Morality and GOD Consciousness!

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Trust

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Thuso Mbedu makes New York Times’ Top 10 Best Actors of 2022 List

Thuso Mbedu has been named in the top 10 best actors of 2022 list by the New York Times for her leading role [as NAWI] in The Woman King.

Bronwyn McKay, December 7, 2022 – News 24

Viola Davis and Thuso Mbedu Break Down ‘The Woman King’ | Entertainment Weekly Sept. 19, 2022

Photo – The Hollywood Reporter

South African-born actress, Thuso Mbedu was named one of the top 10 actors of 2022 by The New York Times for her exceptional role in “The Woman King.

The historical epic, stars Thuso Mbedu who played Nawi, a new recruit to the Agojie, an all-female warrior unit that protected the African kingdom of Dahomey in the 19th century.

“Mbedu is amazing,” wrote film critic and podcast host Wesley Morris of The New York Times.

By Victor Ahonsi, December 11, 2022 | I Love Africa

The Woman King 👑💪🏽 Let’s talk about the training…

Sept. 17, 2022

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“Remember GOD!” Happy Holiday Season To All..

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّححِيْمِ

And your Lord says;

Call on Me (GOD).

I will Answer your (Prayer):

– Quran 40:60

“To every People have We appointed Rites and Ceremonies which they follow. So, let them not dispute with you on the matter, but do invite (them) to your Lord: for you are assuredly on straight guidance.”

– Quran 22:67

Remember GOD!”

everyone, have a

Happy Holiday Season

“Glory to GOD!

“All Prayer belong to GOD!”

“All Worship be to GOD!”

Salvation of GOD is for all Mankind

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَحِيْمِ

“So when you have accomplished your holy

rites, Celebrate the Praises of GOD, as you

used to celebrate the praises of your

father’s, – Yes, with far more Heart and soul.”

– Quran 2:200

Do Not Confuse remembrance ذِكِر  with worship تَعْبُدُ .  To worship anything other than GOD is a sin punishable with eternal Hell.  When the Arab made Pilgrimage (Hajj) before the Quran was revealed, one of them may remember saying, ‘My father used to feed (the poor), help others (end their disputes, with money), pay the Diyah (i.e. blood money,’ and so forth).  The only Dhikr (remembrance) that they had was that they would remember the deeds of their fathers, things that helped themselves, and the society contain itself as a community and allowed for social advancement.

Your love of it will cause you to enter Paradise.

Nothing is worthy of worship but GOD, (HE) is Alone with nothing equal to Him, the creator, Lord and Cherisher of all that exists.

Indeed, the likeness of Jesus in the sight of GOD is like that of Adam. He created him from dust, then said to him, “Be!” And he was!” 3:59.

أَتْقَىٰكُمْ

أَتْقَىٰكُمْ ۚ the person who is (the most) righteous – GOD fearing / conscious of GOD – and GOD is Aware of the hearts of all mankind.

“O Mankind! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female, and made you into peoples and tribes so that you may ˹get to˺ know one another. Surely the most noble of you in the sight of GOD is the most righteous among you. GOD is truly All-Knowing, All-Aware;” 49:13

The Prophet (ﷺ) is reported in a ḥadîth collected by Imâm Aḥmed to have said, “O Mankind! Your Lord is one, and your ancestry is one. No Arab is superior to a non-Arab, nor is any non-Arab superior to any Arab. No white is superior to any black, nor is any black superior to any white except on account of their righteousness.”

And behold! GOD will say: “O Jesus the son of Mary! Did you say unto men, `worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of GOD”? He will say: “Glory to You! never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, You would indeed have known it. You know what is in my heart, though I know not what is in Yours. For You know in full all that is hidden. “Never said I to them aught except what You did command me to say: to wit, `Worship GOD, my Lord, and your Lord’; and I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them; when You did take me up You was (are) the Watcher over them and You are a Witness to all things. “If You punish them they are Your servants: if You forgive them, You are the Exalted in power the Wise. GOD will say: “This is a day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,― their eternal home: GOD well-pleased with them and they with GOD: that is the great Salvation (the fulfillment of all desires). To GOD belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is therein and it is He who has power over all things,” 5:116 – 120

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Built By Angels: African Jerusalem ‘Lalibela’

If faith is a mystery, there are few places in the Christian world where the mystery is deeper than in Lalibela. 800 years ago, an Ethiopian king ordered a new capital for Christians. At 8,000 feet, on the central plateau of Ethiopia stand 11 churches, each carved from a single, gigantic, block of stone. No bricks, no mortar, no concrete, no lumber, just rock sculpted into architecture. Not much is known about who built them, or why. But the faithful of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church say there’s no mystery really. The churches of Lalibela were built by angels.

