Thanks for the this post. At this time, I am thinking this is cause for hope. It takes a leader with certain humility, strength, and courage to go against the prevailing winds and to speak of the need to try to let go of centuries of fanaticism and hatred.
Can he do it? Does he have good motives? Who knows? It remains to be seen.
However, at this moment, I am hopefully and prayerfully putting him into the class with the Egyptian president who is seeking reform of the radical elements of Islam.
IMHO, leaders like these are the answers to the millions of prayers which Christians and Jews and others have given over the years for the quelling of the hatreds in the middle east. Will it happen overnight? No, probably not. But I can promise you that I will be praying for the Will of God for the efforts of people to try to accomplish what both of these leaders are proposing.
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