BHO Likened To Martin Luther King, Jr.

I don't know when, exactly, it happened - the moving of the "On Faith" section of the Washington Post every Saturday from the back page of the local section to the second page of the local section.

Around the time of BHO's coronation?

Whatever.

Today, the following appeared in the print edition of the Washington Post:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sought to bridge the great divides of his age by challenging the dominant paradigm and lifting up a new framework. King was clear: This isn't a black vs. white world but a "live together as brothers or perish together as fools" world.

In Cairo, President Obama made his most King-like speech. Obama came to Cairo to bridge one of the great divides of our age -- between the United States and the Muslim world. And he drew from the same vision, grace and courage that King did.

He spoke of his admiration for Muslim civilization and its role across the ages in nurturing learning and progress, peace and pluralism. These are the same values that America has sought to advance. The stereotypes that Islam is only violent or that America seeks only empire are inaccurate and counterproductive. So is the focus only on the history of conflict. We have to begin our relationship on a different paradigm -- the history of cooperation and the power of our common principles. . . .

Years ago, King spoke of interracial bridges, and a generation built them.

Today, Obama's job is to speak of building interfaith bridges of service. It is our job to build them.

-- Eboo Patel, executive director, Interfaith Youth Core

So, we, all of us, now have a JOB, that of building bridges with Moslems?

Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core provided a link to the following video at New Muslim Cool:



According to New Muslim Cool:

NATIONAL BROADCAST PREMIERE - P.O.V. ON PBS - JUNE 23

NEW MUSLIM COOL takes viewers on Puerto Rican American rapper Hamza Perez's ride through the streets, projects and jail cells of urban America, following his spiritual journey to some surprising places - where we can all see ourselves reflected in a world that never stops changing.

More information HERE.

Apparently the film is going to receive several special screenings throughout the United States. Also included are ways to get involved with disseminating the film.

On the list of "Community Engagement Partners" are the Pluralism Project at Harvard University and Latino Public Broadcasting.

Making the United States into Dar al Islam? See this recent post by Revere Rides Again, here at IBA.