Young Jewish and Proud Nonviolent protest

This non violent protest took place this week in New Orleans interrupting a speech given by Benjamin Netanyau - I think the response of the crowd is stunning. They are protesting occupation, an activity that is recognized as illegal by the entire international community (except Israel of course). And the crowd goes crazy. What courage this must have taken - to stand up for justice IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. There is some comfort in being dragged out of a room for protesting against the actions of another group, but being screamed at, booed and forcefully dragged out of a room by the people who are called your brothers in faith. That takes incredible courage.

After watching the video up top read this explanation from one of the members of the protest. It is thought provoking and impressive. Great work.

Farheen Hakeem and the US Green Party

I ran across this program put on by Al Jazeera about a very interesting and inspiring Muslim American women. I applaud Farheen Hakeem for what she is doing and look forward to watching her as she continues running for office!