As Christians in culture, current events, and politics, have we forsaken the Sermon on the Mount? I hope for Christians to live as Christians: not as nationalists, morality enforcers, or sheltered isolationists, but as the next generation of Christians in a globalized world who care passionately about loving every single one of their neighbors as God desires.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Warrant For Sudan's President

The World Court has issued a warrant for this evil man's arrest, but he doesn't really seem to mind the idea of being charged for genocide and striped of his power.


EL FASHER, Sudan: Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the president of Sudan who has been accused of genocide, is not especially well known for his dancing moves.

But on Wednesday, in front of tens of thousands of people packed into what appeared to be a mandatory pep-rally in the Darfur region, the bespectacled, portly president jumped up on a desk and did a little jig. He jutted his cane. He rolled his hips. Shadows of sweat bloomed under his arms. But the crowd did not seem to care.

"Seer, seer, al-Bashir!" they screamed. "Go, go, Mr. Bashir!"

With an international indictment looming over him on charges of genocide, Bashir returned to the scene of his alleged misdeeds in Darfur - on an uncharacteristic charm offensive.

(International Herald Tribune)

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