A New Year Of Hope, Faith and Peace

By: Elias Bejjani*

I wish that all those who read or follow my work in both Arabic and English will share with me a Biblical new year resolution that is derived from context of below Biblical Verse. A resolution and a vow to fight all through this new year the evil inside our minds and to tame all our instincts' of destructive lust and desires.

"What I say is this: let the Spirit direct your lives, and you will not satisfy the desires of the human nature. For what our human nature wants is opposed to what the Spirit wants, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to what our human nature wants. These two are enemies, and this means that you cannot do what you want to do. If the Spirit leads you, then you are not subject to the Law. What human nature does is quite plain. It shows itself in immoral, filthy, and indecent actions; in worship of idols and witchcraft. People become enemies and they fight; they become jealous, angry, and ambitious. They separate into parties and groups; they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God. But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have put to death their human nature with all its passions and desires. The Spirit has given us life; he must also control our lives. We must not be proud or irritate one another or be jealous of one another. (Galatians 05/16-26)

Definitely it is very difficult to abide by this Godly resolution, BUT if we belief in ourselves and trust in Almighty God, Our loving Father, we shall make the resolution a reality and an achievement.
With a spirit of faith and self-trust, let us all welcome the new year, with an open hearts and extended hands to all others, especially to those family members, relatives, friends and acquaintances with whom we were not in good terms during the last year.

Let us on day one of this new year close the last year's messy page and open a new and totally blank one with full readiness for forgiveness, and a genuine willingness for recognizing our wrongdoings in a bid to come with a practical plan for repentance.

Let us all put our burdens, pain, sickness, deprivation, persecution, separation, broken hearts, disappointments, frustrations, bereavements, injustice, abandonment, and anger in the hands of Almighty God and follow the teachings of His Gospel. God, with his gracious wisdom and abundant generosity, shall definitely see in every way possible that we all safely overcome with faith and hope all kinds of failure temptations, hardships and difficulties. Let us all trust in Him and recognize that we are all His beloved children and that He has created us in his image.

"The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed in us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God." (Romans 08:16-19)

We should never ever doubt God's deep love for each and every one of us. How could He not love us when we are His children. How could He abandon us when He has sent his only son, Jesus Christ to defeat death, give us the eternal life, suffer and be crucified so we, His children, can become purified and absolved from the original sin and be helped to walk safely the path of eternal salvation.

Let us ask Almighty God to help us live in peace and harmony with ourselves and others. Lead our steps into the righteous paths and grant us the strength of endurance and hold us back from the sin of hurting or hating others.

In this new year, Our Father, Almighty God, Grant us the graces of love, meekness, humbleness, transparency, honesty and forgiveness. Maintain our hearts and minds pure, and free from grudges and selfishness. Help us to remember that vengeance is evil and forgiveness is a Godly grace. We ask you not to allow vengeance take control of our lives.

Being faithful to God's holy teachings, is being loving and forgiving. For when we trust God and believe in His justice, we ought to leave Him punish those who are evil.

"Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear". (Matthew 13:43)

God's teachings in regards to vengeance is very clear: "Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. To the contrary, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." ( Romans 12:19-21)
This verse frees us from the burden of taking justice into our own hands. It tells us "Never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.’ God will repay those who are righteous"..

Since God is going to take up our cause and see to it that justice is done, we should lay it down, work hard not to succumb to our human destructive and evil instincts.

Let us pray that during this new year, we don’t have to carry anger, bitterness, resentment or revenge no matter what is our burden because refusal to forgive will make it impossible for us to understand and experience the forgiveness of God for us. Jesus taught his disciples to pray, "Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors" (Matthew 6:12). Then commenting on that prayer, Jesus said, "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins" (Matthew 6:14-15).
Saint Paul says leave it to the wrath of God. ”Then the wrath of God is defined further as God’s vengeance, “Vengeance is mine.” So wrath is connected with God’s response to something that deserves vengeance. And then it says, “I will repay.” So God’s wrath is treated as a repayment to man for something man has done. This simply means that the wrath of God is God’s settled anger toward sin expressed in the repayment of suitable vengeance on the guilty sinner. God will and shall see that justice is done on the Day of Judgment. So let us be forgiving and avoid any sort of vengeance.
With the 2013 new year, let us pray from the depth of our hearts for all those who hate and hold grudges against us. Let us ask almighty God to cure them from these evil ailments and grant us the grace of forgiveness and the strength of faith to keep loving them.

No one should forget that our live on this earth is too short, and that we must be righteous to deserve the eternal one in Heaven where there will be no pain or fights, but happiness and peace.

With the beginning of the new year, let us all ask almighty God to shower on every one the graces of health, prosperity, peace, faith, and hope. Let us pray for peace and tranquility in all countries, especially where devastating wars, conflicts, and discrimination are going on.
Happy New Year
*Elias Bejjani
*Canadian-Lebanese Human Rights activist, journalist and political commentator
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I Asked God For Christmas Gifts, He Said: No !!

By: Elias Bejjani*
What does Christmas mean to believers? Simply it means love, because Almighty God, Our Beloved Father wanted to save us, we, His children, from the slavery of the original sin. For this fundamental fatherhood reason: "He was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead." (The Creed)
Yes, He wanted for us to be free and back to His heavenly mansions that He built specially for us. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him". (John 03/16-17).
God become a human being in the Person of Jesus Christ because He loves us, we, His children, and decided to save us. One might wonder why God would do all this? The answer, simply is because He is love

itself. "But God demonstrated His own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 05/08).
This year I decided to speak directly to God, as I do each day through my prayers, yet somehow in a very different way. I set down and after saying my regular prayers I started asking Him for certain and very specific gifts and favors for myself and others and at the same vividly contemplate His answers based on all that I have learned all through my 67 years of age and grasped from the Holy Bible.

I asked Almighty God to kill my pride, He said: No, I do not have to do so, you should tame it yourself because I do not have mercy on the wicked and proud. “For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up,” says Yahweh of Armies, “that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (Malachi 04/1-2).

I asked Almighty God for a cure for a beloved person who is very sick and cannot control what he does. He said: No, his spirit is what matters and his spirit is perfect. Meanwhile, his body is inevitably mortal. "For dust you are and to dust you will return". (Genesis 3:19)
I asked Almighty God to grant me patience in a bid to maintain my faith and solidify my hope in the face of the hardships that I am encountering, He said: No, patience comes from tribulations. Patience is not granted but earned. You have to challenge your instincts and defeat them, especially those of hatred, grudges, envy and selfishness.
I asked Almighty God if the greater love is loving ourselves as the psychologists and therapists teach these days? . He said No, "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. (John 15/13)

I asked Almighty God to grant me happiness, He said: No, I shall shower you with blessings and graces if you ask and long for them, while happiness is to be made by you and not by any body else.

I asked Almighty God to spare me pain, He said: No, pain keeps you away from earthly concerns and brings you closer to me.
I asked Almighty God to make my soul grow and thrive. He said: No, your soul's growth and prosperity is your own responsibility, but I will pull you towards Me so you might abundantly bear fruits.
I asked Almighty God to make me rich and powerful and at the same time solidify my faith. He said: No, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money". (Matthew 6:24).
I asked Almighty God to help me lay earthly treasures. He said No, “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (Matthew 06/19-22)
I asked Almighty God to help me take acts of revenge against those who harmed me badly and inflicted pain, misery and ineradicable hardships on me. He said: No, "Do not take revenge, but leave room for My wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," (Romans 12:19)
I asked Almighty God to allow me hate those who hate me. He said: No," Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. (Luke 6:28).
I asked Almighty God to spare me from temptation. He said: No, "Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and He Himself tempts no one. But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death. (James 01/13-15)
I asked Almighty God if He forgives those who are evil and cause others to stumble. He said: No, "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea." (Matthew 18/06)

I asked Almighty God to love me, He said: Yes I do, I have sacrificed My only begotten son so you can live forever, if you believe in Me.

By the end, I found that all these above answers came from within me, from my conscience, which is in fact the sound of God Himself.

Thanks to God for keeping my conscience alive, sensitive, and full with fear of You all the time. Thank You for loving me and enlightening my life modesty, love, faith and hope. Thank you for all the generous graces that You shower continuously on me, on my family, on my country and on all the people and countries. Thank You for the gift of life.

Merry Christmas.
Elias Bejjani
*Canadian-Lebanese Human Rights activist, journalist and political commentator
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Killing Innocent Children in Connecticute is savagity itself

By: Elias Bejjani

John 11/25.26
“I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will live, even though they die; and those who live and believe in me will never die.

The crazy and criminal shooting that targeted today an elementary school in Connecticute, USA, and caused the killing of 27 people, including 20 students is an act of mere savagity. God bless the souls of the victims and His endless and unlimited mercy be with all those injured to help them recover soon. Our warmest condolences to the families of all the victims and the injured. In hard, sad and difficult times one can not but keel, raise his hand up and pray asking almighty God for mercy, patience and hope.

