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Friday, January 29, 2016

Jews and Interfaith Sensitivity

Interfaith sensitivity about Jews | www.InterfaithSpeaker.com   


The story I am about to share is the very reason I write, speak and broadcast the knowledge about interfaith, in particular “Festivals and commemorations of the world”

In 2011, one of my Christian friends Kristen was on my team to invite people to attend the “Holocaust and Genocides” event – I am blessed to be first Muslim in the world who regularly commemorates the event to develop understanding between people of different faiths, races and ethnicities. More at www.HolocaustandGenocides.com


Kristen lived in a Jewish neighborhood and grew up with many Jewish friends. When I called her up for updates, she was disappointed with the response she was getting, but I encouraged her to continue, as it is a difficult event to attend.

The following weekend, there was an art exhibit by a Russian artist and about 150 people came to the event, Kristen was there and was excited to call on her Jewish friends to attend the event, she came back disappointed for the silent stares she was getting.  She asked me to join her to invite another couple down in the corner sipping wine.

So here it goes, Kristen introduces me, “Rosie, this is Mike, and we are here to invite you to a celebration of the Jewish Holocaust event…” Literally, I fell off my chair, I had to cut her in, sorry Rosie, it is a Holocaust Memorial event, and it is a reflection on the cruelties within each one of us and how to put it off and learn to say Never again.  It is a somber event….’ There was a relief on the face of Rosie and her husband.  We carried the conversation forward and they did join us along with a few other friends.

Like Kristen most of us make the mistake, whenever there is a gathering of people, we associate it with celebration.  To understand this, it is like inviting a friend, “Please join me at the funeral home, and they are celebrating the death of our friend Mike, who passed away yesterday,” Personally, that is what I would want to happen upon my death, but most people including my wife, my kids and grand kids may not appreciate it.

There are three public events that I know, mind you, these are not celebrations – Holocaust commemoration (Jewish), Ashura /Muharram (Muslims) and the big one, Memorial Day, end of May. Please do not wish a happy…….. You can probably say I am sorry to hear the _____ Memorial event is coming up, I am with you, or my prayers are with you… or some such thing to show support.  I suggest you to visit the Holocaust Museum or attend our event in 2017 to learn about these.
As time permits, I will share different stories.

This is the first time in 10 years that I have not organized the Holocaust and Genocides commemoration event, it’s a difficult event for many to attend, yet an average of 300 brave souls have made it each time.  As a Muslim, why do I commemorate? The answer is in this article at Huffington Post called Holocaust and the Muslim Guy. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/holocaust-and-the-muslim-_b_4629509.html )


Why is it important to know about our neighbors and people of other faiths, races and traditions?  I let you imagine it and urge you to think about it, and if you are tempted write, please share it. I will publish it atwww.interfaithspeaker.com andhttp://foundationforpluralism.blogspot.com - 

"Festivals of the World" is an educational series published by Mike Ghouse since 1993. When we live in the same communities as neighbors, we might as well learn about each other. The best way to build cohesive societies is for its members to participate in festivities as well as commemorations of each other, or at least understand each other's' joys and sorrows. Please note the simplicity in writing is designed for people of other faiths to learn and to know, so we can function cohesively.  This is too elementary for the followers of the faith, but informational to those who are not aware of the tradition.

Since 1994, I am blessed to have published essence of many, but not all festivals, as the time has permitted.  You are welcome to plug the name of the festival with my name in the Google search, more than likely, you will find information on major festivals and commemorations.

www.interfaithspeaker.comDr. Mike Ghouse is a community consultant, social scientist, thinker, writer, news maker, and a speaker on Pluralism, Interfaith, Islam, politics,terrorism, human rights, India, Israel-Palestine and foreign policy. He is committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. Visit him in 63 links at www.MikeGhouse.net for his writings at TheGhousediary.com and several blogs listed there in. 
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Saturday, February 7, 2015

Burning people alive.


