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.
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)
Well, that is what I usually do but today it's extra important. May 15 is Bloggers Unite For Human Rights day!!! This event has spread like wildfire thanks to Amnesty International and Facebook. Check it out here.
Some the issues the group is hoping to see blogs promote are:
1. Human Rights in China. This is especially on our minds after their tragic 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck over the weekend. Amnesty hopes you will sign a petition to Yahoo! to protect Internet free speech in China.
2. Check out tearitdown.org to find how to campaign for an end to the Guantanamo Bay detaining center.
3. The crisis in Darfur, Sudan, which includes civil war, genocide, poverty, rampant AIDS, and a serious lack in education and military stability. Amnesty has a petition you can sign to protect Darfur.
