Who is Malcom X? Nonviolence

Who is Malcom X ?

Malcolm X born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.

Malcolm X was effectively orphaned early in life. His father was killed when he was six and his mother was placed in a mental hospital when he was thirteen, after which he lived in a series of foster homes.

In 1946, at age 20, he went to prison for larceny and breaking and entering. While in prison he became a member of the Nation of Islam, and after his parole in 1952 quickly rose to become one of its leaders. For a dozen years he was the public face of the controversial group; in keeping with the Nation's teachings he espoused black supremacy, advocated the separation of black and white Americans and scoffed at the civil rights movement's emphasis on integration.

By March 1964, Malcolm X had grown disillusioned with the Nation of Islam and its leader Elijah Muhammad. He ultimately repudiated the Nation and its teachings and embraced Sunni Islam. After a period of travel in Africa and the Middle East, he returned to the United States to found Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. While continuing to emphasize Pan-Africanism, black self-determination, and black self-defense, he disavowed racism, saying, "I did many things as a [Black] Muslim that I'm sorry for now. I was a zombie then ... pointed in a certain direction and told to march".

In February 1965, shortly after repudiating the Nation of Islam, he was assassinated by three of its members. The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published shortly after his death, is considered one of the most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century.

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Malcom X's quotes

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.

-Media do not forget their power. even now, many people watch their TV, read newspaper and search the internet news.

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

-Everyone want to have freedom. but to make this world peaceful, no one is excluded from the Peace.

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Jody Williams Novel Peace prize Winner

Jody Williams Novel Peace prize Winner

Jody Williams (born 1950) is an American political activist known around the world for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights – especially those of women – and her efforts to promote new understandings of security in today’s world. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work toward the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines.

This is TED video. Jody said what real peace means.
Many people have their own meaning of peace. but all of them sympathize peace need sacrifices.

Martin Luther King : the Last Speech

Martin Luther King

- Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.

He was born Michael King, but his father changed his name in honor of the German reformer Martin Luther. A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia, in 1962, and organized nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama, that attracted national attention following television news coverage of the brutal police response. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history. J. Edgar Hoover considered him a radical and made him an object of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's COINTELPRO for the rest of his life.

On October 14, 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence. In 1965, he and the SCLC helped to organize the Selma to Montgomery marches and the following year, he took the movement north to Chicago to work on segregated housing. In the final years of his life, King expanded his focus to include poverty and the Vietnam War, alienating many of his liberal allies with a 1967 speech titled "Beyond Vietnam".

In 1968, King was planning a national occupation of Washington, D.C., to be called the Poor People's Campaign, when he was assassinated on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee. His death was followed by riots in many U.S. cities. Allegations that James Earl Ray, the man convicted of killing King, had been framed or acted in concert with government agents persisted for decades after the shooting. The jury of a 1999 civil trial found Loyd Jowers to be complicit in a conspiracy against King. The ruling has since been discredited and a sister of Jowers admitted that he had fabricated the story so he could make $300,000 from selling the story, and she in turn corroborated his story in order to get some money to pay her income tax.

King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a holiday in numerous cities and states beginning in 1971, and as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986. Hundreds of streets in the U.S. have been renamed in his honor. In addition, a county was rededicated in his honor. A memorial statue on the National Mall was opened to the public in 2011.

Following video is the last speech from Martin Luther King

He acted by Civil Rights Movement activist. I also get moved by his achievement. if he didn't do it, there are still civil rights problems in USA. 

 Not only USA but all of the world should have freedom from inner and outer war, Human rights and violence.

Pope Francis Shares Top 10 Secrets To Happiness

10 things for happiness by Pope Francis



1. Let everyone be themselves. 

2. Give yourself tirelessly to others. 

3. Walk softly.

4. Be available to your kids and family.

5. Spend Sundays (or a day of rest) with family.

6. Work toward empowering young people. 

7. Care for the environment.

8. Move on. 

9. Respect others' opinions. 

10. Actively strive for peace.

Ukraine Crisis

Ukraine Crisis

Ukraine Crisis made many victims. 

To solve this crisis, there are many solution. 

but they want to solve this crisis by War.

the War is not peaceful solution.

if Ukraine Government really want to make country for nation, this is not right action.