We were horrified by the way the the ISIS guys burned a man alive, and I said quite a few nasty things.  Some one reminded me of my own writing, "For every Muslim ass, there is a Hindu, Buddhist, Christian and Jewish ass."

Religions do not teach any one to kill, but every religion has a  percentage of rogues who are ruthless. We cannot call Buddhism and Hinduism peaceful religions any more, they join the crowd of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Information pulled from different sources - there is a hell of a lot more out there, but suffice it to see that for every Muslim ass, there is a Hindu, Buddhist, Christian and Jewish ass. We the good people need to speak up or be called good for nothing. 


Buddhist burning a Muslim alive and watching.


'No water for him. Let him die': Horrifying moment Burmese Buddhists set fire to Muslim man in riots which left 43 dead

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312807/Burma-riots-Horrifying-moment-Buddhists-set-Muslim-man.html#ixzz3R80fy1Qt 


Bride Burning in India
Wiki, Time and CNN

Bride-burning occurs when a young woman is murdered by her husband or his family for her family's refusal to pay additional dowry. The wife is typically doused with kerosene, gasoline, or other flammable liquid, and set alight, leading to death by fire.[1][2] Kerosene is most often used as the fuel.[3] It is most common in India and has been a major problem there since at least 1993.[4]
This crime has been treated as culpable homicide and, if proven, is usually accordingly punished by up to lifelong imprisonment or death.[1] Bride burning has been recognized as an important public health problem in India,[5] accounting for around 2,500 deaths per year in the country.[5] In 1995, Time Magazine reported that dowry deaths in India increased from around 400 a year in the early 1980s to around 5,800 a year by the middle of the 1990s.[6] A year later, CNN ran a story saying that every year police receive more than 2,500 reports of bride burning.[7] According to Indian National Crime Record Bureau, there were 1,948 convictions and 3,876 acquittals in dowry death cases in 2008.[8]

Dr. Graham Stuart Staines (1941 – 22 January 1999) was an Australian Christianmissionary who, along with his two sons Philip (aged 10) and Timothy (aged 6), was burnt to death by a gang while sleeping in his station wagon at Manoharpur village inKeonjhar district in Odisha, India on 22 January 1999. In 2003, a Bajrang Dal activist,Dara Singh, was convicted of leading the gang that murdered Graham Staines and his sons, and was sentenced to life in prison.[1] 

Godhra Train Burning

The Godhra train burning was an incident that occurred on the morning of 27 February 2002, in which 59 people, including 25 women and 15 children, died in a fire inside the Sabarmati Express train near the Godhra railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat.[1] The victims were mainly Hindu pilgrims and activists who were returning from the city of Ayodhya after a religious ceremony at the disputed Babri Masjid site.[2] The commission set up by the government of Gujarat to investigate the train burning spent 6 years going over the details of the case, and concluded that the fire was arson committed by a mob of 1000-2000 people.[3] A commission appointed by the central government, whose appointment was later held to be unconstitutional, stated that the fire had been an accident.[4] A court convicted 31 Muslims for the incident and the conspiracy for the crime,[5] although the actual causes of the fire have yet to be proven conclusively.[6][7]

 Three Israelis confess burning Palestinian teenager a

http://au.ibtimes.com/three-israeli-jews-confess-burning-palestinian-teenager-alive-1347078

Bill Moyers writes:The Fiery Cage and the Lynching Tree, Brutality’s Never Far Away
February 5, 2015
by Bill Moyers


A Palestinian hold a poster with a picture of slain Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh during a protest in front of the Jordanian embassy, in the West Bank City of Ramallah, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
A Palestinian hold a poster with a picture of slain Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh during a protest in front of the Jordanian embassy, in the West Bank City of Ramallah, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

They burned him alive in an iron cage, and as he screamed and writhed in the agony of hell they made a sport of his death.

 
After listening to one newscast after another rightly condemn the barbaric killing of that Jordanian air force pilot at the bloody hands of ISIS, I couldn’t sleep. My mind kept roaming the past trying to retrieve a vaguely remembered photograph that I had seen long ago in the archives of a college library in Texas.

