Re: [ga] Condemn Cowardly Attack (Attached)

[Eric Dierker <eric@HI-TEK.COM>]

Thank you Asaad and Jefsey and Joop,


> Thank you for this, Asaad.
> 
> Eric, since your quote about "patriot" tells it is an old French word,
> may  be can I explain Joop's usage. Patriot means protecting what you
> got from  your fathers ("pater" in latin). So it there is a very
> traditional phrase  about French being patriot for Middle-East, Greece,
> Rome, France and their  own province and city. We have been so involved
> in our History - as Joop's  England did - that this extends to the many
> countries we shared History  with or from (Francophonie - French
> speaking countries - is quite active).  Even with countries we faught:
> real peace is when you settle and start  respecting and liking your
> enemies for real. This is the way France,  England, Germany who were
> still at war 50 years ago are building a common  nation together on top
> of a 2000 years old "patrie".
> 
> Let me tell you about the world "patrie" :
> 
> With Assad we all share a 3000 years old "patrie" from Abraham and many
> of  us far far more.
> 
> And with Gene Marsh we all share a 4000 years old "patrie" from Iraq.
> Snake  is the symbol of life in our cultures since Gilgamesh went to
> Dilmoun  (Barhain) and was given the "secret of eternity" (a pearl from
> a place  Danes found back in the 60s - including the oyster shells).
> Actually he  confused the faith in God and the pearl  people from
> Noha's descent had  explained him there. His legend tells he wanted to
> bring the "secret" to  his Ancients but a snake swallowed the pearl
> during his sleep. Since then  the snake is symbol of eternity and
> resistance, ballancing the Eden snake.  People buried a plate with a
> small snake and a pearl at the entrance of  their house. Cleopatra
> drank pearls in vinegar and made a snake to bite her  as ways to
> eternity. Then the "secret" - the knowledge of God inherited  from Noha
> - traveled north up to Ur and Abraham and then to Israel, Rome  and
> Asia and then America, Africa and even New Zealand.
> 
> Rattle snake symbol for America shows Yankees and Iraqui are spearated
> by  geography and language more than by culture ...
> 
> Nearby Barhain there is an island with the Tomb of the "Green Man"
> revered  by Islam, many archeologists think it could be Noha's tomb. A
> symbol I  like: the first Concord public English and French flights at
> the same hours  left Paris to New York and London to Barhain.
> 
> Some of ours have become mad. But they are ours.
> We have to be careful about fighting the evil, not ourselves.
> 
> My 2 cents.
> Jefsey
> 
> 
> 
> On 08:01 16/09/01, Asaad Y. Alnajjar - Millennium Inc. said:
>>Dear All distigushed members
>>
>>  On behalf of the Executive Council of AINC ( Arabic Internet Names 
>> Consortium) we issued the attached statement.
>>
>>
>>AINC strongly and unanimously condemns and denounces the vicious
>>inhuman  attacks perpetrated against innocent civilians in the U.S.
>>this week.  These attacks and the ideologies behind them are absolutely
>>diametrically  opposed to the teachings of all religions and to our
>>cultural 
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>>
>>Taking human life gratuitously is an extremely grave sin as you see in
>>the  Qur'anic verse which reads: "Whosoever kills a human being for
>>other than  manslaughter or corruption on the land shall be as if he
>>has killed all  mankind, and whosoever saves the life of one, it shall
>>be as if he had  saved the life of all mankind," (Al-Ma'idah:32).
>>
>>Our response to the hatred emails that we received earlier today is
>>that  we understand and share the sender s pain and indignation; and we
>>are  equally appalled at what transpired this past Tuesday. However, we
>>should  not give in to ignorant stereotyping and racial and cultural 
>>bigotry.  Islam, the religion of tolerance, whose very name derives
>>from  the word "peace", holds the human soul in high esteem, and
>>considers the  attack against innocent human beings a grave sin, You
>>can find a multitude  of verses in the Holy Qur'an that are to this
>>effect.
>>
>>May God bless the souls of all our dead and grant all of the families
>>with  peace and patience and the strength to overcome sorrow. Our
>>hearts and  prayers to the families and we ask God to grant the World
>>with Peace and  Prosperity.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>Asaad Y Alnajjar, Executive Director 
>>AINC  <http://www.ArabicDomainName.org>http://www.ArabicDomainName.org
>>
>>CEO Millennium Inc.  / Los Angeles-USA


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