[Neurons] 2015 "Neurons" Meta Reflections #3

Sun Jan 11 22:43:01 EST 2015

From: L. Michael Hall

Meta Reflections 2015  #3

January 12, 2015

THE PRESIDENT FINALLY SPEAKS OUT

AGAINST RADICAL ISLAMISM

While I was out of the country and off in China on our PCMC Training in
Guangzhou, on January first the President finally spoke out against radical
Isalmic extremism.  I missed it at the time.  Then this past week, after the
Terrorism in Paris, I came across it.  Now if you are thinking I'm speaking
about the America President, then sadly no, it was not President Obama.  He
does not seem to be courageous enough for that.  But the President who has
shown the courage to do that is none other than the new President of Egypt,
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.  On New Year's Day, a day which coincided with the
birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, he spoke out against Islamic extremism.
He said:

"We need a revolution of the self, a revolution of consciousness."

Having written a few days ago about how Neuro-Semantics can fight terrorism,
here is an example of a leader speaking up to separate the radical misuse of
a religion, Islamic extremism for Islam itself.

CNN reported that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi called for a
"religious revolution," asking Muslim leaders to help in the fight against
extremism.  In a speech, he said they had no time to lose:

"I say and repeat, again, that we are in need of a religious revolution.
You imams are responsible before Allah.  The entire world is waiting on you.
The entire world is waiting for your word ... because the Islamic world is
being torn, it is being destroyed, it is being lost. And it is being lost by
our own hands. ...   We need a revolution of the self, a revolution of
consciousness and ethics to rebuild the Egyptian person-a person that our
country will need in the near future."

This was the man who was elected in May after leaving the military to run
for the office.  President El-Sisi, a pious man and the former defense
minister, led the ouster of Mohamed Morsy, the Islamist who was Egypt's
first democratically elected President.  CNN reported that he has long
positioned himself as a more secular option, and defender against extremist
views.

"It's inconceivable that the thinking that we hold most sacred should cause
the entire Islamic world to be a source of anxiety, danger, killing and
destruction for the rest of the world. Impossible that this thinking -and I
am not saying the religion-I am saying this thinking.

. . . This is antagonizing the entire world.  It's antagonizing the entire
world!  Does this mean that 1.6 billion people (Muslims) should want to kill
the rest of the world's inhabitants-  that is 7 billion-so that they
themselves may live?  Impossible!?"

While el-Sisi's speech included some powerful language, H.A. Hellyer, a
non-resident fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings
Institution and research associate at the Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University, said the President has made similar statements in the
past.  Hellyer said:

"There is little to suggest (el-Sisi) is interested in some sort of Lutheran
reformation of Islam.  By all accounts, he's quite comfortable with the
prevailing leadership of the Azhari establishment.  If anything, he wants to
empower it further in order to push forward a counter-narrative against
radical Islamism.  The real question is: How credible can such a
state-empowered counter-narrative be?" Hellyer said.

Then on Tuesday, the President visited the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo to
attend a Christmas mass and make a short speech.  He is the first president
to attend such a mass since the revolution.

"We will build our country together.  We will accommodate each other.  We
will love each other," el-Sisi said in that speech.

Post Comment

While we don't know how this will play out over time, it is a good start.
We need more healthy Muslims to speak up against those who misuse Islam for
politics.

The great news is we have a lot of really great people in Egypt,
Neuro-Semantic Trainers and Meta-Coaches.  In February, I'll be returning to
Cairo and will be with Mohamed Tarek of Lucid Trainings and an Assist Team
of Meta-Coaches, where we will do the Coaching Mastery for the ACMC
credentials.  Come and join us.  Contact email:
<mailto:mohamed at lucidtraining.net> mohamed at lucidtraining.net 

L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.

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