Suddenly, around two in the morning, the image materialized in my head. I made my way down the hall to my computer and typed in: “Waco, Texas. Lynching.”

Sure enough, there it was: the charred corpse of a young black man, tied to a blistered tree in the heart of the Texas Bible Belt.

Sure enough, there it was: the charred corpse of a young black man, tied to a blistered tree in the heart of the Texas Bible Belt. Next to the burned body, young white men can be seen smiling and grinning, seemingly jubilant at their front-row seats in a carnival of death. One of them sent a picture postcard home: “This is the barbeque we had last night. My picture is to the left with a cross over it. Your son, Joe.”

 
The victim’s name was Jesse Washington. The year was 1916. America would soon go to war in Europe “to make the world safe for democracy.” My father was twelve, my mother eight. I was born 18 years later, at a time, I would come to learn, when local white folks still talked about Washington’s execution as if it were only yesterday. This was not medieval Europe. Not the Inquisition. Not a heretic burned at the stake by some ecclesiastical authority in the Old World. This was Texas, and the white people in that photograph were farmers, laborers, shopkeepers, some of them respectable congregants from local churches in and around the growing town of Waco.

Here is the photograph. Take a good look at Jesse Washington’s stiffened body tied to the tree. He had been sentenced to death for the murder of a white woman. No witnesses saw the crime; he allegedly confessed but the truth of the allegations would never be tested. The grand jury took just four minutes to return a guilty verdict, but there was no appeal, no review, no prison time. Instead, a courtroom mob dragged him outside, pinned him to the ground, and cut off his testicles. A bonfire was quickly built and lit. For two hours, Jesse Washington — alive — was raised and lowered over the flames. Again and again and again. City officials and police stood by, approvingly. According to some estimates, the crowd grew to as many as 15,000. There were taunts, cheers and laughter. Reporters described hearing “shouts of delight.”

 
When the flames died away, Washington’s body was torn apart and the pieces were sold as souvenirs. The party was over.

Many years later, as a young man, I visited Waco’s Baylor University, often referred to as the Texas Baptist Vatican. I had been offered a teaching position there. I sat for a while in the school’s Armstrong Browning Library, one of the most beautiful in America, containing not only the works of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the acclaimed Victorian poets, but also stained glass windows, marble columns, and elegant ceilings that bring to mind the gorgeous interior of Michelangelo’s Laurentian library in Florence.

Sitting there, I found it hard to reconcile the beauty and quiet of that sanctuary with the photograph that I had been shown earlier by a man named Harry Provence, publisher of the local newspaper. Seeing it, I realized that as young Jesse Washington was being tortured, students his own age, some of them studying for the ministry, were just finishing their spring semester. In 1905, when another black man had been lynched in Waco, Baylor’s president became a leader of the anti-lynching movement. But ugly memories still divided the town.

Jesse Washington was just one black man to die horribly at the hands of white death squads. Between 1882 and 1968 — 1968! — there were 4,743 recorded lynchings in the US. About a quarter of them were white people, many of whom had been killed for sympathizing with black folks. My father, who was born in 1904 near Paris, Texas, kept in a drawer that newspaper photograph from back when he was a boy of thousands of people gathered as if at a picnic to feast on the torture and hanging of a black man in the center of town. On a journey tracing our roots many years later, my father choked and grew silent as we stood near the spot where it had happened.

Yes, it was hard to get back to sleep the night we heard the news of the Jordanian pilot’s horrendous end. ISIS be damned! I thought. But with the next breath I could only think that our own barbarians did not have to wait at any gate. They were insiders. Home grown. Godly. Our neighbors, friends, and kin. People like us.

http://billmoyers.com/author/moyersb/

Bill Moyers is the managing editor of Moyers & Company and BillMoyers.com.
MIke Ghouse
www.MikeGhouse.net 

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Texas Faith: The endless entanglement of faith and war


Most of the religious men are insecure, and want to secure their income, place and status in the society by doing what sells; making a villain out of God, who hates Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus and others. That is the real problem.
 
