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Urgent: Educate with justice.

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." –Maya Angelou

All with fresh eyes and minds can learn from our experiences: the bomb cyclone, the atomic bomb, and racially segregated communities. We need to educate ourselves about what happens to people that ignore the message, “Believe in The One God and be good to one another.” When belief in One God declines morality suffers and man-made legal systems cannot revive justice. Socrates, based on revealed knowledge from The One God, taught values to the youth.* Who is our best teacher today?

Everyone gets the experience. Some get the lesson. --T. S. Elliott.

True but cryptic, meaning short and mysterious.

The Qur'an asks in chapter 17:18 “How many generations did We destroy after Noah?” Then it goes on to give lots of practical advice, such as “Give full measure when you measure and weigh with a right balance” 17:36. Educating with justice and acting with justice demands we learn the lessons Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him) taught such as, “God does not look upon your bodies and your outward appearance, but He looks at your hearts.”

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*Ahmad, M. T. (1998) Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge, and Truth. Islam International Publications Limited, Tilford, pp.73-98

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