Carly Fiorina, Republican, Announces 2016 Presidential Campaign
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Who is Carly Fiorina? The world, including Google; has not forgotten her speech post 9/11, about Islam and history of its contribution to human civilization. At least the Muslim World will wonder if this august person is the same that had a very unbiased view of Islam. Her joining the mainstream of US Republican Party politics, is bound to be a challenge to herself, if she remains convinced of Islam as it shaped the world over centuries, or would bow to Neo-Con pressure to unleash a war on Islam and Muslims. Will she have the courage, foresight and intellect to bring this one third of humanity back into global mainstream by positive and productive interaction, rather than 'OFF WITH THE HEAD' initiatives of Bush and Cheney and their Neo-Con handlers. The dark age unleashed by perpetrators of 9/11 has to end with a brave new beginning. Can US and the world at large expect a Conservative to chalk out a new progressive road-map?
Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai
<ghulammuhammed3@gmail.com>
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http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/speeches/fiorina/minnesota01.html
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Part of the speech:
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"There was once a civilization that was the greatest in the world.
It was able to create a continental super-state that stretched from ocean to ocean, and from northern climes to tropics and deserts. Within its dominion lived hundreds of millions of people, of different creeds and ethnic origins.
One of its languages became the universal language of much of the world, the bridge between the peoples of a hundred lands. Its armies were made up of people of many nationalities, and its military protection allowed a degree of peace and prosperity that had never been known. The reach of this civilization’s commerce extended from Latin America to China, and everywhere in between.
And this civilization was driven more than anything, by invention. Its architects designed buildings that defied gravity. Its mathematicians created the algebra and algorithms that would enable the building of computers, and the creation of encryption. Its doctors examined the human body, and found new cures for disease. Its astronomers looked into the heavens, named the stars, and paved the way for space travel and exploration.
Its writers created thousands of stories. Stories of courage, romance and magic. Its poets wrote of love, when others before them were too steeped in fear to think of such things.
When other nations were afraid of ideas, this civilization thrived on them, and kept them alive. When censors threatened to wipe out knowledge from past civilizations, this civilization kept the knowledge alive, and passed it on to others.
While modern Western civilization shares many of these traits, the civilization I’m talking about was the Islamic world from the year 800 to 1600, which included the Ottoman Empire and the courts of Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo, and enlightened rulers like Suleiman the Magnificent.
Although we are often unaware of our indebtedness to this other civilization, its gifts are very much a part of our heritage. The technology industry would not exist without the contributions of Arab mathematicians. Sufi poet-philosophers like Rumi challenged our notions of self and truth. Leaders like Suleiman contributed to our notions of tolerance and civic leadership.
And perhaps we can learn a lesson from his example: It was leadership based on meritocracy, not inheritance. It was leadership that harnessed the full capabilities of a very diverse population–that included Christianity, Islamic, and Jewish traditions.
This kind of enlightened leadership — leadership that nurtured culture, sustainability, diversity and courage — led to 800 years of invention and prosperity.
In dark and serious times like this, we must affirm our commitment to building societies and institutions that aspire to this kind of greatness. More than ever, we must focus on the importance of leadership– bold acts of leadership and decidedly personal acts of leadership.
With that, I’d like to open up the conversation and see what we, collectively, believe about the role of leadership."
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