Texas Faith: The endless entanglement of faith and war
By Rudolph Bush | 9:10 am on August 6, 2014 | Permalink

For so many of us in the comfort of the west, it is hard to understand the generational conflicts in the Middle East, between Jew and Muslim or Sunni and Shia.

The cycle of provocation and vengeance has lost its beginning. It seemingly has no end. It is wrapped on all sides in justifications of faith.

Both violence and faith are used by evil people as a means to ascend to power. But good people too become absorbed in the tradition of blood for blood.

How can faith help break this cycle? How can each side use his or her belief in a higher power, and in their sacred scripture, to see the humanity in someone different?
 
MIKE GHOUSE, President, Foundation for Pluralism and speaker on interfaith matters, Dallas
 
The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is a humanitarian one, and it would be wrong to label it as Jewish and Muslim or between Judaism and Islam. We have to guard ourselves from labeling each other as enemies which we are not, and we shouldn’t be. Of course a few among us (Jewish or Muslim) look to the other as if ‘they’ have wronged us. No, none whatsoever.
 
The conflict should not deteriorate the delicate relationship between Jews, Christians and Muslims; instead it should bring us together to build a cohesive America, and hopefully cohesive societies across the world where no human has to live in fear of the other.
 
It is easy to blame the religion, an intangible that you cannot kill, shoot, beat, hang or bury to restore trust and justice in the society, but you restore trust in the society by holding the individual wrong doers accountable.
 
It is time for Jews, Christians and Muslims to re-look at their books and start seeing and believing in a God who is just, merciful and loving, and not a bigot who takes sides, favors one over the other, or makes deals with one set of people behind other’s back. Do we need a sneaky God like that? Hell No!
 
I have spent 20 years researching on pluralism and here is my take. The holy books are right, God’s words are right, and religions are beautiful. God loves us all, we are his creation, and his words are not the problem; it is our understanding that is messed up.
 
Most of the religious men are insecure, and want to secure their income, place and status in the society by doing what sells; making a villain out of God, who hates Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus and others. That is the real problem.
 
Making a villain out of God
 
Some of the most powerful leaders in Christianity tend to be sadistic men, and their own tailor-made-God loves killing people, and they remorselessly justify and cherish massacres of Palestinians, because God will come soon to the earth if that happens. Does Jesus want blood on his hands to come back?
 
The Powerful Jews and Muslims are no better either; they have got their scriptures completely wrong. One’s bigoted God has promised them the land robbing from the others, and the other’s bigoted God tells them not to make friends with Christians and Jews. The interpretations for the following verses need to be corrected – Exodus 23:31-32, Deuteronomy 1:8, Genesis 15:18-2 and Quran, 5:51 to prevent abusers from justifying injustices and outright hate. God is not a bigot.
 
God is just, and has created everything in harmony and balance. Our free will messes us up with our bad choices. God wills nothing but seeing his creation remain intact as he has created, and it is responsibility of good ones among us to remind the others about what God wants; harmony and respect for his creation.
 
Apologies
 
We should demand an apology from Benjamin Netanyahu, Khaled Mashaal, Barak Obama, our Senators and Congresspersons for the death of the Israeli and Palestinian civilians caused from their irresponsible justifications and actions.
 
God gave paws, fangs and horns to animals to settle their disputes, but denied the same to humans, and instead gave them a tongue to dialogue. I am afraid these men were not blessed with a tongue. They are still at the bottom of the evolution pit and are adept in using their horns, fangs and Paws to settle their disputes.
 
In conclusion, we need to fix the interpretation of our holy books, make God a good God for all, get Netanyahu and Mashaal to dialogue instead of encouraging and funding them to pound each other. Let’s look forward to building security for Israel and justice for the Palestinians; one will not happen without the other.
 
Resign
 
If these men really want peace, we need to put them together with 5 Israeli and 5 Palestinian Children with their mothers, and ask them to look at the kids and promise to them, that they the Palestinian and Israeli leaders together will deliver peace and prosperity, jobs and security to them when they grow up, and that they will not be their villains anymore. Furthermore, they would apologize to them for killing other children who would have become their friends in prosperity. If they have no intentions to deliver the results, why should people elect them?
 