For the peace, people do not insist their own profit or their fame. 
the War make other war. 
Real remedy is not by weapon.
combine our hearts, and make the world by one. 

Similarity and Difference of Religion ; Islam and Christainity

Diversity and Unity of Religion ; Islam and Christianity

Most people have curiosity in universe and nature. and creation of human being and nature become hot issue to the human. and some of them find their solution by religion.

Through the dictionary, religion means following ;

• a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.

• a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: the Christian religion; the Buddhist religion.

• the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices: a world council of religions.

• the life or state of a monk, nun, etc.: to enter religion.

• the practice of religious beliefs; ritual observance of faith.

Especially, Islam and Christianity have the highest percentage of  religion in the world.

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Islam and Christianity have similarity and difference.

●Similarity

First, they trust in only god.

Second, they reads their Scriptures.

Third, they should do something good. and do neighbors an act of charity.

●Difference

To the christian, Jesus is son of God and they can get salvation from him. but To the Muslim, Jesus is just prophet and they don't believe him by son of God.

Christian believe the Bible, and Muslim believe the Koran.

  

  Muhammad was a man from Mecca who unified Arabia into a single religious polity under Islam. Believed by Muslims and Bahá'ís to be a messenger and prophet of God, Muhammad is almost universally considered by Muslims as the last prophet sent by God to mankind. While non-Muslims regard Muhammad as the founder of Islam, Muslims consider him to have restored the unaltered original monotheistic faith of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets.

 Jesus is the central figure of Christianity, whom the teachings of most Christian denominations hold to be the Son of God. Christianity regards Jesus as the awaited Messiah of the Old Testament and refers to him as Jesus Christ, a name that is also used in non-Christian contexts.

 Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically, although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the biblical Jesus reflects the historical Jesus.Most scholars agree that Jesus was a Jewish rabbi from Galilee who preached his message orally, was baptized by John the Baptist, and was crucified in Jerusalem on the orders of the Roman prefect, Pontius Pilate. Scholars have constructed various portraits of the historical Jesus, which often depict him as having one or more of the following roles: the leader of an apocalyptic movement, Messiah, a charismatic healer, a sage and philosopher, or an egalitarian social reformer. Scholars have correlated the New Testament accounts with non-Christian historical records to arrive at an estimated chronology of Jesus' life. The most widely used calendar era in the world counts from a medieval estimate of the birth year of Jesus.

 Christians believe that Jesus has a "unique significance" in the world. Christian doctrines include the beliefs that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of a virgin, performed miracles, founded the Church, died by crucifixion as a sacrifice to achieve atonement, rose from the dead, and ascended into heaven, whence he will return. The great majority of Christians worship Jesus as the incarnation of God the Son, the second of three persons of a Divine Trinity. A few Christian groups reject Trinitarianism, wholly or partly, as non-scriptural.

Every religion have their own theory. but important thing is their God want Peace. they said to human "Do good things". they can have trouble and conflicts between their thinking. but God really want war and death?

I think religious leader do not lead war. and they can afford to sacrifice for Peace.

Suffering People in Gaza City : For Whom is This War?

Suffering People in Gaza City : For Whom is This War?

Many people in the world saw the cruel acts in Gaza City.

Conflicts of Palestine - Israel made many people miserable. This war made many victims. and there's no hope in the Gaza strip. Palestine lives in the underground tunnel. Gaza strip become a fence locking the Palestine. 

copyright by telegraph

Our voice of the anti-war can make less victim. 
Our attention can save more people.

 my homeland is torn by two mass. it was not our will. just we don't have national power. and some powerful country's profit. and some people can't meet their brother or parents to the death. one country become two divided nation. same race and same culture, but we are not same country. This is Korea!

There's no excuse for the war and all the nation do not aggravate war for their benefit. Who can compensate victim of war? if they are our family, we can  Just leave it as it is?


No war and make peace world!

Nelson Mandela, Who is he? South Africa got the hope of the peace by him.

Nelson Mandela, Who is he?

Yesterday was the Day of Nelson Mandela.  Who is he?  He got the Novel Prize and many people give an applause. and South Africa got the hope of the peace by him.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. 

