Muslim traders and philanthropists should make it a point that if the weapon of public opinion is to be used, it is to be kept in the hand.
Dream of a world where children can laugh and play and not be blown up by a mine they thought was a toy.
Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.
Africans believe in something that is difficult to render in English. We call it ubuntu, botho. It means the essence of being human. You know when it is there and when it is absent. It speaks about humaneness, gentleness, hospitality, putting yourself out on behalf of others, being vulnerable. It embraces compassion and toughness. It recognizes that my humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It is almost like the behaviour of the military junta in Burma
And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.
In fact, pro wrestling is strong.
Your only purpose is to be yourself, otherwise you deprive the universe of who you came here to be.
More people live off cancer than die from it.