Elias Bejjani*
Canadian-Lebanese Human Rights activist, journalist and political commentator
Email phoenicia@hotmail.com
Web sites http://www.10452lccc.com & http://www.clhrf.com
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قتل الأطفال الأبرياء هو الوحشية بعينها
الياس بجاني/14 كانون الأول/12/لا يمكن وصف الحادث الدموي والإجرامي الذي وقع اليوم في مدرسة للأطفال، في ولاية كونيتيكت الأمريكية بغير الوحشي، حيث قتل مسلح شاب داخل المدرسة ما يزيد عن 27 شخصاً من بينهم 20 طفلاً. نطلب من الله العلي أن يرحم نفوس الذين قتلوا وأن يمد يد العون والرحمة للجرحى وأن يلهم أهاليهم وأقرباءهم الصبر والسلوان. في الأوقات الصعبة والشديدة القساوة ليس للإنسان من يلجأ إليه سوى الله. فلنركع ونرفع أيدينا نحو السماء ونصلي طالبين منه الرأفة والرحمة والصبر.

Conscience Is The Lord's Voice In Us

By: Elias Bejjani*

Back home, in Lebanon, the land of the holy cedars, our people have this religious saying that recognizes the importance of the conscience for the righteous: "If you do not have shame, do whatever you want." Shame is a feeling that human beings experience when their conscience makes them aware that what they are doing or saying is not righteous.
If you have ever done someone wrong and then found yourself blushing and unable to look that person in the eye, you have experienced the power of the conscience. Conscience has a tremendous power over the spirit to either bring it great strength or to sap it of its power.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines conscience as our moral sense of right and wrong, while Biblically, it is to many, believers the God's voice in their mind.
The Bible teaches that God has placed basic principles of His Law in every person's conscience. "Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them". (Romans 02/14-15).
The conscience operates whether or not the person ever reads the Bible or even has been told anything about God. However, by the constant ignoring of that conscience, the internal voice can be dulled to the point that when evil is done the conscience responds very little or not at all. A conscience in this condition is referred to as a seared conscience. "Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron" (01 Timothy 04/02 )
To be prepared and always ready for facing Almighty God happily on the Day Of Judgment with the needed credits that qualifies us to return to His heavenly mansions, we are ought to keep our conscience alive and functional. Conscience is God's voice that lives in and with us and keeps safeguarding and protecting us from sins via cautioning.
"Beware that your hearts (Conscience) do not become drowsy from carousing (festivities and partying) and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap. For that day will assault everyone who lives on the face of the earth. Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man." (Luke 21/34-36)
What does it mean when we say that a person has no conscience?
It simply indicates that this person does not fear God, abides by no criteria for what is righteous and evil, has no shame, has no feelings, does not count for the consequences and most importantly he lives in the sin slavery. A man who has numbed, dulled or totally killed his conscience does know the truth which is God. '"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (.John 08:32)
In this context, if we allow without any resistance our sickening arrogance, inflated ego, and self-centered thinking to fool and deceive us that we are strong, infallible, mighty, wiser than every body else, above all accountability, and that The Lord can do nothing about our conduct, be good or bad, than we lose ourselves and become an easy prey to the devil's temptations. Such pompous person does not listen to his conscience and intentionally ignores it completely. "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." (Lord's Prayer)
Yes the Lord entirely knows not only our secrets, the depth of our faith, the aims and sorts of our acts, the honesty or dishonesty of our intentions, but also knows very well all our thoughts. He is our loving Father, and like each and every caring and responsible father He wants us to be righteous. He wants us to be the best and to ultimately after our earthly transient journey to back to His own heavenly mansion that He himself has built for us and not any human being.
“Do not let your hearts (conscience) be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am". (John 14/01-03)
He, The Lord, is our conscience, yes, He is. He never abandons us under any given circumstances no matter what, unless we want Him to do so and ask Him to leave when we numb our conscience and stop listening . When we do so, we defy Him and fall into temptations. He, The Lord, the conscience advices and cautions, but it is up to us to either listen and obey or not.

Why The Lord does not force us to do and say what only is righteous? Why He does not entirely control, dominate and run our lives so we do not do any thing that is wrong or sinful?Why He does not interfere and stop us when committing sins?Why He does not prevent us from falling into temptation or defying Him?
The straightforward answer for all these questions is simply because He granted us the full freedom when He "for for us men, and for our salvation, came down from the Heavens, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man; And was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried; And arose again on the third day" (The Creed).
Jesus was crucified to free us from the original sin and to render us free from the yoke of slavery. Therefore we run our life, and our fate and accordingly we are accountable and responsible for the consequences. We face the accountability on the Judgment Day and as long as we are alive and can breath we have the full freedom to follow any track that we freely chose for our life.

Our Father, The Lord, has granted us the freedom to do and say what ever we want, but with a very clear caution of the consequences. His voice in us, the conscience cautions us all the time and all what we have to do is to listen and obey. And because we are free and accountable He does not interfere in more than cautioning and cautioning only.
We, not only MUST always listen to our conscience and obey, but also we have an obligation not be a stumbling block for those whose conscience is weak, as Saint Paul teaches us. "Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall. (01 Corinthians 8/09-13)
In conclusion, for us to be saved from sin, wrongdoings, stumbling, evil temptations and the lust of instincts, we are ought to continuously listen to the conscience that is God's voice and obey.
Elias Bejjani*
Canadian-Lebanese Human Rights activist, journalist and political commentator
Email phoenicia@hotmail.com
Web sites http://www.10452lccc.com & http://www.clhrf.com
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Jamal Al Jaral, A Patriotic & Courageous Lebanese MP

By: Elias Bejjani*

As his educating and clear crystal superb interview with the LBC TV shows, this Lebanese Sunni MP, Jamal Al Jarah proved without a shed of doubt that he is really great in both Knowledge and patriotism. He bravely witnessed for Lebanon and the truth.
Personally, as a Maronite Lebanese Diaspora advocate I did enjoy much his logic, analysis, self respect and love for peace and democracy. I did at the same time admire and hail his appealing intelligence in calling the shots as they are without any cosmetics or cajoling. People like him are real Lebanese soul and heart.

In occupied Lebanon, (the occupier is the Iranian-Syrian Axis of Evil), We need his likes and those real men of his Lebanese caliber to be Lebanon's MP'S, politicians and leaders. Mean while definitely and without any sort of hesitation or any doubt the Lebanese do not want or even dream to have now or in the future any chameleons, opportunist, and heartless Lebanese dignitaries in any position that sadly resemble the derailed Maronite MP, Michael Aoun and the arrogant and pro Axis of Evil Maronite Patriarch, Buchara Al Raei.

In my own modest, but surely extreme Lebanese opinion as a Maronite, and with a peaceful conscience and full conviction believe that if Maronitism (being a Christian Lebanese Maronite) is courage, nationalism, love for Lebanon, sacrifice, championing of freedom, independence and rights, Mr. Jamal Al Jarah the Muslim Sunni Lebanese MP, is a more Maronite than both Maronites Alraei and Aoun.

The free Lebanese from all walks of life and denominations in both Lebanon and Diaspora have a national and ethical obligation to give all the credits that Al Jarah deserves, and the at same time expose the anti Lebanese and pro Axis of Evil stances, rhetoric, advocacy and alliances adopted by Michael Aoun, Al Raei, Bishop Mazloum and all the other 8th of March puppet Christians who are in reality notorious temple merchants.

Al Jarah in his interview listed with documentations, proves and actuality the devastating dangers and hazards of the Iranian armed Shiite Lebanese Militia on every thing that is Lebanese, peace, law, judiciary, coexistence, human rights, equality, freedom, democracy and civilization.
Al Jarah enumerated tens of out law and shameful atrocities from all kinds and on all levels that Hezbollah and his puppets like Michael Aoun and others are blatantly and openly committing, including embezzlement, bribery, stealing the Lebanese institutions, not paying taxes, trafficking, planting and manufacturing all addictive drugs, organized crime, terrorism, planning and executing mercenary assignments as dictated by the Iranian Mullahs all over the world.
According to Al Jarah, Hezbollah does not believe in the Lebanese state or in its constitution, and according directly and indirectly, covertly and overtly is endeavoring via well organized set of schemes to destroy all Lebanon's institutions and totally marginalize its governing bodies.

In regards to the Maronite Christian, MP, Michael and his followers, Al Jarah stated that Hezbollah has bribed Aoun with the telecommunication and the electricity ministries' portfolios where Hezbollah Leadership cover with a blind eye all the stealing, bribery, embezzlement and other outlaw activities that pro Aoun officials commit on daily basis.
In reality, Hezbollah has nothing to do with resistance, liberation or any actual patriotic Lebanese or Arabic causes by any means. Hezbollah is an Iranian militant brigade, a division of Iran's notorious Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guards_Corps). According to dozens of well documented and trustworthy reports, Hezbollah continues to run a vast, well organized and extremely sophisticated global network of drug trafficking, crime, terrorism and arms trafficking, infiltrating many Arab states, Israel, Mexico, Canada, Australia, United States, Europe, South America and numerous previous Islamic states of the USSR.

