from The Modesto Bee Online ( http://www.modbee.com )

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President Bush visits Washington mosque

Published: Monday, September 17th, 2001

By SANDRA SOBIERAJ, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush visited a mosque on Monday and bought coffee for a cafeteria full of aides as he appealed to the public to get back to everyday business and not turn against their Muslim neighbors. In his socks, as is Muslim practice, Bush padded through the ornate mosque on Washington's Embassy Row and heard stories from his hosts about Muslim-American women afraid to leave their homes for fear of prejudiced backlash after last week's terrorist strikes.

'Those who feel like they can intimidate our fellow citizens to take out their anger don't represent the best of America, they represent the worst of humankind and they should be ashamed of that kind of behavior,' Bush said, his back to the brilliantly tiled prayer alcove facing Mecca.

He quoted from the Quran and fervently defended the Islam faith:
'Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace, they represent evil and war.'

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has, since last Tuesday's suicide bombings, opened 40 hate crime investigations into reported attacks on Arab-Americans, including two killings possibly motivated by anti-Arab sentiment, said FBI Director Robert Mueller. 

Bush's hourlong visit to the gated Islamic Center of Washington was but one stop on a crowded day when the president juggled war planning with an attempt to guide stricken Americans back into their daily routines.

The White House, meanwhile, announced an extraordinary lineup of foreign leaders coming to Washington to meet with Bush as he builds an international coalition for war.

French President Jacques Chirac will be at the White House on Tuesday, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri on Wednesday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday, and Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani of Qatar on Oct. 4.

Huddling with his top domestic policy and economic advisers, Bush ordered up 'a comprehensive package' to aid the airlines, said spokeswoman Claire Buchan. She declined to comment on the industry's request for a $20 billion federal bailout. Airlines are laying off thousands of workers, having lost $1 billion already in the wake of last week's tragedy.

Bush began his day at a White House cafeteria, where he announced the coffee was his treat and then ordered a cup for himself with milk and sugar-free sweetener. 'We're setting a good example. We're showing we will not be intimidated,' he told the government workers.

Across the Potomac River, Pentagon officials briefed Bush on call-up orders for an estimated 35,000 reservists. At least four dozen of them - men and women being mobilized against an enemy yet uncertain - lined the Eisenhower corridor and applauded their commander in chief.

These troops will maintain air defenses, monitor shipping ports, assist military airlifts, gather intelligence and serve as military police, engineers and chaplains, Bush said.

From his strategy session, Bush walked downstairs to the Pentagon cafeteria looking as if he wanted to shake every hand he could reach. A woman began softly singing 'God Bless America' and soon, everyone in the crowd, including the president, joined their voices to hers.

At the end of one corridor, a pregnant woman held a photo of her husband, one of the 188 people killed on the Pentagon's west side. Bush paused to speak with her, rubbed her back a little and gave her a peck on the cheek.
She and two other family members wept as he walked away.

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From: sadaya   PeacefullSolution-bodhi-creations
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Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 11:57 AM
Subject: my prayer

 

Do It Again, Lord

Dear Lord,

We're still hoping we'll wake up. We're still hoping we'll open a sleepy eye and think, What a horrible dream.

But we won't, will we, Father? What we saw was not a dream. Planes did gouge towers. Flames did consume our fortress. People did perish. It was no dream and, dear Father, we are sad.

There is a ballet dancer who will no longer dance and a doctor who will no longer heal. A church has lost her priest, a classroom is minus a teacher. Cora ran a food pantry. Paige was a counselor and Dana, dearest Father, Dana was only three years old. (Who held her in those final moments?)

We are sad, Father. For as the innocent are buried, our innocence is buried as well. We thought we were safe. Perhaps we should have known better. But we didn't.

And so we come to you. We don't ask you for help; we beg you for it. We don't request it; we implore it. We know what you can do. We've read the accounts. We've pondered the stories and now we plead, Do it again, Lord. Do it again.

Remember Joseph? You rescued him from the pit. You can do the same for us. Do it again, Lord.

Remember the Hebrews in Egypt? You protected their children from the angel of death. We have children, too, Lord. Do it again.

And Sarah? Remember her prayers? You heard them. Joshua? Remember his fears? You inspired him. The women at the tomb? You resurrected their hope. The doubts of Thomas? You took them away. Do it again, Lord. Do it again.

You changed Daniel from a captive into a king's counselor. You took Peter the fisherman and made him Peter an apostle. Because of you, David went from leading sheep to leading armies. Do it again, Lord, for we need counselors today, Lord. We need apostles. We need leaders. Do it again, dear Lord.

Most of all, do again what you did at Calvary. What we saw here last Tuesday, you saw there that Friday. Innocence slaughtered. Goodness murdered. Mothers weeping. Evil dancing. Just as the ash fell on our children, the darkness fell on your Son. Just as our towers were shattered, the very Tower of Eternity was pierced.

And by dusk, heaven's sweetest song was silent, buried behind a rock.

But you did not waver, O Lord. You did not waver. After three days in a dark hole, you rolled the rock and rumbled the earth and turned the darkest Friday into the brightest Sunday. Do it again, Lord. Grant us a September Easter.

We thank you, dear Father, for these hours of unity. Christians are praying with Jews. Republicans are standing with Democrats. Skin colors have been covered by the ash of burning buildings. We thank you for these hours of unity.

And we thank you for these hours of prayer. The Enemy sought to bring us to our knees and succeeded. He had no idea, however, that we would kneel before you. And he has no idea what you can do.

Let your mercy be upon our President, Vice President, and their families. Grant to those who lead us wisdom beyond their years and experience. Have mercy upon the souls who have departed and the wounded who remain. Give us grace that we might forgive and faith that we might believe.

And look kindly upon your church. For two thousand years you've used her to heal a hurting world.

Do it again, Lord. Do it again.

Through Christ, Amen.

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