Pillgrims on their way to Lalibela:

Cross Church viewed from above:

Cross Church viewed from above:

The northern highlands of Ethiopia rose 31 million years ago when fissures in the earth flooded the Horn of Africa with lava a mile deep. On hillsides you can still see columns of lava frozen in time. Iron made the basalt red and, gases trapped inside, made the stone light, as light and pliable as air. Christians laid their mark on Ethiopia before the year 400. They found the ancient stone welcomed the bite of a chisel. The churches were carved around the year 1200 by people called the Zagwe.

BY SCOTT PELLEY – DECEMBER 1, 2019 | 60 Minutes

Produced by Nicole Young. Associate producer, Katie Kerbstat. Broadcast associate, Ian Flickinger.

© 2019 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Tom Thumb was a person, “a Man, who married a Women.” The Wondrous World of Tom Thumb Weddings

What is a Tom Thumb Wedding? https://youtu.be/jk-0CINVKl4
Cookies and Milk Presents: Tom Thumb Wedding

Youtube | Bashholt – Jul 15, 2014

THE REAL Gen. Tom Thumb and his marriage https://youtu.be/cCPVPTgc_sk
Youtube | General Tom Thumb’s Wedding – Decades TV Network – Feb 10, 2017
Charles Sherwood Stratton, whose stage name was General Tom Thumb, was one of the biggest and smallest celebrities of the 19th century. The three-foot, four-inch star of P.T. Barnum’s “Hall of Curiosities” married Lavinia Warren on February 10, 1863. She was two-feet, seven-inches tall. Their lavish and heavily publicized “fairy wedding” was attended by 2,000 guests


Tom Thumb wedding

Youtube | Barry – Dec 13, 2015
December 12, 2015
Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church
Highway 280 West
244 Jerusalem Church Road
Pembroke, GA 31321

The Wondrous

World Of Tom Thumb Weddings

-Linton Weeks | NPR – November 15, 2014

East Room: Reception for General Tom Thumb


On February 13, 1863, a honeymoon Party was held at the White House for Charles S. Stratton and Livinia Warren, who had been married shortly before in New York City. “He was twenty-four years old, thirty-two inches high, and weight twenty-one pounds. She was four years younger, of the same height, and eight pounds heavier. Only a few [days] before, the ‘distinguished Lilliputians’ had been married in New York City, and P.T. Barnum, super-showman of the day who had the ‘General’ under contract, had lost no time in publicizing the vent and arrange to have the couple presented to chiefs of republics and royal sovereigns,” wrote Stanley Kimmel.1 Warren and Stratton, who was known as General Tom Thumb, came to Washington where Stratton’s brother was stationed with the Union Army. They stayed at Willard’s Hotel before attending a well-publicized, well-attended reception at the White House in their honor.


Mr. Lincoln’s White House

Morality and GOD Consciousness!

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IN THE NEWS “Weak Republican Hope”

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Religious Diversity

“O mankind! We created you from a single

(pair) of a male and a female, and made

you into nations and tribes, that you may

know each other (not that you may despise

each other). Verily the most honored of

you in the sight of GOD is (he who is)

the most righteous of you.

And GOD has full knowledge

and is well acquainted (with all things),”

– Quran 49:13

Photo Credit
SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES: Religious Diversity in America: A Boundary or a Bridge? April 2019

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UNDERSTANDING OTHERS “Happy Diwali” 2022

Happy Diwali

Professor Bhaskar Vira, our Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, sends our best wishes to everyone celebrating the Festival of Lights this year. – University of Cambridge

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Diwali, Deepavali, or Divali, also known as the Festival of Lights is a Hindu religious festival and one of the most important festivals within Hinduism. It generally lasts five days, and is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar month Kartika. – Wikipedia

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President Biden and the First Lady host a reception to celebrate Diwali.

Join Jill and me as we host a reception to celebrate Diwali. https://www.facebook.com/POTUS/videos/1496037690913860

October 24, 2022

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Thank The LORD!

“Thank The LORD!”

Thank You GOD, for saving me, keeping me away from the many, many Evils of this world.

Years ago when I first began striving for my college degree, new to Islam, eager to learn visiting Africa and the Mid East, I had the sincere desire in my quest to prove that Muslims had no involvement in the African slave trade. Yet the Truth dispelled my unlearned presumptions I held for my love of both Africans (Africa) and of Muslim’s who along with the rest of the world played major roles in slavery as participants in the enslavement of Africans to one degree or another. – Mr. Harun Jihad Bilal

Lies! Lies! Lies!

Music Clip: “People Get Ready” The Impressions. Youtube |catman916

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