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Thank you
mike
Mike Ghouse
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Mike Ghouse is a public speaker, thinker, writer and a commentator on Pluralism at work place, politics, religion, society, gender, race, culture, ethnicity, food and foreign policy. All about him is listed in several links at www.MikeGhouse.net and his writings are at www.TheGhousediary.com and 10 other blogs. He is committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day.
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Sunday, October 20, 2013

The Star of David - Magen David in the Foundation for Pluralism Logo

The Story of Pluralism LogoURL -http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-star-of-david-magen-david-in.html



If you look at the logo of the Foundation for Pluralism, you will see the star of David a.k.a Magen David on the top. What do you make of it? 


Guess what happened? I shared the draft with a few friends - My Hindu friends said, the Hindu symbol should be on the top, as it is the oldest religion and my Zoroastrians friends claimed the same, then my Muslim friends were not happy that Islamic symbol is not on the top. At least my Jewish friends were way too happy to write about in the Texas Jewish post. Harriett Gross wrote that, and it is not there anymore.
I told them all, that it was a random placement and I will not change it, if I do that, then I would be giving a deliberate priority to one over the other, and I wouldn't do that. It amounted to sheer bias, a few still gripe about it, but it is history now. To me all faiths are beautiful, none is superior or deficient. As they say, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, I say, faith is in the heart of the believer. "I don't see any conflict worshipping God in different ways," he said. "I'm comfortable in a church or a temple or a mosque."

In 2002, some one in Belgium responded to my call on the social media (pre-facebook years) to create a logo and I gave him a sketch of what I wanted.  He drew the logo and it was a delight for me, it reflected precisely what I had on my mind to be representative of all faiths. Of course, there are 250 religious traditions in the world and I was able to add at least 30 religious symbols in the running band on the website - www.FoundationForPluralism.com



History of the Symbol:
Courtesy Judaism Wiki


The Star of David or Magen David (Hebrew ; literally, "David's Shield") is a six pointed shape, formed by two equilateral triangles; one flipped on top of the other symmetrically. According to tradition, the symbol covered King David's battle shield and appeared on King Solomon's ring ("the Seal of Solomon").
The symbol has been used extensively in Judaism, Christianity and Islam during the first millenium CE. During some periods, it was associated with Christianity or Islam more than with Judaism.
Today it is the primary symbol of Judaism and is recognized by all Gentiles as a Jewish symbol. This shift occurred in the beginning of the 20th century, when it was extensively used in antisemitic propaganda. To this day, despite its overall positive associations, the symbol is heavily associated in people's minds with the street writings during the Nazi regime. Central to the symbol's spread among Jewish circles was its adoption by Zionist organizations, in sort of defiance against the scorn expressed by antisemitic organizations. Until that time, the Menorah was still the accepted symbol of the Jewish people, and some Ultra-Orthodox sects (such as Neturei Karta) hold that this tradition should be maintained, while rejecting the Star of David.
It has more of a cultural symbolism than a religious one. It is used on the Israeli flag and the shape is often used in jewelry, such as a pendant on a necklace, and worn by Jews similarly to the wearing of a cross by Christians. However, the symbol does not have the religious significance for Jews that the cross has for Christians (representing the martyrdom of Jesus a central event of the faith). From a religious point of view, the Star of David does not represent a specific holiday, ritual, event or have a specific religious meaning. Culturally however, it is a frequently used symbol - often used on interfaith sets of symbols, websites and other places where a "logo" or simple symbol is desired to represent the Jews or Judaism. So, while it may be emotionally meaningful to many, there are no religious rites requiring it or specifying how the star may or should not be used.

