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And there's another issue we must confront as well. In my first book, Dreams From My Father, I described the experience of my first service at Trinity: No health care? The market will fix it. America, we cannot turn back. It is a sign of neither courage nor power to shoot rockets at sleeping children, or to blow up old women on a bus. In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.
It comes from Deuteronomy 30 when Moses talks to his followers about the challenges they'll find when they reach the Promised Land without him. In the end, then, what is called for is nothing more, and nothing less, than what all the world's great religions demand - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us.
I believe we can provide jobs to the jobless, homes to the homeless, and reclaim young people in cities across America from violence and despair. And slowly, I came to realize that something was missing as well - that without an anchor for my beliefs, without a commitment to a particular community of faith, at some level I would always remain apart, and alone. It was because of these newfound understandings that I was finally able to walk down the aisle of Trinity one day and affirm my Christian faith. It will require a renewed sense of responsibility from each of us to recover what John F. Hamas does have support among some Palestinians, but they also have responsibilities. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive, but it is being challenged in many different ways.
This belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the American people. As imperfect as he may be, he has been like family to me. Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps - even if you don't have boots. Because I've lived it. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end. Our daughters can contribute just as much to society as our sons, and our common prosperity will be advanced by allowing all humanity - men and women - to reach their full potential.
They weren't simply a religious leader's effort to speak out against perceived injustice. That is the world we seek.
Thank you.