MY AMERICA: Recreating a new America in the image of our Founding fathers and based on the tolerance of Al-Andulusia

Posted on November 27, 2007 by moinansari

MY AMERICA 

Recreating a new America in the image of our Founding fathers and based on the tolerance of Al-Andulusia

by

Moin Ansari

“The essential principles of our Government… form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty and safety.” –1st Inaugural Address, 1801.Thomas Jefferson 

There are many visions of America and future of mankind. There is the bright “Lockian” vision of Robert Heinelin and Gene Rodenberry where humans have created contracts with each other and all nations live in absolute harmony, and humanity has overcome hunger, disease and war.

There is the “MadMax” apocalyptic vision of the future of mankind based on John Hobbs history of the growth of civilizations where human beings fear each other and the future is tribes roaming around hunting each other. Some show us an ugly and rather simplistic vision of the world fractured by civilizations and faiths, where the “evil doers” are monolithic blocks of evil people, like the “Borg” of Star Trek, or the “commies” of Senator McCrathy bent upon destroying the West and America.

There is the or the Escape from LA/NY vision for America where being Muslim is a crime and society has degenerated to total collapse, emanating from the likes of the new-Mcarthyites that see hordes of Muslims ready to take over the USA. In January 2004, Kofi Annan, the secretary General of the United Nations, speaking about the future of the world defined the world between the evil terrorists and those using extraordinary means to fight terrorism 

The Secretary General of the United Nations defined both as threats to world peace.  Many books have been written by  the icons of the  interfaith movement in America. Many Americans give us visions where we can all get along. This is the vision of Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of our great nation…

“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” Thomas Jefferson, one of the greatest Americans, and one of the great thinkers of his time upholding the principle of “my religion is between me and my God” said the following about acknowledging the plural nature of our great nation said: 

“our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to our god alone. I enquire after no man’s and trouble none with mine; nor is it given to us in this life to know whether yours or mine, our friend’s or our foe’s, are exactly the right.”  Thomas Jefferson to Miles King, September 26, 1814  

Some have called for a return to the principles of the founding fathers, and completing the American revolution. We quote from Jefferson again: ………“yet the hour of emancipation is advancing . . . this enterprise is for the young; for those who can follow it up, and bear it through to it’s consummation. it shall have all my prayers, and these are the only weapons of an old man.”