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Written by omid
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Friday, 09 January 2009 |
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The death toll from Gaza keeps rising like a morbid nightmare, from 150 to 300, to at last count 702 victims. 702 Palestinians killed by the Israeli military through massive bombings that have inflicted unimaginable violence upon some of the poorest, hungriest, and most defenseless people on Earth. Mosques have been bombed. Hospitals bombed, including a Children's hospital. Homes bombed. United Nations relief agencies bombed. Refugee centers bombed. Universities bombed. United Nations schools bombed. If the Israeli officials responded to appeals to conscience, one would cry out: "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" These bombs are paid for through American taxpayer dollars, which makes this violence that we are supporting. What has been the response of our political leadership? A mixture of silence, racist double-standard for the dignity of human life, and inaction. The time to act is now. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 09 January 2009 )
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Written by omid
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Monday, 08 December 2008 |
Dear President Obama,
There has been so much discussion in this country about what this election, your election, our election, signifies for America. May it be that it signals the healing of our racial wounds. Yet this is not just about us. It is also about the world, and our place in the world community, and a return to an ethic of sharing and generosity. I will focus my comments on the area that I know best, the Muslim world. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 December 2008 )
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Written by omid
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Thursday, 20 November 2008 |
Dear Mr. President-Elect,
It is hard to believe that it has just been two weeks since your historic election. There has been so much discussion in this country about what this election signifies, from what we hope is the beginning of healing of our racial wounds, to the emergence of a new face of America that actually reflects our diverse makeup. |
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Written by omid
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Monday, 29 September 2008 |
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Uncovering the Israeli-Republican-Evangelical Networks behind the “Obsession” DVD Something strange has been showing up inside the Sunday newspapers of millions of Americans the past few weeks. The material being included alongside comics, coupons, and advertisement for local stores is a controversial DVD called “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West.” Some 28 million copies of this DVD have been distributed for free so far in this fashion. In some ways the scale of this campaign, and its ideological venom, are unprecedented: many newspapers state that they had never previously distributed free DVDs as inserts, certainly nothing with such a charged content. The copies were distributed not randomly across the country, but in the “swing states” (Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado, etc.) that are seen as a toss-up in the November Presidential elections between McCain and Obama. Obviously, someone is trying to influence the American electorate by playing on fear-mongering and hate-mongering themes. But who? Who is behind this massive, multi-million dollar campaign? |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 30 September 2008 )
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Written by omid
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Monday, 08 September 2008 |
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Religious conviction is a delicate matter. Many of the greatest reformers this world has ever known, Christ, Moses, and Muhammad, not to mention more recent figures like Martin Luther King and Desmond Tutu, all heard God's voice, pushing them along, affirming them, inspiring them, and lifting them up in moments of doubt and exhaustion. Religious conviction can be a beautiful thing, illuminating one's path in a dark night of the soul, providing a sense of purpose and mission. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 December 2008 )
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Written by omid
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Monday, 18 August 2008 |
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The Obama Campaign, at it's best, has not been about Obama. It's been about a mass movement, a coming together of longtime activists and newcomers, who have dared to restore hope to politics, to dream that there is a place in the arena of politics for the good. That's what makes the character assassination and subsequent resignation of Mazen Asbahi from the Obama Campaign so hard to take, so bitter. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 December 2008 )
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