It Is worth mentioning that Hezbollah's leadership and its mujahedin are totally entrapped in their own world of Iranian denominational fantasies and dogmas. Accordingly, the criteria and standards of what is right and wrong to which they abide, honor and follow are totally set up and shaped by the Iranian mullahs. These anti-democratic and oppressive criteria and standards are continuously manipulated, changed, adjusted and shuffled by the Iranian mullahs to suit their dream of reviving the Persian Empire. Accordingly and due to this twisted psychological and radical Islamic religious training and breeding, Hezbollah's leadership is unpredictable and cannot be trusted by any means. They are blood merchants and sadly their merchandise is the people of Lebanon, including their own community members. They do not care who starves or even who dies. They have no actual or permanent allies or friends, only hired and temporary followers and mercenaries, who have been bought with the Iranian petrodollar "Clean Money".
In conclusion Al Jarah emphasized that Lebanon can not by any way reclaim its confiscated independence, freedom, sovereignty, endangered coexistence and actual identity as long as the terrorist Hezbollah remains armed, running his own ministate, fully controlling the country's decision making process by force and intimidation while holding with a monopoly grip on the war and peace decision.
Click Here To Listen the Thursday LCCC Lebanese news bulletin and to 40 minutes of MP, Jamal Al Jarah's Arabic Interview the subject of this above editorial
http://www.clhrf.com/audio%20phoenicia%20news%2012/news29.11.12.jarah.wma


Elias Bejjani*
Canadian-Lebanese Human Rights activist, journalist and political commentator
Email phoenicia@hotmail.com
web sites http://www.10452lccc.com & http://www.clhrf.com
Mailing phoenicia group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Phoenicia/
Elias Bejjani's Face Book site http://www.facebook.com/home.php






N/B: In Arabic below: The headlines of MP, Jarah's Interview
النائب اللبناني جمال الجرّاح: جرأة وصدق وشهادة للحق وتعرية لحزب الله وعون
بالصوت/قسم كبير من مقابلة اليوم من ال بي سي مع النائب جمال الجراح/أهم الأخبار29 تشرين الثاني/12

http://www.clhrf.com/audio%20phoenicia%20news%2012/news29.11.12.jarah.wma
ما يلي أهم عناوينها/الأزمات في لبنان هي بتسلط السلاح والاغتيالات السياسية والفساد الذي يمارسه الفريق الأخر/هل التهريب عبر المرفأ وصفقات الكبتاغون والأجنحة العسكرية هي أزمات خارجية/النائب زهرا كان موضع ترحيب من المجلس التشريعي الفلسطيني، وحمل رسائل من المجلس ومن هنية لرئيس حزب القوات/خلال عامين قدرت خسارتنا من كرت كلام بـ200 مليون دولار بسبب وجود الوزير نقولا صحناوي/خسرنا مئات ملايين الدولارات بسبب وجود وزير الطاقة جبران باسيل الذي لا يريد الإعتراف بالقانون ولا بهيئة ناظمة لقطاع الكهرباء/منطق الحوار غير موجود عند فريق 8 آذار/يتوجب عل حزب الله وفريقه تسليم المتهمين باغتيال الحريري ووقف التهريب عن المرفأ وتوقيف مصانع كبتاغون والأدوية الفاسدة وعدم قطع طريق المطار/حكومة القمصان السوداء فشلت في الموضوع السياسي والموضوع الامني وحجبت داتا الاتصالات وتسببت باغتيال اللواء الحسن/واجب ميقاتي الوطني الاستقالة/اعتصام آل المقداد اليوم يأتي من خلال منطق إسقاط الدولة المستمر/لسنا مع قطع الطرقات كما لسنا مع الخطف ولا الاجنحة العسكرية/نحن مع منطق الدولة وان لا يكون هناك سلاح بيد اي فريق، بل ان يكون سلاح الجيش اللبناني هو السلاح الوحيد في البلد، وان يكون هناك قضاء/القضاء أمام تحد كبير في موضوع ميشال سماحة وفي قضايا أخرى/استغرب اتهام عون للقوات والكتائب بأنهم يقبضون الاموال من تيار المستقبل/الفسحة المتروكة لعون في بعض وزاراته من قبل حزب الله هي الرشوة الحقيقية للتيار الوطني الحر، ومن يرتشي في لبنان هو التيار الوطني الحر عبر وزرائه، لان حزب الله سمح لهم بالاتصالات والطاقة، والبقية لدى حزب الله/هناك طرف في لبنان لا يريد إقامة دولة، ويعتبر ان من اغتال الحسن والحريري ويحمي المتهمين لا يقوم بفتنة، ومن يحمي المتهم بمحاولة اغتال الشيخ بطرس حرب لا يقوم بفتنة، ومن يتهمنا بالعمالة لا يشعل الفتنة/من يقوم بالفتنة في نظرهم هو سمير جعجع لانه لم يمت في محاولة الاغتيال/



اضغط هنا لقراءة ملخص مقابلة النائب الجراح من ضمن نشرة أخبار المنسقية العربية ليوم 30 تشرين الثاني/12
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Aoun, Al Raei & their supporters are occupied with Samir Geagea's Ghost

Enough stupidity and hatred in Lebanon and for all those who are politically inclined from all walks of life, and especially the Maronite Christians.

He who does not like Dr. Samir  Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces party or his political choices or alliances let him compete with him democratically, peacefully, politically, patriotically, nationally and form a *Bachirist genuine Lebanese party that is pure Lebanese and not to stupidly join Hezbollah and the Axis of Evil as did MP, *Micheal Aoun and the *Maronite Patriarch Buchara Al Raei.

Geagea is not our cause, and he is not Lebanon. But a servant to this cause and he is honestly doing all his obligations very well no matter if on personal basis we like him or not. Sadly those Aounits and those who are defending *Patriarch Buchara Al Raei's Axis of Evil stances and rhetoric have no cause, but are overwhelmed with hating Geagea because of inferiority complexes and unintelligently on the basis of negativism doing just the opposite for what ever he does or says.

Lebanon will go on to exist and survive after Geagea and after every body else. What we need as Lebanese is awareness not hatred and grudges. Aoun and Al Raei are not serving our cause but motivated by hatred and grudges and sadly their disease became infectious.

Their all focus is on the ghost Geagea as they envisage him Enough stupidity and confusion before it is too late and before we lose Lebanon to the Iranian Mullahs who already occupy the country and control its decision making process through their terrorist army, Hezbollah.

Background
* Bachirists are the followers of Bachir Gemayel, who is a Maronite Martyr and elected president. He was elected president in 1982, but did not assume his responsibilities because the Axis of Evil forces assassinated him few weeks after his election.Bachir Gemayel (Arabic: Bashīr al-Ghimayal, also Romanized al-Jumayyil, El Gemaiel, Joomayyeel; 10 November 1947 – 14 September 1982) was a Lebanese politician, militia commander, and president-elect. He was a senior member of the Phalange party and the commander of the Lebanese Forces militia amid the first several years of the Lebanese Civil War (1975–90). He was elected president on 23 August 1982 while the country was torn by civil war and occupied by both Israel and Syria. He was assassinated on 14 September 1982, along with 26 others, when a bomb exploded in the Beirut headquarters of the Phalange. The bomb was planted by Habib Tanious Shartouni.The FBI blamed the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.

*Patriarch Buchara Al Raei, Is the Maronite Patriarch and was elected almost two years ago. He openly deviated from all the Maronite national and Lebanese convictions and sided with the Axis of Evil.

*Michael Aoun is a Maronite MP and an ex Army chief,. He gained his popularity through his anti the Axis of Evil policies, but after his return to Lebanon in 2005 from his French exile. negated all his stances and became a mouthpiece and puppet

*Elias Bejjani
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Michael Aoun's Evil Blindness Is His Own Choice

Sadly, the Lebanese, Maronite Christian MP, Micheal Aoun, the Syrian-Iranian puppet and the notorious derailed Trojan horse politician has become totally electively blind, not only in his physical vision, but also in his mind, heart and conscience. This politically selfish merchant declared boldly and without any kind of shame or self-respect that there are no outlaw zones (security zones) in Lebanon.
"Aoun: There are border regions that don't enjoy sovereignty. There are no security zones and those who committed violations on the airport road were arrested and put in jail,” he noted. (Naharnet, November 20/12)
He is so psychologically blind that he no longer sees the Hezbollah mini-state, the Palestinians, Ahmad Jebriel's Syrian military camps in Nahme, Helwa, Kousaya, Kfarzabed, Yanta, Dair Al Ghazal and Sultan Yacoub, or the 12 Palestinian armed camps, or even the Ali Eid's mini- al-Assad Baathist armed state in Tripoli (North Lebanon) among many others spread all over occupied Lebanon.
Yes, Lebanon is occupied because the country is not independent or free under any given rational criteria or laws due to the fact that the Axis of Evil Syrian and Iranian armed terrorists fully control its decision making process and entirely run all its governmental institutions, including its armed forces, cabinet and judiciary.
Aoun is blind by choice to an extent that he is not any more mentally oriented to be capable of recognizing in his very sick and opportunist mind that all these outlaw areas are not under legitimate Lebanese control or authority. Aoun really needs to see a psychiatrist, because his blindness is selective and physical.
The national Lebanese dilemma is no longer linked to this man who is ready to sell and trade anything for his own personal gain, but in the subservient mentality of many Lebanese Christians who follow Aoun wherever he goes and support him in any rhetoric or policies that he decides on no matter what the consequences are deluded.

