Friday, December 28, 2007
Benazir Bhutto
The word Martyr is a strange word...it means witness or representative but it has come to mean someone who is unjustly killed. This is a christian etymology but now is synonymous with anyone who is killed as witness to their cause. Benazir Bhutto was martyred yesterday. She was the first female prime minister of a muslim country who was twice removed under spurious charges of corruption by the male presidents of pakistan. Removed because she was a threat. Removed because she had a vision of representing the poor, the uneducated, the marginalized in a world where the despot is king and the greater the fear the greater the power. I imagine she knew she was in danger. The night she returned Musharaf initiated marshal law.... I imagine that after seven years of exile and in the middle of U.S. occupation she knew the world's attention would never be greater. I'm sure she willingly took the risk that she might advance the cause and liberation of Pakistan. So few martyrs....people willing to lay down thier lives for the lives of others....so few
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It's too early to tell what is going to happen but one possibilty is that enough muslims will say "enough is enough" and go against what the radical factions of islam are trying to force on their more moderate brethren.
God's in charge and even though it is painful to watch sometimes it is interesting to see what's happening knowing that he doesn't let a single sparrow fall without His approval.
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