{"id":435,"date":"2008-12-08T23:59:30","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T08:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yvod.com\/ulan\/?p=435"},"modified":"2008-12-08T23:59:30","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T08:59:30","slug":"understanding-the-philosophy-of-muslim-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yvod.com\/ulan\/understanding-the-philosophy-of-muslim-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding The Philosophy Of Muslim Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Understanding The Philosophy Of Muslim Violence<\/a><\/p>\n

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Oxford Union Debate<\/a><\/p>\n

I think it is great that folks review the history of our national struggle with racism. I think Stokeley, Malcolm, Fanny, Martin and the rest are great examples of how a group of people who are not in power can still create change. <\/p>\n

When I was younger I believed, as Malcolm and his ilk, that the only way to bring about change was to speak the language of our oppressor – violence. I used to say that if you killed 1,000 white people you would get more done in a year than a thousand marches would accomplish in a decade.<\/p>\n

Now that I believe that all human life should be honored, I no longer want to sow death and destruction. Unfortunately this means that many of my past solutions are not open for exploration any longer. I can not burn and maim and kill… nor will I encourage others to do so. I am open to things taking longer. I am OK with injustice for a time so others can learn from it and form a more peaceful alternative.<\/p>\n

What I am not OK with is things staying as they are. Just because I do not need immediate change does not mean I care any less for change. It only means I am not willing to kill to get it. There are limits to what one should do to bring about change.<\/p>\n

Now I can say this while I am tucked up warm and well fed. I recognize that plenty of folks can’t wait. I am not asking them to. I am simply saying that we as humans must take off the table of possibilities anything that involves killing. I use the same argument against torture. If we do not torture our captives then when we are captured, we are less like to be tortured. If we foreswear killing, then it is less likely that we will be killed.<\/p>\n

Torture maims not only the prisoner but also the one performing the act. If we torture, we become sick and lose good judgement. When we kill, we lose our humanity. Sometimes it is better to die than to become inhuman.<\/p>\n

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Malcolm X Rare Canadian CBC TV Show 1965 Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n

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Malcolm X Rare Canadian CBC TV Show 1965 Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n

His response @ 6:30 I find interesting… 40 years later. I wonder what he would say now that Obama has been elected…<\/p>\n

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Who Are you?<\/a><\/p>\n

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Who Taught You To Hate Yourself?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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