Unfortunately Aoun has poisoned and corrupted the minds of his supporters and killed in them all critical abilities, discretion and initiatives. They follow him blindly and think that he knows everything and is superior in his vision and future prospects to theirs.
One might ask why all these Lebanese Christian citizens from all walks of life still see in Aoun a redeemer in spite of all his chameleon, pro-Axis of Evil rhetoric, crystal clear anti-Lebanese stances, narcissism and demagoguery?
The disappointing answer lies in the fact that all the other Christian leaders and parties, including the Maronite Patriarch, Bchara Al Raei, are worse than Aoun in all domains and are not seen by the majority of the Lebanese Christians as genuine patriotic substitutes. In reality, the shameful political records of these anti-Aoun politicians are so blemished and even considerably more rotten than those of Aoun.
It is very obvious that that the Lebanese in general, and the Lebanese Christians in particular need to produce new leadership to replace those who have failed in accordance with all national and ethical standards. The current bunch of Lebanese politicians from all denominations and ideologies have seriously failed to represent the Lebanese ambitions, address their fears and to propose solid plans to tackle the country’s hardships and problems.
It is worth mentioning that due to the devastating war in Gaza and because of Hezbollah's occupation of all Lebanon, an open conflict could be replicated between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iranian terrorist proxy organization, at any time.
In the same context one wonders about what is keeping the European countries from putting Hezbollah on their terrorist lists. This European stance has to be decided ASAP to join ongoing global anti terrorism efforts spearheaded by the USA, Canada and Australia. The same applies to all the Arabic countries where Hezbollah is acting as an Iranian armed proxy to destabilize their peace and instigate chaos especially that many of these countries are now seeing in Iran as the actual existential threat and not Israel.

Meanwhile, Lebanon will not regain its independence, sovereignty, peace, stability and freedom before forging a fair and long-lasting peace accord with Israel as was the situation with Jordan and Egypt. Such an accord will put an end to the ongoing schemes of those fanatical Arabists, terrorists, jihadists and others who have been using Lebanon since the early seventies, against the will of the majority of its people, as a terrorist battle field to wage camouflaged and deceitful wars against Israel. These terrorists, the PLO, and the Arabists between 1975 till 1982 and the Iranian Hezbollah Shiite militia since then are the actual Lebanese problem.
*Elias Bejjani
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Martyr Pierre Amin Gemayel Six Years After His Martyrdom

By: Elias Bejjani*
John 15/12-13: " My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you. The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them"
Today, in East Beirut - Lebanon, the Lebanese Maronite faithful and patriotic Gemayel family, Al Kataeb Party and all the Free and patriotic Lebanese from all walks of life remembered one of Lebanon's great young martyrs, MP, Sheik Pierre Amin Gemayel
Martyr Pierre was brutally and cowardly assassinated by the Axis of Evil Assassins six years ago on 21.11.2006. The same Axis of Evil that at the present time and since the early seventies still occupying Lebanon and controling its decision making process through murder, terrorism, force, corruption and sorts of embezzlement.
Today, a holy mass was held on the occasion chaired by the great Maronite Patriarch, Mar Nasrallah Sfier and attended by the Gemayel Family,officials, politicians and supporters. The Martyr's father Ex-President Amin Gemayel gave a speech after the mass in which he renewed the solid oath to fight peacefully for regaining Lebanon's independence, freedom and sovereignty. Martyr Pierre is survives by his wife Patricia and his two sons, Amin and Alexander.

As patriotic Lebanese who strongly believe in our holy right to live free, in a free and independent Lebanon with dignity and faith and will as aleays not allow any power to take this right from us. We promise Pierre and all our martyrs to keep on standing tall as Lebanon's blessed Cedars. We promise them that our journey for liberating the country shall go on without any hesitation or fear, no matter what the obstacles or sacrifices will be.
Lebanon for the past 7000 years had with faith and perseverance defeated all hardships, obstecles, difficulties and national disasters. With courage and martyrdom the Lebanese people crushed all occupiers, invaders and tyrants. All of them departed and were forced to leave with humiliation and disgrace. The fate of the current Syrian-Iranian Axis of Evil occupier shalll be the same by God's; defeat and shame.
Because an end must be forced on the Axis Of Evil, the Syrian, Iranian and Hezbollah terrorists to stop their murderous series of brutal assassination that is targeting our patriotic Lebanese politicians, intellectuals, officials and leaders, we call on the 14th of March patriotic Lebanese Coalition to get out of all traps of cowardice and deception, witness for the truth, declare loudly and courageously matters as they are, and defend our holy Lebanon's freedom, independence, sovereignty, multi culturalism and coexistence

The leaders of this coalition are required to stand tall like Lebanon's cedars and to immediately start to act as real men, not puppets and chameleons. They are required to bravely take the following steps and measures:
1- In reality the Axis of Evil countries, militias, parties, gangs and professional murders (Syria, Iran, Hezbollah, the 8th of March Lebanese Collision and many others) do not understand any peaceful or human languages. They understand the only and one language of force and deterrence, accordingly this is the language that is needed to communicate with them.

2- To stop immediately ruminating their shameful lie that underestimates the knowledge, martyrdom and intelligence of the Lebanese people. The lie that falsely says Hezbollah has liberated South Lebanon in year 2000. In actuality Hezbollah did not liberate South Lebanon in 2000, but on the contrary forced thousands of its peaceful and patriotic residents to escape and take sanctuary in neighbouring Israel because of Hezbollah's criminal threats and terrorism rhetoric. All the sane Lebanese know this fact very well, as well as the Arab countries and the whole world. The 14th of March Coalition is ought to stop uttering this big lie of liberation in a bid to regain the trust of the Lebanese people and the free world..
3- The 14th of March coalition hesitant and scared politicians, intellectuals, parties and organizations are required to stop their disgusting dhimmitude and to take courageous and national clear approaches with no personal calculation of gains and loses. Lebanon can not be liberated from the Axis of Evil Axis with fear and cowardice.

4- The Axis Of Evil Syrian Iranian terrorists in Lebanon schemes must be stopped because they are destroying not only the country, but also the morals of the people. A very bad role model for every thing that is evil
With all the Lebanese people who hail freedom, rights and dignity we pray for the rest of the souls of Lebanon's martyrs and for the liberation of occupied Lebanon.

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Background
Lebanese Christian leader killed
Tuesday, 21 November 2006
Pierre Gemayel, a leading anti-Syrian Lebanese minister and Maronite Christian leader, has been killed in the capital, Beirut. Mr Gemayel, 34, was shot in his car in a Christian suburb and rushed to hospital, where he died. His death comes amid a political crisis in Lebanon, following the resignation of six pro-Syrian cabinet members. Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said such killings would not intimidate the country. "Assassinations will not terrorise us," he told a press conference. "We will not let the criminal killers control our fate." Three days of nationwide mourning for Pierre Gemayel will be observed in Lebanon beginning on Wednesday, with his funeral due to be held on Thursday. Mr Gemayel, minister for industry, was a member of the Phalange Party and the son of former President Amin Gemayel.
At least three gunmen rammed Mr Gemayel's car with their vehicle before spraying it with gunfire and shooting Mr Gemayel at point blank range, Reuters news agency quoted witnesses as saying. Television pictures from the scene of the killing in the Jdaideh neighbourhood showed Mr Gemayel's car peppered with bullet holes and with its bonnet crumpled. Throngs of angry supporters of Mr Gemayel gathered at the hospital where he was taken, some crying and screaming. Speaking to the crowds there, Amin Gemayel appealed for calm. "I call on all those who appreciate Pierre's martyrdom to preserve his cause and for all of us to remain at the service of Lebanon. We don't want reactions and revenge," he said. As news of the killing spread, streets emptied and the Lebanese army deployed at key areas across and just outside the capital, the BBC's Beirut correspondent Kim Ghattas reported. Protests were reported in Christian areas of Beirut, as well as in the Christian town of Zahle in eastern Lebanon and in Mr Gemayel's hometown of Bikfaya, east of the capital. BBC Middle East correspondent Jeremy Bowen says that this assassination will re-awaken Lebanon's worst fear, the fear of a return to civil war, because it seems to have been designed to inflame sectarian tensions at a time when Lebanon was already going through a profound political crisis. The news of the killing was confirmed by Saad Hariri, the son of the country's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was himself killed last year in a huge blast. On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council approved plans for a special international tribunal to try those accused of killing the former prime minister in 2005. A recent UN report implicated Syria in Rafik Hariri's death, although Syria has denied involvement. Saad Hariri, who is also the leader of the anti-Syrian coalition which has a majority in parliament, accused Damascus of being behind the killing of Mr Gemayel as well. "The Cedar Revolution is under attack...Today one of our main believers in a free democratic Lebanon has been killed. We believe the hand of Syria is all over [this]," he told CNN. Syria denounced Mr Gemayel's assassination, calling it a "despicable crime". Western condemnation of Mr Gemayel's murder was swift. US President George W Bush called for a full investigation to identify "those people and those forces" behind the killing. Mr Bush reiterated Washington's support for Mr Siniora's government, saying he supported the Lebanese people's "efforts to defend their democracy against attempts by Syria, Iran and allies to foment instability and violence in that important country". UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday's killing was "completely without any justification at all. "We condemn this murder utterly."