He was South Africa's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism, poverty and inequality, and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 1997. Internationally, Mandela was Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.

A Xhosa born to the Thembu royal family, Mandela attended the Fort Hare University and the University of Witwatersrand, where he studied law. Living in Johannesburg, he became involved in anti-colonial politics, joining the ANC and becoming a founding member of its Youth League. After the South African National Party came to power in 1948, he rose to prominence in the ANC's 1952 Defiance Campaign, was appointed superintendent of the organisation's Transvaal chapter and presided over the 1955 Congress of the People. 

Working as a lawyer, he was repeatedly arrested for seditious activities and, with the ANC leadership, was unsuccessfully prosecuted in the Treason Trial from 1956 to 1961. 
Influenced by Marxism, he secretly joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) and sat on its Central Committee. Although initially committed to non-violent protest, in association with the SACP he co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1961, leading a sabotage campaign against the apartheid government. In 1962, he was arrested, convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the state, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial.

Mandela served 27 years in prison, initially on Robben Island, and later in Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison. An international campaign lobbied for his release. He was released in 1990, during a time of escalating civil strife. Mandela joined negotiations with President F. W. de Klerk to abolish apartheid and establish multiracial elections in 1994, in which he led the ANC to victory and became South Africa's first black president. He published his autobiography in 1995. During his tenure in the Government of National Unity he invited other political parties to join the cabinet, and promulgated a new constitution. He also created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate past human rights abuses. While continuing the former government's liberal economic policy, his administration also introduced measures to encourage land reform, combat poverty, and expand healthcare services. Internationally, he acted as mediator between Libya and the United Kingdom in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial, and oversaw military intervention in Lesotho. He declined to run for a second term, and was succeeded by his deputy, Thabo Mbeki. Mandela became an elder statesman, focusing on charitable work in combating poverty and HIV/AIDS through the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

Mandela was a controversial figure for much of his life. Denounced as a communist terrorist by critics, he nevertheless gained international acclaim for his activism, having received more than 250 honours, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize, the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Soviet Order of Lenin. He is held in deep respect within South Africa, where he is often referred to by his Xhosa clan name, Madiba, or as Tata ("Father"); he is often described as "the father of the nation".

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He worked for peace and he thought the most powerful weapon is peace. and i also think if we make the earth peace world, we can afford everything ; Human rights, environment problem and so on.

although he passed away, we should not stop the effort to make the world peace.

Anti War Activists [TED talks JamesNachtwey 2007]

Shouting Peace! and Anti War

James Nachtwey is an American photojournalist and war photographer.

he has been awarded many times. many people know him by his words. 

"I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated."

-James Nachtwey-

He has special faith in his photo and by the war photographer, he give us anti war message through his photo.

This is a video addressed in TED.

Listen! 

We also become an Anti War activists in our places.

Have you heard about Walking Festival for Peace?

Yesterday was the first anniversary of issuing the World Peace and Restoration of light declaration. So many young people hoping the Peace got together in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan in Korea and held a Peace Walking Festival.

Declaration of the World Peace and Restoration of light was issued by Manhee Lee, the leader of the Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of the Light. It was the Declaration putting everyone’s heart and soul who want this world become a peace world.

The festival announced the tragedy of the war and proceeded with the purpose of not making the young man a victim of war.

Various people coming from Portugal, Greece, Morocco, Thailand, Jordan and so on participated in this Festival. Many performances are held. And it became a real festival of the world young man. The finale of this festival was walking everyone around the United Nations Memorial Cemetery.

I heard this news from my friend in Korea. And I was searching the internet. Many bloggers and the press posted much news about this ceremony. This ceremony is very meaningful.

I hope our country and all over the country don't feel sick for the war. Young people including me! Can make it!

Promise

Promise

 Us promises to become like a candle and substance of love which melts it's body to light up the world as the one who executed the love of the cross.

The New Light Philosophy

The New Light Philosophy

 Hadn't I came up with new light philosophy? When nobody noticed it since six thousand years to this day, it must be from above, not from man.

Where Conflicts Come

Where Conflicts Come

 Difference in thought comes from when people of earth keeps the earth in its mind and people of heaven keeps the heaven in it's mind.