I am listening to a crowd of people cry out. I am listening to words that to my ears have no meaning, yet tug on the core of my being. I am listening to the people who have marched silently through the crowded streets of Tehran. I hear their chants of "Allahu Akbar!"
Truly God is Great (the translation of Allahu Akbar. This phrase is powerful, apparently, in the Islamic world, and indeed it resonates in my heart right now. I who have known little in the way of suffering.
I chant with you tonight, brothers and sisters. I chant with you in solidarity. I chant into my night...
Allahu Akbar!
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