Israel</a>, <a href="http://mikeghouseforindia.blogspot.com/">India</a>, <a href="http://pluralismcenter.blogspot.com/">interfaith</a>, and cohesion at
work place and <a href="http://standingupforothers.blogspot.com/">standing up
for others</a> as an activist. He is committed to building a <a href="http://www.americatogetherfoundation.com/">Cohesive America</a> and
offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at <a href="http://www.theghousediary.com/">www.TheGhousediary.com</a>. Mike has a
presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent
guest on <a href="http://www.hannity.com/guest/ghouse-mike/10804">Sean Hannity
show</a> on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he
contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at <a href="http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/">Dallas Morning News</a>, fortnightly
at <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse">Huffington post,</a> and
several other periodicals across the world. His personal site <a href="http://www.mikeghouse.net/">www.MikeGhouse.net</a> indexes everything you
want to know about him.</span></span></span></span>Mike Ghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647894600183489442noreply@blogger.com0