(THIS TEXT FOLLOWS DIRECTLY AFTER MORE . . . IN GLOBAL RELIGIONS 1 ).
ALTHOUGH AMONG MY OWN ANCESTORS ON BOTH FATHER AND MOTHERS SIDE WHERE MANY RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN WESTERN RELIGIONS MY MOST IMPRESSIVE MEMORY WAS OF ALLAH WHEN, AS A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD BOY TRAVELLING THE AFRICAN DESERT ALONE ON FOOT, I SAID PRAYERS WITH THE BEDOU IN THEIR TENTS AND THEY GAVE ME GREEN TEA IN THOSE LITTLE GLASSES AFTERWARDS. IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THEN THAT ALLAH AND GOD WHERE DIFFERENT OR THAT MOHAMMED AND JESUS CHRIST HAD NOT BEEN BROTHERS - LATER, AS AN AIRLINE PILOT, I COULD PAY MY DEBT TO THE BEDOU BY TRANSPORTING MANY HADJI’S TO THEIR HOLLY SHRINE IN SAUDI ARABIA DURING THE HADJ - .
WITH THESE MEMORIES IN MIND IT IS NOT EASY TO THINK OF THE CRUSADERS USING THE SIGN OF THE CROSS TO CONQUER THE HOLY LAND OR OF OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADERS MOTIVATING HUMANS TO FIGHT HOLY WARS.
BUT THEN AGAIN, PERHAPS NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LIVE IN INCREASINGLY HOPELESS SITUATIONS WITH NO FUTURE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND WHAT SUCH PROSPECTS CAN DO TO THE HUMAN MIND.
IT IS PERHAPS THE GREATEST GIFT OF OUR TIMES THAT WE NOW HAVE INTERNET TO INSTANTANEOUSLY SHARE OUR THOUGHTS WITH OUR BROTHERS ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD SO THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND
. . . HELP OUR SHEPHERDS TO HELP US . . .
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