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Song in My Head: War...Bob Marley

I would like to share with
Those who want to learn...

Until the philosophy which hold one race
Superior and another inferior
Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned
Everywhere is war, me say war

That until there are no longer first class
And second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man's skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes
Me say war

That until the basic human rights are equally
Guaranteed to all, without regard to race
Dis a war

That until that day
The dream of lasting peace, world citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion
To be persued, but never attained
Now everywhere is war, war

And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes
that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique,
South Africa sub-human bondage
Have been toppled, utterly destroyed
Well, everywhere is war, me say war

War in the east, war in the west
War up north, war down south
War, war, rumours of war

And until that day, the African continent
Will not know peace, we Africans will fight
We find it necessary and we know we shall win
As we are confident in the victory

Of good over evil, good over evil, good over evil
Good over evil, good over evil, good over evil

From Newsday:


Muslims Bracing For Hate Crimes

By Martin C. Evans
Staff writer Erin Texeira and The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Shahdan Tawfik, an administrator at the Islamic Center of Long Island, hopes that what happened 18 months ago won't happen again.

"Right after September 11, people would tell me to go back to my country," said Tawfik, a pre-dental student at Stony Brook University who was born 22 years ago on Staten Island.

If things go badly for the American troops, I expect some people will act out against the Islamic community," Elder said. "We'll have to wait and see."

Area Sikhs, whose non-Muslim religion requires men to wear turbans and carry ornamental daggers, also are worried.

Harpreet Singh Toor, president of the Sikh Cultural Society in south Richmond Hill, Queens, said during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979 Sikhs were attacked so frequently that many gasoline station owners either closed down or hired replacement help.

Ornamental Daggers...Cool!!!!