Elias Bejjani
Canadian-Lebanese Human Rights activist, journalist and political commentator
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God Bless The New Coptic Pope Tawdros

By: Elias Bejjani
With great joy, faith, hope and thanks to the gracious Almighty God, we extend our genuine and heartily felt Congratulation to the Egyptian Coptic Christians and to all Coptic communities and congregations all over the world for the blessed heavenly choice of their new blessed Pope, Tawdros.
It is worth mentioning that the faithful Egyptian Christians are like Saint Peter, a Godly rock and a role model for all that is peace, faith, endurance, forgiveness, love, martyrdom, and tolerance. No Christian community in any country or era for the last 2012 years have endured cruel persecution, hardships and all kind of hatred and rejection atrocities more than the Coptic's in Egypt did. But because of their deeply rooted Christian faith they stood tall, refused to convert or abandon Jesus' great grace of being Christians.
The Coptic historical on going struggle and fights were never faced and fought by earthly and evil weapons, but with mere peaceful means, love, forgiveness and martyrdom.
As was the Coptic faith strong, rocky and Godly during the early years of Christianity, it is still the same nowadays, and definitely shall never ever wither or get weaker.
The Coptic Church was a rock of faith and genuine Christianity, and by God's will shall remain so under the wise and holy leadership of Pope Tawdros, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Blessed are you Pope Tawdros. You are God's choice to guard and protect your Church and people.

You are the good Sheppard who knows his people and his people knows him.

Almighty God has entrusted you with the apostolic mission of witnessing for Him, We will pray that you shall be capable to carry on this mission with modesty, love, success and openness.

Elias Bejjani
Canadian-Lebanese Human Rights activist, journalist and political commentator
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Background
Egypt's Coptic church names Tawdros as new pope

By REUTERS 11/04/2012 12:06 Bishop Tawdros replaces Pope Shenouda III who died in March; many look to pope to ensure Christian voice is heard in Egypt. Photo: Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

CAIRO - The Coptic Orthodox church chose a new pope, Bishop Tawdros, on Sunday to lead the Middle East's biggest Christian community after dramatic political changes in Egypt swept Islamists to power.In a sumptuous ritual filled with prayer, chants and incense at Abbasiya cathedral in Cairo, the 60-year-old bishop's name was picked by a blindfolded child from a glass bowl in which the names of two other candidates had also been placed. Tawadros replaces Pope Shenouda III who led the church for four decades until he died in March aged 88. Many will look to the new pope to ensure the voice of Christians, who have long complained of discrimination in Egypt, are heard.

In a ritual steeped in tradition and filled with prayer, chants and incense at Abbasiya cathedral in Cairo, the names of three candidates chosen in a vote were placed in a wax sealed glass bowl, and a child pulls out one name at random. Copts believe this long-established process ensures that worldly influences do not determine the successor to Pope Shenouda III, who led the church for four decades until he died in March aged 88. Many Christians in Egypt, who make up about a tenth of the population of 83 million, are worried by political gains made by Islamists since Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year. They have long complained of discrimination in Muslim-majority Egypt. "We pray that our Lord chooses a good shepherd," interim Pope Bakhomious, who has temporarily held the post since Shenouda's death, said in his gold-embroidered white robes after placing the names in the bowl and sealing it with hot red wax.

"We are all witnesses before the Lord," he told the congregation in the packed cathedral in the centre of Cairo, where priests swung censers that wafted incense into the air.

The other two candidates were: Bishop Rafael, a 54-year old who qualified as a doctor before entering the priesthood and Father Rafael Afamena, a 70-year old monk who studied law before entering the priesthood. Voters whittled the candidates down to three from a field which included leading members of the church, public figures and a handful of representatives of the Ethiopian Church, which has historic links to the church in Egypt. That ballot was held last week.Echoing the worries of many of Egypt's Copts, shopkeeper Michael George said before the service: "Christians fear the Islamists' rule especially because their presence is encouraging radicals to act freely."Since Mubarak was ousted, there have been several attacks on churches by radical Islamists. Those incidents have fuelled longstanding complaints that Christians are sidelined in the workplace and in law. Rules that make it harder to obtain official permission to build a church rather than a mosque have added to those fears.

The Muslim Brotherhood, the mainstream Islamist movement that propelled President Mohamed Mursi to power, has sworn to guard the rights of Christians in the overwhelmingly majority Sunni Muslim nation

Ask Almighty God And You Shall Be Granted What You Ask For

By: Elias Bejjani*
"If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink". (John 07/37)
No matter what we ask Almighty God for in our prayers, He definitely shall listen attentively to our requests and respond in the time, way, mode and manner that He sees with His great wisdom and love good, fair and appropriate for us. If we fully trust in Him, obey His Commands, and pray with faith and sincerity, there is no doubt that He will hear and come to our rescue when we call on Him.

Almighty God always responds to our prayers, but because of our very limited human intellectual capabilities, we do not entirely understand or grasp how we were helped, when and where. "You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it. "(Matthew 21/22)
It is very true that Almighty God knows not only about all our acts and conduct, but also, He is fully aware all the time of all our thoughts and intentions. He knows what our needs are, and also what we want before asking Him, but still He wants us to take the initiative, talk to Him, share with Him, let Him know what we need and most importantly fully trust in Him.

He is a loving Father and we are His children. A loving father will always listen to His children and give them all that He has. Even bad and evil fathers give their children all what they ask for and need, if these fathers have in their possession what their children are asked for. "Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone" (Matthew 7/9). "If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him" (Matthew 7/11)

Some people and because of their lack of faith and hope might question, defy, argue and say, if God truly is our loving Father and knows all that much about us, then why we even should ask Him for what we need, or bother to pray for Him? They blindly continue to say, If He is our father then He has the duty and obligation to provide us with all our needs without any terms, conditions or praying rituals.

Wrong thinking, wrong approach and wrong attitude. Our Father wants to be sure that we His children truly love him and that we are always fear Him in all what we do, think or say. He wants us to be respectful, loving, forgiving, modest, sincere, transparent, helpful, friendly, obedient, generous and share with Him all our burdens, hardships and fears. He wants us to ask Him for all that we need. "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you" (Matthew 07/07"

The answer to this kind of futile and childish thinking is very simple and comes under the broad title of freedom. God granted us full freedom through His crucifixion and gave us the free choice of either to follow His commandments in both acts and rhetoric, or to do other wise, follow the devil's temptations and live as sinners.

This gracious and unlimited freedom will end and expire on the Judgment Day when we shall be either rewarded or punished according to our life time span acts and works. "Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest". (Matthew 11/28)

Almighty God, our loving Father wants us to obey Him in a bid to be qualified to return to His heaven. "And receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him"(01 John 3/22). "My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit". (Isaiah 65/14)

Those of us who do not obey are punished and thrown in hell to pay for their disobedience and sinful earthly life. "But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 8/12). "The wicked man will see and be vexed, he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing." (Psalm 112/10)

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

"I love the Lord, because he hears me; he listens to my prayers. He listens to me every time I call to him". (Psalm 116/01-02)

In conclusion, we are God's children. He gave us the freedom to maintain this parental holy bondage in a bid to return to His heavenly mentions, or to break this bondage, abandon it, follow our sinful instincts, and give up the eternal life to end in hell. Because He is a loving and caring Father He is always ready to listen and respond to our prayers. So let us pray and pray with, joy, faith, hope and trust.

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" (0I Thessalonians 5/16 and 18/16).

All what we need to do is to ask Him for our needs and put our burdens on His shoulders and no evil thing can effect or control us. "What shall we then say to these things, If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Romans.08/31".

Elias Bejjani
Canadian-Lebanese Human Rights activist, journalist and political commentator
Email phoenicia@hotmail.com
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Patriarch Al Raei is an active Partner in the Scheme of stealing Christian Land in Lebanon

By: Elias Bejjani
What a shame and what an evil conduct. Our Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Bchara Al Raei is apparently worshiping power and earthly materials. He is not only keeping a blind eye on Hezbollah's scheme to confiscate the Lebanese Christian land (real estate properties) all over Lebanon via mere terrorism and petro dollar temptations and tactics.

No not only that, but he is personally playing a very active role in this Iranian Mullahs' expansionism scheme. The latest scandal in this evil realm was aired on the MTV yesterday. The Lebanese/Arabic report aired confirmed with solid proves and live statements by local witnesses that Al Raei is renting Maronite Church pieces of land with very low fees to a very suspicious thug of merciless merchants and pro Hezbollah groups in the heart of the Lebanese Christian area of Kesrwan, and specifically in Al Gynieh mountainous Al Jerd Maronite town.
According to the report, the towns' residents, municipality officials and dignitaries are seriously planning to abort this scheme by all means . The report exposed Al Rae's vicious and anti Christian role.