Dallas Morning News: http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/Articles/Religious-tolerance-in-action-DallasNews-December2004.asp


Thank youmike
Mike Ghouse, President
Foundation for Pluralism
Studies in Religious Pluralism and Pluralistic societies
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If we can learn to respect the otherness of others, and accept the God-given uniqueness of each one of us, then conflicts fade and solutions emerge. Pluralism is respecting the otherness of others. www.FoundationforPluralism.com
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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Hobby Lobby and the you people

Hobby Lobby, and the You People.

“You People” is the most disgusting phrase one uses to expresses his or her hate or ignorance towards other people. Grammatically, it is the goofiest usage of the phrase to call you people to a single man or a woman.
In 2005, someone accused a Jewish individual at the Dallas City Hall, as ‘you people’ – thanks for my outrage, not only Dallas Morning News published it in the letters, but others jumped in too to express their outrage.

Bad things happen because good people do nothing about it, if we even a molecule of Good in us,  we need to speak up and do something about it.

The African Americans, Jewish, Muslims, Hindus, Chinese, Hispanic, Arabs, and other people are used to these phrases. It’s humiliating. Same thing happens to a white person in an all Asian or African American neighborhoods, why he or she is here, and the stares that go with it, and it’s not a comfortable feeling.

The act of Hobby Lobby store was not acceptable in a civil society, “We don't cater to you people” was the response a Jewish person received when asked for Hanukkah trinkets. The TGIF restaurant employee relished feeding a piece of bacon to a Muslim woman, what will do you do, if you were served the ribs, and you learn that it was dog meat while eating?   We need to condemn this to prevent it from happening again.  We all want an America where none of us have to live in fear or apprehension of the other.

We should take one of the three actions; 1. Demand what you people means 2. Complain to the Supervisor and 3. Call the News Media. In the long run, education is the way to go. We, all of us are conditioned to believe what we see – and shamefully we judge the entire group of people for the actions of a few.  Cleaning begins with us.

Let me warn you with the reverse bias – you are dead wrong to think that it is the white people who mistreat the minorities, hell no; we all are equally guilty of it.  It’s the 1/10th of 1% of the people in each group, be it religious, ethnic, racial or other who are intolerant and bigots, and you will find the same percentage of bigots in every group including yours, White, Black, Hispanics, Indians and others.

Now some of us can stop by at Hobby Lobby, and ask them if they have items to celebrate Hanukkah, Ramadan, Ramnvami or whatever festival that we can talk about.  Not that we expect them to have, but how they respond to it.  Would they respect me as a customer if I were Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Black or Hispanic.  If not, do I have the right to report to them, so they don’t mistreat others?
Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on the topics of Pluralism, Coexistence, politics, interfaith, Islam and building a cohesive America, and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. details at www.MikeGhouse.net

USA Today - http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/10/04/hobby-lobby-jewish-bias-or-business-decision/2921069/

Maddow - http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/10/05/20831389-this-week-in-god?lite

Ghouse - http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2013/10/hobby-lobby-and-you-people.html

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Monday, September 16, 2013

Disgusting bigoted comments on Twitter about Miss America

 Miss America Pageant and bigotry

 URL - http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2013/09/disgusting-bigoted-comments-on-twitter.html

The moment Nina Davuluri was crowned Miss America, the bigotry engine revved up at Twitter, with hateful tweets.  Instead of calling the others bigots, let's look at ourselves and find solutions.

Thank God the bigots are dumb, and don't know the difference between a Hindu or a Muslim Indian,  Christian Arab, Jewish Israeli, Muslim or Christian Egyptian, a Hindu or a Muslim Indian, Jain or Sikh Indian, Zoroastrian or a Sikh Pakistani, Hindu or a Buddhist Bangladeshi.

If the bigots were any smart, we will become bigger bigots than them by loudly proclaiming, look I am not an Arab, not a Hindu, not a Muslim... and point to the ones who are... and make a business of directing hate towards others, as if others won't direct the traffic towards us. At the end everyone gets screwed. Thank God bigots are dumb. 



The first question we need to know is if we are bigots!

Should our response be, "I am not a Muslim, Hindu, Arab or Pakistani; let them go get the real Muslims, real Hindus.... “If that is our response, we are the problem in the world, and seek help.

