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“Just before the death of flowers,
And before they are buried in snow,
There comes a festival season
When nature is all aglow .”
(Author Unknown)
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Picture taken at : Komorebi.

This humble post is a little flickr-celebration of el Aïd, that marks the end of the month of Ramadan. I also wish it to be a celebration of the revolutions taking place in the (Muslim-Arab) world today & hopefully of the end of too many years of inactivity (or insufficient activity) against oppression & dictatorship, injustice & corruption.
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On this occasion, I also would like to tell you a few words about the final Prophet (peace be upon him). Many don’t know him, but they still dare to call him names. But those who know his true value & who studied his life in depth as well as the message God commanded him to deliver to Mankind could only acknowledge his nobleness of character, & the truthfulness of his mission. Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, one of Germany’s greatest man of letters, counts among those who felt a deep love & respect for Prophet Mohammad. When Goethe was 23, he wrote a poem praising him, & when he was 70, he celebrated the night in which the Quran started to be revealed. Goethe spent a lifetime studying the language of the Quran. And on the basis of his studies, he said about the final Messenger:
“He is a Prophet and not a poet, and therefore his Koran is to be seen as a Divine Law and not as a book of a human being (…)” (source: “Noten & Abhandlungen zum West-östlichen Divan”).
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Not only Goethe, but alsoTolstoy, Gandhi, Voltaire, Lamartine & others openly expressed their admiration for the one that God sent as a Mercy to all of us (see Quran sura 21, verse 107).
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The video below gives a brief summary of their views on the Prophet & his mission, I recommend you to take the time to watch it (it’s instructive & very short, it only lasts 4 minutes): “The Most Influential Single Figure in Human History.”
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Picture taken at: Zigana.
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Picture taken on: Avonlea Island .
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... after a long day of fasting!

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“On behalf of the American people including Muslim communities in all 50 states, I want to extend best wishes to Muslims in America and around the world. Ramadan Kareem.(…) fasting is a concept shared by many faiths including my own Christian faith as a way to bring people closer to God, and to those among us who cannot take their next meal for granted. And the support that Muslims provide to others recalls our responsibility to advance opportunity and prosperity for people everywhere. For all of us must remember that the world we want to build and the changes that we want to make must begin in our own hearts, and our own communities.” ~ Barack Obama
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Pictures taken at Pals Meadow .
(cute & funny little spot!)

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The Human massacre perpetrated by Anders Breivik in Norway, as well as the ones that are currently being perpetrated by governing & non-governing criminals in Libya, Syria, Yemen, & in other parts of the world (check Amnesty’s website for further info) are all condemnable with no exception.

The divine religion condemns racism, terrorism & oppression.
Anyone committing a crime or any kind of injustice in the name of God, is in obvious contradiction with himself, whether he’s Muslim or Christian or Jewish.

Anyone intentionally & consciously killing & terrorizing innocent people is guilty of violating the laws of God, no matter the religion or ideology he claims he adheres to, no matter his origin or race, he will be held accountable for it on the day of Judgement.

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In order to understand the motive of some Muslim terrorists, I invite you to watch the following video: “Who is the true holy warrior?” (it’s very short, but well made – if you can’t understand their English very well, a transcription of their dialogue is available in comments.) The veritable duty of Muslims is to prevent these acts & to bring peace & justice to the world, & not to terrorize it.

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As for Anders Breivik’s case, it’s still under investigation, but Kevin Dutton (a research fellow at the University of Cambridge, who has a Ph.D in psychology & is an expert on the science of social influence) wrote a very interesting analysis of his profile & motive, you can read it here. Here are some excerpts:

“Now there's a reason why you get this kind of profile. It's the profile of someone with a hugely inflated ego. But who, nevertheless, still feels socially inadequate. (…) What happened on Utoya Island wasn't about immigration. Or so-called Eurabia. Or the Eurocrats' plot against the people. In fact, it wasn't really about ideology or religion at all. That's just the window dressing. It was all about him. Breivic. (…) Now one of the things we know about narcissists and egomaniacs is that they have a tendency to externalize blame. A formidable natural talent for it. Nothing is their fault. It's always somebody else's."

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Edit (september 11, 2011) : Obviously, Islam does condemn the terrorist attacks that caused the death of more than 2700 Civilians 10 years ago in New York. A tragedy that has affected the whole Mankind, & not only the US.
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(snapshot of the Parisian sky, taken by me in spring 2011.)