Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Is It Beyond Your Imagination?



















Imagine for a moment if you could that there were no religions. No doctrines to follow, no reason to feel slighted, some call religion an antiquated idea that's primary purpose was to simply explain life after death.

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Imagine for a moment if you don't mind that there were no countries. No borders, no fences or boundaries, no reason for armies with their weapons that kill.

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Imagine for a moment if you would there was no history. Only people living for 'the now', enjoying the sun on your face, the feeling of cool grass at your back and watching the clouds float by.

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You might say I'm impractical, dreaming of a utopian society but I dare say I'm not the only one that wants peace. At the very minimum it is something to strive for. This is the time, we have been handed the place to make it come true in the - Holy Land -, what better place to make God's wish for us to come true?

I believe humanity has come to a crossroads. We need to either accept our mistakes and adopt a peaceful, inclusive, loving nature or continue down this road to self-destruction.

We must throw off the dark cloak of 'fear' and open our hearts to give and receive only 'love'.

Maybe we are "the chosen people" to lead the way to a more peaceful world...

4 comments:

Abu-Issa said...

...work with me Tomer...

The question was if a world at peace is beyond your imagination...?

If we can imagine it, it will happen.

Abu-Issa

BHCh said...

Peace is great, but your price... total boredom.

Anonymous said...

Here's something. I swear, you can't make this stuff up!

HARPER'S MAGAZINE

"I'm Hatin' It"

Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006. From a September interview with Rashad Akhtar, a twenty-seven-year-old British Muslim, who alleges that the graphic used on the lid of Burger King ice-cream cones resembles the Arabic spelling of “Allah.” The interview was conducted by Davina Patel, a reporter for the London newspaper Eastern Eye. Burger King apologized and said they would redesign the lid.

Originally from Harper's Magazine, March 2006.
Sources

The Enlightenment happened at half past 12 a.m. in Burger King, Park Royal. I had ordered my food, and a French guy got talking to me and asked, “Are you Muslim?” He said, “Look at this,” and he showed me the cone. I saw it and I thought, “Wow,” like anyone would. He said, “Turn it around.”

I was thinking of my stomach. I was hungry. I would have loved to eat an ice cream. When I saw it, my mouth fell open. I dropped the ice cream. I canceled my order. That was the defining moment of my life.

The Burger King logo is there in Arabic. “Allah” is spelled exactly how it is there, and the Burger King logo is where the ominah should be. Why, there is no way it could be a coincidence. How can you say it is a spinning swirl? How does it spin on something that is static? You cannot spin it around unless you have a mechanical device. You spin it one direction, to the right, and it is offending a billion people.

I’m not talking about Muslims in the Park Royal vicinity, or in the U.K. I’m talking about globally. Everyone who sees this is going to be offended. If you put a different symbol on there, you’re offending Jews, Christians, Sikhs, or Hindus. I am going to try my best in life, so that these people do not operate in a single Muslim country again, so that we get an apology to every single Muslim on this planet in their language, in their country, on a national TV station: “Sorry. We, as an American company, are sorry. We didn’t mean to offend you.”

What angers me most is that most people, once they have finished with it, they look at it and say, “Nice cone. Nice design. Nice cone design.” They chuck it away. That is disrespectful. Don’t throw it away. Keep it as evidence. A reminder of what these people are doing every single day of our lives.

We showed this to Muslim customers in Burger King and they were disgusted. We went to the manager. “Is this true?” we asked. He said, “Yes, my brother. It is true.” I spoke to two other Pakistani Muslim guys there and they said, “We are sickened.” They were cussing Burger King.

I feel humiliated. I want to humiliate the person who did this to an extent that he never works again. I’m going to make him see that it was the biggest mistake in his life. I want to meet the guy. I want to ask the guy, “What does this mean to you?” then never see his face again.

In a way, I’m glad he did this to me. It has opened my eyes. The fear of God, the love of God, the love of not letting anyone disrespect God. Even though it means nothing to some people and may mean nothing to some Muslims in this country, this is my jihad. I’m not going to rest until I find the person who is responsible. I’m going to bring this country down.

Anonymous said...

Here is the picture:

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