“Jasmine Revolution”
Symbol of peace: Flowers placed on the barrel of a tank
in very much calmer protests than in recent days in Tunisia

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011
Mannoubia Bouazizi, the mother of Tunisian street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi. "Mohammed suffered a lot. He worked hard. but when he set fire to himself, it wasn’t about his scales being confiscated. It was about his dignity." (Peter Hapak for TIME)

1 - TUNISIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


How eyepatches became a symbol of Egypt's revolution - Graffiti depicting a high ranking army officer with an eye patch Photograph: Nasser Nasser/ASSOCIATED PRESS

2 - EGYPT Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


''17 February Revolution"

3 - LIBYA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

5 - SYRIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

"25 January Youth Revolution"
Muslim and Christian shoulder-to-shoulder in Tahrir Square
"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) -
(Subjects: Egypt Uprising, Iran/Persia Uprising, Peace in Middle East without Israel actively involved, Muhammad, "Conceptual" Youth Revolution, "Conceptual" (without a manager hierarchy) managed Businesses, Internet, Social Media, News Media, Google, Bankers, Global Unity,..... etc.)
"The End of History" – Nov 20, 2010 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll)
(Subjects:Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Muhammad, Jesus, God, Jews, Arabs, EU, US, Israel, Iran, Russia, Africa, South America, Global Unity,..... etc.) (Text version)

"If an Arab and a Jew can look at one another and see the Akashic lineage and see the one family, there is hope. If they can see that their differences no longer require that they kill one another, then there is a beginning of a change in history. And that's what is happening now. All of humanity, no matter what the spiritual belief, has been guilty of falling into the historic trap of separating instead of unifying. Now it's starting to change. There's a shift happening."


“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.

They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."



African Union (AU)

African Union (AU)
African Heads of State pose for a group photo ahead of the start of the 28th African Union summit in Addis Ababa on January 30, 2017 (AFP Photo/ Zacharias ABUBEKER)

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela
Few words can describe Nelson Mandela, so we let him speak for himself. Happy birthday, Madiba.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Ugandan acid attack victim won't be silenced

RNW, Vanessa O’Brien, Tel Aviv, 26 August 2012

(Vanessa O'Brien)

Pentecostal Bishop Umar Mulinde has become well-known in Uganda since converting from Islam to Christianity. His campaign against the introduction of Islamic courts in Uganda resulted in him suffering a brutal acid attack last year. Now in Israel for treatment, his body may be broken and suffering, but his mind and spirit are strong.

With a low-tipped cowboy hat and pink-flesh coloured compression mask covering his face, Umar Mulinde (38) moves gingerly across a Tel Aviv hotel lobby, sheltered from the scorching Israeli sun. Exhaustion overwhelms him as he finally sits down after his daily journey to Sheba Hospital, where he is being treated for the deep acid burns that scar the right side of his face.

It’s hard to believe this is Uganda’s firebrand Bishop of the Pentecostal Gospel Life Church International, who can be seen energetically preaching in a variety of YouTube videos. Speaking with unwavering conviction, he says “the people who did this to me, they thought they are serving God. But I feel sorry for them and I forgive them because they didn’t know what they were doing.”

Allah Akbar

Mulinde was attacked on Christmas Eve 2011 in Namasuba, 10 kilometres from Kampala, right outside his church and directly opposite a police station. Two men approached and threw an unidentified acid directly at his face. “As I was opening the door of my car, one poured a bucket of acid on my head,” Mulinde recalls. “I felt fire from my head down to my toes.”

As he toppled over, the second attacker poured acid over his back. Acid burned through the metal of Mulinde’s car. His last memory of the assault was hearing the words “Allah Akbar” echoing three times. He thought he was going to die.

Fatwa

Mulinde is a well-known public figure in Uganda, notably because he is an apostate. He’s a former Muslim sheikh, the grandson of an imam, who converted to Christianity on Easter Sunday in 1993. From that time forward, says Mulinde, even his own brothers wouldn’t greet him in the street.

But it wasn’t until he led a group of Christian leaders to petition Parliament in April 2011 that a fatwa was issued against his life. They were calling for a temporary halt to the introduction of the Muslim Personal Law Bill. It aims to put into effect Article 129 of the Ugandan Constitution, providing for the establishment of official Islamic courts to dispense justice to Uganda’s Muslims under sharia law.

“We even told the government that if they do it and go ahead we will sue them,” Mulinde says passionately, while adjusting the dark glasses that cover his one good eye and the one doctors were unable to save. “We will take it to the court of law because if Uganda is 85 percent Christian, and we have never asked for Christian laws in the constitution, how do you put Muslim laws in the constitution? The constitution says Uganda is a secular state.”

Not only for Muslims

The Ugandan Muslim Centre for Justice and Law (UMCJL) is once again pushing for the legalisation of the sharia Kadhi courts, which currently operate ad-hoc. UMCJL president Jaffer Senganda, who knows Mulinde personally, told Radio Netherlands Worldwide that he doubts Muslims were involved in the acid attack on the Bishop. He says the Christian opposition in Uganda fears that Kadhi courts would have jurisdiction in criminal matters, which isn’t true. Mulinde counter-argues that the Christian population’s fears are validated by Nigeria’s example. “They said, ‘This is for Muslims’ but they end up applying it to everybody.”

Hope

Although Mulinde was raised to hate Israel as a Muslim, he had a change of heart when he converted to Christianity. He has brought several groups of Ugandan pilgrims to the Holy Land and established friendships in the Jewish community. Sheba Hospital’s burn unit, which has experience dealing victims of terrorism, is treating him for free.

“He has a long way to go,” says Sheba Hospital spokesman David Weinberg, “but his story is one that played on our hearts.” Mulinde’s doctor Haik Yosef says while the physical damage is “severe and deep”, his future prognosis is good. “Some people get small scars and become depressed, but sometimes even such a severe burn like Umar’s won’t change his character or his perception of everything. I think he will do just fine.”

The attack has not deterred Mulinde: he is still fighting the establishment of Kadhi courts, and will continue his campaign when he returns to Uganda in several months time. But first, he has three more surgeries and skin grafts to endure.


(Subjects: Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Muhammad, Jesus, God, Jews, ArabsEU, USIsrael, Iran, Russia, Africa, South America, Global Unity,..... etc.) (Text version)

" ..... If an Arab and a Jew can look at one another and see the Akashic lineage and see the one family, there is hope. If they can see that their differences no longer require that they kill one another, then there is a beginning of a change in history. And that's what is happening now. All of humanity, no matter what the spiritual belief, has been guilty of falling into the historic trap of separating instead of unifying. Now it's starting to change. There's a shift happening. ....."

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