Conversation between Ulli Beier and Soyinka
Has this choice passage, which should serve as a message to anyone primed with evangelist intent:
Soyinka: ...That is why Yoruba religion has never waged a religious war, like the Jihad or the Crusades.
Beier: In fact they never make converts! It is the orisha himself who chooses his devotees ...
Soyinka: The person who needs to convert others is a creature of total insecurity.
Beier: There is this beautiful Yoruba proverb: "The effort one makes of forcing another to be like oneself, makes one an unpleasant person!"
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Muslims feel offended by the cartoons, but I feel disgusted at the reaction and ignorance of protests against the cartoons as they continue worldwide.
In Afghanistan at least three demonstrators died as they tried to storm a Norwegian-led NATO base. But not to be outdone, Nigerian politicians in the mainly-Muslim Kano region burn Danish flags. Whao!
Wake up people, feed your poor and help make the world a peaceful place. Birdflu, Wars, tsunamis, earthquakes, famines, droughts and HIV-aids are claiming lives everywhere, go protest about that!
"The person who needs to convert others is a creature of total insecurity"
So true.
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