http://imgur.com/a/tlCyI

That's actually really cool to see. Thanks for posting.

Not enough of them. Not nearly enough.

With all the stuff I read on a daily basis in international news, its good to see something like this from time to time.

Considering that Doctor King was acting for the sake of an ethnicity and not a religion (although, admittedly, he did that work via one), I'm not sure that's a fair comparison. I'm also not sure where there's an active legal policy of keeping down those of Islamic faith, so I'm really confused why you're looking for a "Muslim MLK Jr". Then again, I don't know what country you're living in, so I may be off base here.

I'm an American. And I do think it's a fair comparison, and his words apply equally to any form of protest or cause, regardless if their ethnic, religious, or more secular causes. It doesn't matter if you're speaking out against "social injustice", religious, ethnic, or sexual bigotry, higher taxes, abortion, "big government", etc. It doesn't matter if you're the Tea Party, Occupy Wall St., CAIR, or the Unions. His words are relevent to all. And what I mean of there being no "muslim MLK" is that instead of him, there [was] Bin Laden. Instead of Ghandi, there's Ahmadinajad. The problem is, those who preach nonviolence are quickly silenced by that very loud, violent minority that has the guns, the C4, and control of the government and army.

The problem is, those who preach nonviolence are quickly silenced by that very loud, violent minority that has the guns, the C4, and control of the government and army.

Welcome to America, dude.

I mean, I"m really not getting your point. Do you feel oppressed? Like your rights are being infringed upon? I know there's a fair bit of anti-Muslim sentiment in the states, but I wouldn't go so far as to compare it to what African Americans suffered in this country during the middle of the twentieth century. Maybe I'm not getting this, but I'm not seeing where you're going.

No, I guess you don't.

Then maybe you could spell out more clearly what you're so upset about? Because honestly, I really don't know anyone that's Muslim. I don't know if you're talking about how you're treated in the US, how Muslims are viewed here, how Muslims are viewed by the world, or if you're just sick of your religious relatives making the Islamic faith look as bad as Westboro Baptist Church and Pat Robertson make Christianity look.

Sorry, relatives should have been in quotations. My general point is that I'm very far from the feelings of individuals of the Islamic faith. I'm looking for some clarity here.

Now I'm not sure what you're talking about.

Historian William Durant described the rise of the Islamic Enlightenment. It was a time of rational thought, of skepticism, and free thought.

It collapsed under the weight of the Crusades, the reaction against it by Islamic orthodoxy, the Black Death, and the Mongol invasions.

It was never allowed to regain its former prominence. For the rest of it, the ruling classes seemed to adhere to the Taoist dictum of "Fill the people's bellies, empty their minds, and the people will always remain faithful." Many literate Muslims of the intervening centuries learned how to read and write only from the Koran.

Whoa..., He died on the 11th. Coincidental? I think not...