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Reposted from ten years ago...
Sep. 11th, 2011 09:48 pmThis was originally posted on another forum I frequent, and after receiving permission from the original author, I've reposted it here.
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Many Muslim web sites have had to close down, and many mosques and members of the Islamic faith have been unfairly targetted by people too blinded by their own grief and anger to understand where the real enemy lies.
Therefore, I went to a Mosque, a place I have never gone before.
This was my prayer.
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I come here today to pray for peace for the dead, comfort for the living, and light in the dark days behind and ahead of us.
I come here today to pray for us all, to offer comfort and hope.
I come here today as the daughter of both Jew and Christian.
I come here in particular, to a place of Islam, to tell those of you who have felt the arrows of suspicion and fear from those who are in too much pain to think clearly: I know you are with us, that you are Americans, that some of your own relatives and friends have been killed in this tragedy or in others.
We are one, united in our grief, sorrow, outrage, faith, and compassion.
We are one, united in our defiance of a common enemy. For the enemy is not American nor Jew nor Muslim nor any creed or nationality: the enemy is hatred itself.
We pray for the fallen.
We pray for the grieving.
We pray for the heroes who have risked and still risk their lives for others.
We pray for ourselves and our children.
We pray for our leaders to choose wisely and to act firmly against this threat to us all.
We pray for the brave men and women who may soon be called upon to lay down their lives in combatting this evil.
We pray that fear and pain do not divide us, lest the agents of terror score a victory by turning us against our own friends.
We pray for strength, courage, and hope in the struggle that lies ahead.
We pray for peace.
We pray that we shall bequeath to our children a world that is safer than the one we live in now, and cleansed of the terrible taint of prejudice.
In this way we honor the memory of all those who have perished in acts of terror and hatred.
E Pluribus Unum: We are one.
Blessed be.
--Ellen
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Many Muslim web sites have had to close down, and many mosques and members of the Islamic faith have been unfairly targetted by people too blinded by their own grief and anger to understand where the real enemy lies.
Therefore, I went to a Mosque, a place I have never gone before.
This was my prayer.
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I come here today to pray for peace for the dead, comfort for the living, and light in the dark days behind and ahead of us.
I come here today to pray for us all, to offer comfort and hope.
I come here today as the daughter of both Jew and Christian.
I come here in particular, to a place of Islam, to tell those of you who have felt the arrows of suspicion and fear from those who are in too much pain to think clearly: I know you are with us, that you are Americans, that some of your own relatives and friends have been killed in this tragedy or in others.
We are one, united in our grief, sorrow, outrage, faith, and compassion.
We are one, united in our defiance of a common enemy. For the enemy is not American nor Jew nor Muslim nor any creed or nationality: the enemy is hatred itself.
We pray for the fallen.
We pray for the grieving.
We pray for the heroes who have risked and still risk their lives for others.
We pray for ourselves and our children.
We pray for our leaders to choose wisely and to act firmly against this threat to us all.
We pray for the brave men and women who may soon be called upon to lay down their lives in combatting this evil.
We pray that fear and pain do not divide us, lest the agents of terror score a victory by turning us against our own friends.
We pray for strength, courage, and hope in the struggle that lies ahead.
We pray for peace.
We pray that we shall bequeath to our children a world that is safer than the one we live in now, and cleansed of the terrible taint of prejudice.
In this way we honor the memory of all those who have perished in acts of terror and hatred.
E Pluribus Unum: We are one.
Blessed be.
--Ellen
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