We, Strongly believe that the Lebanese Maronites in both Lebanon and Diaspora are urgently and immediately required to take this bold and very scary atrocity to the Pope and to the Eastern Vatican Council before it is too late because it direly threatens their own entity, existence, history and future.

This man, Al Raei is currently in India for a one week tour, although no Maronites or Maronite congregations do exist in this country. He must be stopped and immediately and the renting contracts be revoked.

It is time to say no, a big and loud no for all the derailed activities, stances, collisions, conducts and insults that our Maronite Patriarch, Al Raei is committing. His acts are open insults to all our Martyrs and to the essence and core of our holy and blessed Lebanon, the unique and distinctive country. The peace and coexistence message and the role model to the whole word.
Say no and say it loudly with no fear or compromises before Lebanon is Iranized. Definitely history will not have mercy on all those Lebanese who do not take the right stances in the right time and right manner. History's bin will be waiting for all those who keep a blind eye on this existential threat.

God and Virgin Merry safeguard Lebanon from the all the mercenaries and the temple merchants.


Click on the below Lebanese- Arabic links to watch and listen to what actually is going on Vedio/ http://mtv.com.lb/Special_Reports/Ghineh_Scandal_19_Sep_2012
http://216.18.20.116/elias1.events/elias%20raei%20koufer20.09.12.wma

My Arabic editorial addresing this atrocity Audio and text
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http://www.10452lccc.com/elias%20arabic11/elias.disasterland20.09.12.htm
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http://216.18.20.116/elias1.events/elias%20raei%20koufer20.09.12.wma

Elias Bejjani
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Bad Movie, But also Very Bad Reaction

By: Elias Bejjani

No one sane or actual faithful in the whole world who honestly believes in human rights, democracy, values the humane life and freedom of speech can agree or accept the angry and bloody demonstrations and riots that unfolded in Libya, Egypt and other Muslim countries in response to a film by a U.S. producer that mocks and insults the Muslim's Prophet Muhammad.
The movie, "Innocence of Muslims," was directed and produced by an American real-estate developer who characterized it as a political effort to call attention to "the hypocrisies of Islam", as he alleged. It has been promoted by Terry Jones, the Florida pastor whose burning of Qurans previously sparked deadly riots around the world.
We strongly believe that the film in question was an unwise, stupid, and a merely provocative one. The producer identified a problem as he stated, but in reality he did not do any good to tackle this problem, on the contrary he made it much worse.
If he really was genuine in his approach of problem solving, he would have utilized the millions of dollars that were spent on the film to help his own people in Israel and in other countries. Definitely declaring a war via a provocative movie on another religion that fosters hatred and widens divisions is not by any means a solution and will never be.
In the same realm this is not the right way for the Libyan people to show their gratitude for the USA who with all its military mighty and economic capabilities helped in freeing them from the butcher and dictator Muammar al-Qadhafi and his family
This savage reaction that took three American innocent lives at the American embassy in Libya is extremely impulsive and does not benefit Libya or its people who after years of oppression are now enjoying freedom because of the American - Western help. The same argument and rule applies to Egypt too.

Definitely this bloody and uncalculated reaction in Libya and Egypt will make the Western world more hesitant in helping the Syrian people to oust al-Assad dictatorship regime. Here and because of this bloody and Stone Age reaction the Syrian people will be forced to suffer more and more without any Western military help to end their misery.

This is not the first such religious based bloody disaster, and definitely it would not be the last unless the actual deeply rooted problem is identified and treated with openness, knowledge and courage. Accordingly, one might ask where the dilemma of such evil and murderous actions and reactions lie? The answer lies totally in the context of education, reality, and tolerance.
The most vital part of the solution lies within the hands and boundaries of the Muslim countries and the Muslims. They MUST understand once and forever that the Western secular, free and democratic countries have different concepts from their own in regards to freedom, democracy, religions, religious rituals and religious figures.
These differences that they are not yet able to accept and live with are governed by laws that ensure and protects them. Those Westerns, officials, journalists, religious figures, citizens etc. who breach these laws are dealt with through the judiciary systems, and not by bloody attacks, Jihad, intimidations, riots or threats.
Another vital reality that MUST be totally assimilated by the Muslim countries and Muslims is that the entire secular countries in the whole world recognize no such Muslim Sharia laws as apostasy and blasphemy that Muslim countries enforce. So the criteria and standards for what is a taboo, holy and righteous, are totally different between the Western world and the Muslim countries.

Accordingly, the right, productive and effective means for Muslim countries and Muslims be individuals or groups to protest any western anti-Islamic policies, acts, movie, books, articles, studies, pictures etc. is through the Western judiciary system and its well known procedures.
Definitely burning Western flags, attacking Western embassies, assassinating Christians or Jews anywhere in the world, burning churches or hijacking airplanes etc. is not the solution or the deterrence for any anti-Islamic rhetoric or acts. On the contrary such acts hurt those who execute them and portrays them as outlaws.
Based on all of the above we strongly condemn the production of the USA movie "Innocence of Muslims", due to the bare fact that it will not achieve anything that is good, but at the same time we condemn more the bloody riots that took innocent lives and which will also foster the hatred and grudges.
In conclusion, the remedy for such ongoing religious fatal and futile confrontations is more openness, more education, more awareness, more tolerance and more living realities not fantasies
Elias Bejjani
Canadian-Lebanese Human Rights activist, journalist and political commentator
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بشير الجميل حي بعد 30 سنة على اغتياله وقادة أموات وهم أحياء

بشير الجميل حي بعد 30 سنة على اغتياله وقادة أموات وهم أحياء

بقلم/الياس بجاني*
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لأن الحق هو الله الذي لا يموت ولأن الشر هو ابليس الذي لا يقدر أن ينتصر على الخير تحت أي ظرف نرى بوضوح تام وبعد 30 سنة على اغتيال الحلم، بشير الجميل، أنه هو لا يزال حياً في روحية وحراك القضية التي رفع شعارها وقدم نفسه قرباناً على مذبحها، فيما رتل من القيادات الزمنية والدينية وكثر منهم كانوا مؤيدين له وفي نفس خطه الوطني والسياسي هم أموات رغم أن الله لم يسترد منهم بعد نعمة الروح كونهم ابتعدوا عن خالقهم ولا يخافونه وكفروا بلبنان وبإنسانه وتحولوا إلى تجار دم.

على خلفية فكر وشجاعة وشفافية وصراحة وحلم بشير يمكننا القول معه وبصوت عال وجهور، أنه مجرم وقاتل وزنديق ومارق كل من يؤيد أو يدافع عن الرئيس السوري الأسد الذي يقتل شعبه ويريد أن يحكمه بقوة السلاح والبطش والإرهاب. هذا الرجل هو دراكولا أي مصاص دماء، ويكون على شاكلته كل من حتى يقف موقفاً محايداً من إجرامه.

ومع بشير القضية نقول، هو مجرم وقاتل وزنديق كل من يقف ضد العدالة في لبنان ويتستر على إجرام أوباش الأسد والملالي من الميليشيات والمرتزقة والمأجورين والصنوج والطبول وممتهني الاغتيالات والفوضى والمافياوية وتجار المقاومة والممانعة والتحرير.
ومع الباش بشير نقول، مجرم ومنافق وزنديق كل من يحاول التعمية على الجريمة الكبرى التي كان النظام السوري بطريقة إلى تنفيذها من خلال الإبليسي ميشال سماحة. ونعم في خانة وضيعة ومنحطة نضع وزير العدل اللبناني أن لم يمارس كل ما هو مطلوب منه قانونياً ومعه وفي نفس الخانة نضع الحكومة اللبنانية وكل رجال القضاء والسياسيين والمسؤولين والقياديين ورجال الدين والمواطنين الذين يعطلون إحقاق الحق وتبيان الحقيقة والاقتصاص من ميشال سماحة وغيره من المتورطين في المؤامرة القذرة من لبنانيين وسوريين وغيرهم.

وفي ذكرى انتخاب البشير رئيساً نقول معه أيضاً، ويل لأمة لا تخاف الله فيما تقول وتعمل ولا تحترم الشهداء من بنيها وتتاجر وتساوم على تضحياتهم وكراماتهم ويمتهن قادتها ورجال أديانها والمسؤولين فيها عاهات الذمية والتقية والإستزلام والنرسيسية.

