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We got a right to question God. That’s the only way we can become wise. And if we question him like Job did, God may bring you up into his own thinking.
And if God were to answer us today he would say to Black people, yes, I allowed this to happen. And I know you suffered, but Martin King, my servant, said it, undeserved suffering is redemptive...
He said, Black Man, I love you. He said, but God, I mean, that’s a heck of a way to show me you love me. He said, but I love my son.
I love Jesus more than I love any of my servants. But I had a cross for him. I had nails for him. I had him to be rejected and despised. I had him falsely accused and brought before the courts of men. I had them spit on him. I had them to pierce his side. But, I loved him more than anybody else. Why, God?! Why did you do it? Why?
He said, I did it that I might be glorified, because like Job, no matter what I did to him, he never cursed me, he never said my God ain’t no good. He said whatever your will is, that’s what I want to do and that’s why, even though he descended into Hell, I have raised him to the limitless heights of Heaven, because only those who know the depths of Hell can appreciate the limitless heights of Heaven.
And so, my children, I caused you to suffer in the furnace of affliction so that I might purify you and resurrect you from a grave of death and ignorance. I, God, put in your soul, not a law written on stone, but I have written the law on the tablets of your heart.
Farrakhan, "Million Man March," Speech Text - Voices of Democracy
The Million Man March was an event for people of all faiths:
On October 16, 1995 more than a million Black men gather at the nation’s Capitol Hill and Mall in Washington DC...
Christians, Muslims, Black Nationalists along with those with no religious or organizational affiliation were in attendance. It was billed as a March for justice in response to the spiritual, political and economic warfare that targeted Black people and Black men in particular.
The gathering addressed mass incarceration and called for “Stop the Killing” and gang violence. There were young and old Black men standing shoulder to shoulder in the crowd. There were a sea of Black men and no violence was recorded, according the Final Call newspaper.
There were speeches by Civil Right leaders and politicians. Even though the call was made for men only, prominent Black women were on the stage in support of the march. Dr. Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife, Maya Angelou and Rosa Parks along with many others...
After the historical day many Black men returned home and joined social reform organizations or started businesses...
The event sparked the Million Women March and the Million Family March.
1995’s The Million Man March in Washington, D.C.
“Allah” is the Arabic word for God, used both in the Koran and in Arabic translations of the Bible:
Arabic-speakers of all Abrahamic faiths, including Christians and Jews, use the word “Allah” to mean “God”.[10] The Christian Arabs of today have no other word for “God” than “Allah”.[32]…
Mainstream Bible translations in the language use Allah as the translation of Hebrew Elohim (translated in English Bibles as “God”).[77]
Allah - Wikipedia
While there is indeed violence in the Koran, there’s more violence in the Bible:
An analysis into whether the Quran is more violent than the Bible found killing and destruction occur more frequently in the Christian texts than the Islamic.
Investigating whether the Quran really is more violent than its Judeo-Christian counterparts, software engineer Tom Anderson processed the text of the Holy books to find which contained the most violence.
In a blog post, Mr Anderson explains: “The project was inspired by the ongoing public debate around whether or not terrorism connected with Islamic fundamentalism reflects something inherently and distinctly violent about Islam compared to other major religions.”…
Mr Anderson summarises: “Of the three texts, the content in the Old Testament appears to be the most violent.
"Killing and destruction are referenced slightly more often in the New Testament (2.8%) than in the Quran (2.1%), but the Old Testament clearly leads—more than twice that of the Quran—in mentions of destruction and killing (5.3%).”
Someone analysed the Bible and Quran to see which is more violent
The African Ancestors of Jesus
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