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Was God In Tahrir Square?

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Lance Barker
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Was She chanting for Bread? Was He shouting “Liberty”? Was It demanding Social Justice?

The majority might pretend to own moral values, but if it closes its eyes to hunger, dictatorship, and injustice, those values are not mine. The yes-men of the state might try to stand between us and God, but my God does not rub shoulders with dictators and their enablers. I worship the God of Bread, Liberty, and Social Justice.

Mona Eltahawy

From the Foreward in Occupy Spirituality by Matthew Fox and Adam Bucko

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