Panel lead by H.E. Senator Aqel Biltaji
Nov 4th, 2007 by admin
Hang in there for updates - I’m sitting in on a press panel lead by His Excellency, Senator Aqel Biltaji (pictured to my left holding a blogJordan.com carabiner).
I have stories outside of the touristic sites that I’ll be writing about for weeks. Some of the topics will include:
- women in education
- Jihad, Fatwah and various Koranic verses
- IT initiatives in the education system
- Baptist schools
- habitat for humanity
- impact of the war in Iraq
- micro-economies
- Catholic schools
- passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion, passion … passion for peace.
Now if I can just keep from blundering His Excellency as I keep trying to ask questions - well that and I goofed calling him Ambassador; what a stupid-head I am sometimes. I’ll blame some of it on fatigue - some of it on the excitement of this meeting.
This will include some YouTube videos of the same. In the meantime,
think on these topics:
- if two of your neighbors get into a violent fight - what happens to your property?
- had there been a protection of the Buddhist statues in Afghanistan destroyed by the Taliban, would 9/11 have been pre-empted
- does anyone remember November 9?
- what is the difference between tolerance and acceptance?
Pray I can get some electronic copy of some of the impassioned presentations so I can bring some factoids to your attention that the mainstream press often overlooks in favor of more sensationalist copy.
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