Obama Reaches Out to Muslims
Today in Cairo, President Obama is speaking to the Muslim world. He is trying to make up for the horrible things that have happened between Islam and the west for hundreds of years. Everything he says will be for naught if the attitude of the American people does not change. Most of the bad attitude here stems from ignorance.
The fundamentalist version of Islam that is practiced mostly in the Arab lands is not true Islam any more than the fundamentalist Christians represent the Christian faith or the Hasidic Jews represent Judaism. All faiths have the same principles at their center. Unscrupulous individuals exploit ignorance to fan fanaticism and gain power. When we allow our own ignorance to generalize and attribute the errors of a few to an entire group we cooperate with these unscrupulous individuals.
Most of the worlds Muslims are Sufis. This is a spiritual branch of Islam that believes in a joyful loving communion with God. Try reading Rumi and Kahlil Gibran. These people were not inciting terrorism and hate.
David Segrest is a REALTOR in Charlotte NC. His website is http://www.segrestrealty.com His email is david@segrestrealty.com
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