Monday, December 23, 2019

Muslim Persecution in Xinchiang Province of China

I have been asked through official ways to see what I can do to alleviate the suffering of Muslims in China.

The final resolution to the situation is for Muslim theologians to get together and revise their sacred texts so that caliphates are not perceived by governments as a threat to their secular existence.  It is certainly the case anyway that the caliphate is a spiritual entity uniting Muslims in a given area, whether that area is identified with geographical locations.

Yemen and other areas in the Middle East are still battle zones among warring factions of Sunnais, Shia' and other sects in spite of the Muslim desire and call for peace.  The condition is well-recognized within the Muslim faith:  the caliphate system of Muslim organization is at odds with the political divisions of legally governing national structures extant globally.

What I can do may be minimal.  In China, the tribal roots are very deep.  Any changes in the way Muslims are treated must be handled through the several provinces individually.  The President of China handles international affairs of the nation bound together by the provincial ties of allegiance to cooperate yet to preserve the traditional respect for each provincial's authority at national and regional levels.

You may be interested to know that Chinese people I know well have convinced me that Christianity, dating back some 2000 years, is in desperate need of  updating; and I am already working on this project--inspired by their attempts to reach out and permit the existence of non-home-grown religions on their soil, yet finding them sorely lacking to speak in cogent terms of relevancy to their people!  Nevertheless, be it recognized that Confucianism has become, over the Centuries. a cultural part ingrained in their daily living--losing somewhat a religious character by being thusly transformed.   

Monday, December 9, 2019

The thing about President Trump: He's a monarchical maniac!

Trump is a Nineteenth Century romantic; and that's why he thinks the Jewish homeland is to be only in Palestine when the plain truth is the Jews have a homeland wherever they live.  Even in the US!  I saw his speech on C-SPAN last night.  He did not do the US proud, but became a spokesman for Zionism and in that capacity relegated Judaism to a sect.

But that is precisely the point: he wants the world to conform to his image of what the world should be; and for him there is no dialogue possible with those who do not go along with vision.  In his recent talks with other NATO members, he became a laughing-stock amid the chagrin expressed by representatives of other countries that their security should be taken so lightly so to accept his demands for their continued US concern for their protection throughout Europe and environs.

Reportedly, his stance for a Nineteenth Century Romanticism is equally netting a fake-moralistic stance of a "take-it-or-leave-it" deal.  This man is a hindrance to diplomatic discussions and places the US in a position that the US constitution has become threatened and will be non-enforced.

I tell you my position.  It is that the US should learn to cooperate with China and not accept Trump's Romantic notion that he is always "the Father who knows best!"  It will be a miracle if China accepts his demands for a trade deal.