تعود بنا الذاكرة إلى 30 سنة مضت باعتزاز وفخر وإيمان وعرفان بالجميل مع شكر الرب على كل نعمه وعطاياه. تعود بنا الذاكرة إلى انتخاب قائد المقاومة اللبنانية الشيخ بشير بيار الجميل رئيساً للجمهورية اللبنانية في 23 آب 1982 . نتذكر ولا ننسى ولا يجب أن ننسى في المناسبة هذه أن نقارن بموضوعية وصدق وشفافية بين ممارسات وفكر وعناد وشجاعة ومواقف وتقوى بشير وبين ممارسات وأقوال ومواقف وجبن غالبية القيادات المارونية الحالية تحديداً.
ونحن نسترجع حقبة بشير المشرّفة في ذاكرتنا ووجداننا والضمائر نطلب لنفسه الطاهرة الراحة الأبدية ونلعن في نفس الوقت أيام المحل والانحطاط الأخلاقي والوطني والسياسي التي وصلنا إليها حيث بات حضور غالبية القادة الموارنة روحيين وزمنين ومسؤولين هو غياب بعد أن امتهنوا التقية والذمية والخنوع وفضلوا بوقاحة المصالح الشخصية على المصلحة العامة فانتهوا مهمشين وتابعين لا يُحسب لهم حساباً ولا يجدون من يثق بهم ويحترمهم أو يأخذهم في عين الاعتبار حتى بين أهل بيتهم وأبناء طائفتهم.
إلا أنه ورغم السواد القاتم الذي يحيط بمصداقية وإيمان وثبات غالبية القيادات المارونية واللبنانية الحالية لا يمكننا إلا أن نرى الأمل في شباب لبنان السياديين الملتزمين بسيادة وحرية وكرامة واستقلال وطن الأرز رغم كل الصعاب والشدائد والتحديات والمكائد.
إن الفرق شاسع وعلى كل المستويات بين القيادات المارونية الحالية تحديداً وبين البشير ومعه كوكبة القياديين التاريخيين الذين كانوا عماد الجبهة اللبنانية. الفرق ببساطة هو في أطر وأسس مفهوم القضية اللبنانية. قادة اليوم الصغار في قاماتهم الوطنية يتاجرون بالقضية والهوية والتاريخ ويفصلون كل شيء على ما يتناسب مع مصالحهم وأطماعهم وطموحاتهم وأحقادهم وجنونهم وأرصدتهم، في حين أن البشير وقادة الجبهة اللبنانية كانوا جنود أوفياء للقضية ولكرامة الإنسان اللبناني عن إيمان خالص ولم يكن عندهم أي زغل أو غش أو نفاق أو جبن وكانوا دائماً على استعداد كامل للاستشهاد بفرح من أجل عزة وكرامة وطن الأرز وحريته وسيادته واستقلاله.
نحزن اليوم عندما نرى القيادات المارونية الزمنية والروحية الحالية تخاف المجاهرة بمواقفها الحقة، فتتجابن وتساير وتساوم وتماشي الشر والأشرار وتتخلى عن شهداء وأبطال القضية، لا بل تهجر القضية بكل مكوناتها من هوية وتاريخ ونضالات وتخجل بها وبالشهداء.

نحزن عندما لا نسمع صوتا واحدا لا دينياً ولا زمنياً يدافع بجرأة عن حق وكرامة أهلنا الأشراف والوطنيين والضحايا الذين اجبروا على الهرب إلى إسرائيل سنة ألفين، وعن مصير المئات من أحرارنا المغيبين قسراً في سجون الأسد النازية. نحزن ونحن نرى أراضي المسيحيين بما فيها أملاك كنيستهم يسرقها حزب الله ويُهجر أهلها بوقاحة فيما القادة الموارنة إما يلتزمون الصمت المطبق أو يغطون السرقات ويباركونها.

نحزن ونحن نرى أن الاغتراب اللبناني يُحرم بكل وسائل البلطجة والكفر والزندقة من ممارسة حقوقه فيما القادة وخصوصاً المسيحيين منهم يتلهون بشق الاغتراب وبنقل أحزابهم الشركات وعصبياتهم وجهلهم وتناقضاتهم إليه.
فعلا أنه زمن محل وجحود تحول فيه معظم قادة لبنان الروحيين والزمنيين والمسؤولين إلى تجار وكتبة وفريسيين وزنادقة وقحين، وبالتالي قد حان الوقت لأن يحمل اللبناني الشريف والوطني سوط "كرباج" الشيخ البشير ليقلب موائدهم مردداً مع السيد المسيح: بيتي بيت صلاة يدعى وأنتم جعلتموه مغارة لصوص".

*الكاتب معلق سياسي وناشط لبناني اغترابي
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*تورنتو/كندا في 25 آب/2012

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM): A Dead and Rotten Corpse

By: Elias Bejjani*
There is no doubt that we live in an era of global political hypocrisy par excellence. An era of deviations and corruption where criminals preach holiness and terrorists advocate for peace and tranquility. Why not, when the all criteria for all that is right and wrong have been distorted and confused. Sadly, the majority of our world rulers and politicians do not respect the intelligence, dignity, or the knowledge of the lay citizens and accordingly have no place or any slight calculations in their conduct.

In this context of political madness, insolence and promiscuity the so called "Non-Aligned Movement" 16th Summit kicked off in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Saturday August 27/12 under the chairmanship of the Iranian mullahs. The puzzling question that every sane person is asking, is there any rational or truth in tagging the Iranian mullahs’ regime as a non-aligned entity?

The irony in this humiliating drama lies in the shocking fact that 120 countries are actively participating in this controversial gathering among which is al-Assad Syrian dictatorship, one of the most criminal, evil and bloody regimes in the contemporary history. Who can take this summit seriously and even imagine for a moment that these countries are going to draw up a new peace resolution to solve the crisis in Syria or to handle nuclear disarmament issues among many other items on the table?
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in his delivering opening speech on Sunday did not waste any time to give this bizarre summit its real identity and to plainly expose its actual Axis of Evil agenda. He with no hesitation took the opportunity to criticize the United Nations, arguing that the neutrality of the world organization is compromised by the inordinate power assigned to the five permanent members of the Security Council: Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. He is not happy at all, nor do the Iranian ruling mullahs that the Free World is struggling to prevent them from owning an atomic bomb, nor about the economic sanctions that aims to deter them from doing so. He also called for "Creating a more democratic Security Council and for important UN reforms"
A number of shameful contradicting disagreements surround the participants, the first is that the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon himself is expected to attend the six-day summit, despite protests from the US and Israel, which both called on to the UN head to stay away from the event. Another actual joke relates to Palestine as two leaders, President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, have both declared they received and accepted the Iranian invitation. Syria's Prime Minister Wael Nader is most likely to represent his country.
In actual reality, those countries who accepted to take part in this mere theatrical summit are succumbing to Iran's expansionism schemes, its global terrorism, its threats to all the Arab countries and Israel, its criminal partnership with the Syrian dictatorship to kill the Syrian people, its bloody and intimidating hegemony on Lebanon via Hezbollah, its surrogate army, its global terrorism attacks against Israeli and numerous Western and Arab citizens officials and institutions, its atomic endeavours that pose an actual and very serious threat to the whole world.

While Western countries have tried to downplay Iran holding this summit, Iranian officials are not using any cosmetics in using it as a stage to hit out at the US, saying the holding of the 16th NAM Summit in Tehran proves the "failure" of America's "threat and sanction" policy against the oil-rich country. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian said the anti-Iran policies of the US-led Western nations are doomed for failure. Amirabdollahian described the presence of heads of states and high ranking delegations of NAM member countries in Tehran as important "under such critical conditions arising from developments in the Middle East and North Africa and its coincidence with Islamic awakening movement" in the region. "The threat and sanction policy [of the US] has failed despite pressures exerted on Iran by the US and some other countries," the official IRNA news agency quoted Amirabdollahian as saying. He also said Iran's hosting of the summit would improve its position in the international circles while the US and European Union are facing a severe financial crisis.

Iranian leaders will be boldly using the summit for furthering their propaganda and had already asked many participating countries to oppose all sanctions imposed on their country. The mullahs are also strongly lobbying to secure support for the current Syrian regime lead by the butcher, Bashar al-Assad.
It is worth mentioning that The Non-Aligned Movement was founded in 1961, in the middle of the Cold War, by leaders of nations seeking to abstain from taking sides in the global conflict between the West and the Soviet Union. The first Conference of Non-Aligned Heads of State, at which 25 countries were represented, was convened at Belgrade in September 1961, largely through the initiative of Yugoslavian President Tito. He had expressed concern that an accelerating arms race might result in war between the Soviet Union and the USA. Subsequent conferences involved ever-increasing participation by developing countries. The 1964 Conference in Cairo, with 47 countries represented, featured widespread condemnation of Western colonialism and the retention of foreign military installations. Thereafter, the focus shifted away from essentially political issues, to the advocacy of solutions to global economic and other problems.
It is ironic for the Non-Aligned Movement which started in Bandung in 1955 with senior figures such as Jamal Abdel-Nasser to turn into a movement aligning with regimes that practice tyranny against their people and support with all its might other regimes who practice unprecedented killing and oppression, The proof of this lies in the protection offered by some members of the Non-Aligned Movement to the Syrian criminal regime, against the Syrian people's aspirations for liberation and democracy.
One cannot find any reason for those Arab leaders attending the summit especially that the Iranian regime is their number one threat on all levels. This is a blatant conduct of double standard and hypocrisy.
Among the participants, Bolivian President Evo Morales, Cuban President Raul Castro, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said al Said, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Senegalese President Macky Sall, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Abdullah Gul are among the high-ranking guests of the 16th NAM summit in Tehran.
In conclusion, this summit of shame, hypocrisy and camouflage will definitely achieve one very dangerous aim. It will give the Iranian terrorist mullahs a message simply saying that the whole world is not going to do anything or take any practical deterrent action against their atomic, terrorism and expansionism schemes, and accordingly they can freely continue with these schemes.

