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.
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Elias Bejjani*
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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
http://www.10452lccc.com/aaaaanews12a/arabic.november30.12.htm

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
Email phoenicia@hotmail.com
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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
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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
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