The second question is – if someone calls you a Muslim or a Hindu and you are not – how do you respond determines if you are a bigot or not.

If some one says Namaste, Salam Aliakum, Satsri Akal, Shalom or Jai Swami Narayan, how do you respond? 

Some Wiseman had said a long time ago – don’t expect clean water from a sewer or filthy water from a water softener tank. We all need to install heart softeners to clean our bigotry, and then we can deliver good clean behavior.

First thing we need to do is to clean up our system, and start standing up for others, if we cannot do that, why should anyone stand up for us? We need to be clean before we can ask others to be clean. 

Mike Ghouse is a speaker committed to pluralism and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. Details at www.MikeGhouse.net 

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A Lot Of People Are Very Upset That An Indian-American Woman Won The Miss America Pageant




“And the Arab wins Miss America, classic.”
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/a-lot-of-people-are-very-upset-that-an-indian-american-womanposted on 


Sunday night Nina Davuluri, Miss New York, wascrowned the winner of the 2014 Miss America Pageant. She is the first contestant of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America.

Sunday night Nina Davuluri, Miss New York, was crowned the winner of the 2014 Miss America Pageant. She is the first contestant of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America.
Lucas Jackson / Reuters

When her win was announced, Twitter immediately exploded with hateful tweets, with people calling her Arab.

POOKIE.@Granvil_Colt
And the Arab wins Miss America. Classic.
9:58 PM - 15 Sep 13
Jake Amick@jakeamick5
How the fuck does a foreigner win miss America? She is a Arab! #idiots
9:58 PM - 15 Sep 13
Logan VanVoorhis@LrVanVoo6741
Miss Arab wins Miss America and the score of the Seattle/SanFran game is 5-0 at the half? What is life?
10:03 PM - 15 Sep 13

And shock that an Indian-American would win because “this is America.”

Jessica Ayres ⚓@JAyres15
I swear I'm not racist but this is America.
9:56 PM - 15 Sep 13
Nate@NateBerard
Asian or indian are you kiddin this is america omg
9:59 PM - 15 Sep 13
Savannah Dale@savannah_dale97
Miss New York is an Indian.. With all do respect, this is America
10:07 PM - 15 Sep 13

Other people were offended that she was crowned Miss America so close to the anniversary of 9/11.

Luke Brasili@LukeBrasili
9/11 was 4 days ago and she gets miss America?
9:59 PM - 15 Sep 13
Wendy Fraser@wnfraser
@ABC2020 nice slap in the face to the people of 9-11 how pathetic #missamerica
9:59 PM - 15 Sep 13

And joked about her having possible ties to a terrorist group like al-Qaeda.

De La Rutherford@Blayne_MkItRain
Congratulations Al-Qaeda. Our Miss America is one of you.
10:00 PM - 15 Sep 13
Audrey Graham@_AudreyAnn
Miss America is a terrorist. Whatever. It's fine.
10:05 PM - 15 Sep 13

And some were just outright racist.

Jared Tomes@JTomes84
Miss America is brought to by their sponsors PF Changs and 7-11.
9:59 PM - 15 Sep 13
Colin Miller@craymiller
Miss America, footlong buffalo chicken on whole wheat. Please and thank you.
10:31 PM - 15 Sep 13

One of the most heavily shared pictures of the night was a four-panel image of Miss Kansas, Theresa Vail.

Maria Gruba@Ria_1693
"#MissKansas a real miss America " @nateypoo14 this is why everyone is freaking out over #MissAmerica
10:17 PM - 15 Sep 13

With people claiming Theresa Vail is what a “real Miss America looks like.”

Kaleb Trahan@kalebistoocute
Man our president nor our new Miss America isn't even American I'm sorry but Miss Kansas I salute you your the real American #MissAmerica
10:04 PM - 15 Sep 13
Jennlyn@Jennlyn
Darn..I wish Miss Kansas would've won! Real American woman!!
10:00 PM - 15 Sep 13
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