**Elias Bejjani
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Sheik Bachir: Lebanon Will Always Remember You

By: Elias Bejjani

John13/15: "The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them".

Lebanon and its free patriotic citizens, all over the world remembered on Thursday 23/12 with pride, honour and pain Sheik Bachir's 30th anniversary presidential day. The "Dream" leader Sheik Bachir Gemayel was elected president for Lebanon on 23 August/1982.

Sadly Sheik Bachir was assassinated by Syrian agents before he was able to assume his presidential responsibilities because these stone age terrorists feared his honesty, nationalism, devotion, determination, courage and strong will.

Sheik Bachir who successfully led the Lebanese Christian resistance against the PLO and the Arab dictatorships, fanatic regimes and their terrorist organizations is seen as a unique national and patriotic hero in many Lebanese eyes. He is still considered to be a remarkable leader that they love, adore and cherish. God bless his soul.

Sheik Bachir was extremely faithful, devoted to Lebanon's cause of freedom, committed to the Lebanese rights and dignity, never compromised on his solid and transparent national stances or cajoled or appeased on the account of his Lebanese holy cause.

With strong self confidence, self respect, dignity and fear of Almighty God he continuously witnessed for the truth no matter what and openly and loudly uttered what must be said. He loved both his people and his country and accepted with no fear or hesitation to be a sacrifice on their alter.

Thirty years after his departure his dream, vision, and leadership role model are still vivid and alive in the souls hears and minds of many Lebanese in Lebanon and all over the world.

The Syrian Bathist assassins who are now killing and murdering their own people, were able to kill his body, but definitely failed to kill his dream in a sovereign, free and independent Lebanon.

Thirty years passed and the free Lebanese still strongly believe in Bachir's dream and are struggling with courage and faith to make it happen and become a reality. By God's will and blessings they will achieve this goal no matter what the sacrifices will be.

Sadly the majority of the current corrupted and deviated Lebanese officials, religious and political leaders are dead in the eyes of the many free Lebanese, while in reality these leaders are still alive and breathing.

Meanwhile Bachir who was assassinated 3o years ago is still alive in the hearts and minds of many patriotic Lebanese.

Those criminals and terrorists who killed Bachir, killed only his ash body, but failed to kill his dream or his the deeply rooted love in the hearts of the Lebanese

Every Free and Patriotic Lebanese is Bachir, and that's why Bachir is still alive as well as his dream.

Long Live Freedom

*Elias Bejjani
Canadian-Lebanese Human Rights activist, journalist and political commentator
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Elias Bejjani Condemns the Nigerian Church Massacre

Elias Bejjani Condemns the Nigerian Church Massacre


Matthew 05/11-12: ""Happy are you when people insult you and persecute you and tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are my followers. Be happy and glad, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. This is how the prophets who lived before you were persecuted."

In my capacity as a Canadian - Lebanese Human Rights Activist and political commentator, I strongly and with the harshest terms condemn the barbaric and terrorist attack that viciously targeted a Nigerian Church in the town of Otite, Kogi State, on Monday August 07/12, killing 19 innocent worshippers and injuring many others while conducting a night service.

Canada and the free world countries, as well the Muslim and Arab nations are required urgently to take all needed measures via the UN or through any other available means and ways to put an end to this on going, evil and bloody war against Christians in Nigeria.

What is sad and shocking at the same time is that the Boko Haram terrorist Islamic fanatic organization that is waging this religious war against the Nigerian Christians is not yet put on the Terrorist lists in many Western countries.

Meanwhile the Nigerian government, the UN and all the global human Rights bodies have an obligation to intervene and stop these blood thirsty murderers and put them on trial to pay for their crimes of hatred and savagism.

My deepest sympathies are extended to the families and friends of those killed in these attacks, and I wish a speedy recovery to all the injured.

May the souls of these innocent victims rest in peace.

*Elias Bejjani
Canadian-Lebanese Human Rights activist, journalist and political commentator
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Nigeria church attacked, 19 killed
Associated Press : Abuja, Wed Aug 08 2012/Gunmen fired on a worship service in a church in central Nigeria, killing at least 19 people, including the pastor, and wounding others in a nation often divided by religion, the military said Tuesday. The attack targeted a Deeper Life church in the town of Otite in Kogi state, about 250 km southwest of Nigeria’s capital Abuja. Blood stained the floors of the church as police and soldiers surrounded it Tuesday morning, witnesses said. It was unclear how many people were wounded in the attack Monday night. The gunmen surrounded the church in the middle of a worship service and opened fire with Kalashnikov assault rifles, military spokesman Lt. Col. Gabriel Olorunyomi said. The church’s pastor was among the dead. Soldiers searched for gunmen through the night, but had made no arrests as of Tuesday morning, Olorunyomi said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Kogi State police spokesman Simon Ile declined to comment Tuesday about the attack. National Emergency Management Agency spokesman Yushau Shuaib said his agency had dispatched rescuers to the area Tuesday. The attack comes as Nigeria faces continuing attacks from a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram. Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is sacrilege’’ in the Hausa language of Nigeria’s Muslim north, has attacked churches in the past, though never as far as south. However, Boko Haram likely carried out a February prison break in the town of Koton-Karifi in Kogi state that freed 119 inmates. That attack mirrored a massive prison break in the northeastern city of Bauchi in September 2010 when Boko Haram freed about 700 inmates.

Humility, not Arrogance

By: Elias Bejjani*

"He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty". (Luke 01/51-54)
Those who falsely delude themselves into thinking they are superior to others, super wise and can do everything and any thing, fall into the evil trap of arrogance. By doing so they badly detach themselves from the reality of God's love. They build delusional castles in their minds, imprison themselves inside its imaginary gates and ultimately become completely blind in both heart and soul .
Arrogant individuals inevitably become hostile, angry, childish, selfish, antisocial and narcissists who are not welcomed anywhere. People avoid those who brag and exalt themselves. Arrogance is a very serious social problem caused by lack of faith that needs to be fixed before it gets worse. God does not bless those who are arrogant.
Almighty God has made it very clear in His Holy Book that He does not like those who are pompous, proud, and conceited because He Himself is a caring, humble, and meek Father. "Come to me, all you who labour and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)
Meanwhile, we cannot solve any problem unless we admit that it actually exists, and at the same time become fully aware of its causing factors. We cannot defeat the evil of arrogance and the destructive self-exaltation that results unless we know our own capabilities, means and resources. And most importantly, recognize that all people are brothers and sisters to one Father, the Almighty God.

One might wonder why some people tend to behave in such a way that they end being socially hated and isolated. Mainly because of their ignorance, distorted self-image, and most importantly because they have very little or no faith at all. They fail to gain genuine friends and have no room for intimate and long lasting relationships. Even their close family members avoid them and do not feel comfortable in their presence. They cannot love others because of their narcissism.

These disturbed individuals need to be humble, loving, and honest to overcome their arrogant behaviour. They need to call on Almighty God for the grace of humility. God always responds to our calls and prayers when we put our full trust in Him, recognize His love, and lay our lives in His generous hands. "Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done. All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." (Matthew 21/21-22)

Humility is the magic curing medicine for arrogance. This heavenly grace is always there for us if and when we pursue it with faith and unquestionable trust in God. Knowing what humility means to our lives and for our salvation is critically important.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise. (Psalm 111:10)

There is humility that comes from the fear of God, and there is humility that comes from God Himself. Some are modest because they fear God, and some are modest because they know how to live with all the heavenly endowments that banishes all doubts, fears, selfishness, hatred, covetousness and grudges from our earthly nature.

Those who fear God are humble because they enjoy peace within themselves. Those who fear God watch what they say and do, find sweetness in their bodies which are God's temples, and experience the priceless grace of balance in their senses, granting them full control over their instincts and a forgiving heart at all times.

Those who are humble because they know and experience genuine happiness with purity, enjoy great simplicity all the time with a cheerful and transparent heart. God loves the humble and always comes to their rescue so that no hardships or evil things can weaken their faith, entrap them into the temptations of the wicked and unrighteous, or makes them slaves to sin. Jesus Christ Himself has set the rules in regards to humility: "But he who is greatest among you will be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted." (Matthew 23/11-12)

The Bible (Malachi 4/1-6), Tells us exactly what the proud and wicked will be facing on the Day of Judgment. Let us never forget this or keep a blind eye on it:

“For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up,” says Yahweh of Armies, “that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall. You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse."

In conclusion, humbleness is a blessed grace that we need to pursue via faith, love and fear of God. To be really God's children we must dearly hold on to this grace and integrate it into our every day life, heart, mind and practise. We are all equal and have one Father who created us on his image. We are all one family, brothers and sisters no matter who we are. That we are all children of God the Father is true no matter where we live, what our racial identity is, the language we speak, the social status that we enjoy, the wealth that we have, the strength that we possess, and even whether we are good or sinful. Almighty God is our loving Father and accordingly we must learn to be humble before Him and love each other more intimately as members of His one family.


*Elias Bejjani
Canadian-Lebanese Human Rights activist, journalist and political commentator
Email phoenicia@hotmail.com
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