Unify
the Arab and Persian worlds
Restore
the glory of the ancient empires?
Bring
spiritual evolution to the Muslim world
Inspire peace
between all religions
Mohammed bin Salman
bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
June 21, 2017 became Crown Prince.
Born
August
31, 1985
If you were the Creator, God, Allah, YHWH, the Supreme Being,
and looked down on your Creation today, what would you think?
Personally, I think he would be disappointed to say the
least. No matter what your culture or
religion might be, I am quite sure your God shares the same sentiment. We live in a contaminated world.
People have lost their moral and ethical compass, they no longer live the Will of the Creator, hate overshadows love and anger dominates fear. We are more enslaved than any point in our history, financial, sexual, addictions, digital, depression and despair.
Of all the disappointment we caused, thanks to our free will
and poor decision-making, one disappointment stands alone in the eyes of the Creator.
God’s creations, us, after all their time on Earth, have never
brought peace, sustained peace, to the holiest of all lands on earth, the Holy
Lands, home to where God once talked to humans and we talked to him.
Where the sacred teachings were revealed to man, the holiest of Holy sites still remain, and where Jesus lived and worked miracles for man.
Where the sacred teachings were revealed to man, the holiest of Holy sites still remain, and where Jesus lived and worked miracles for man.
The
Holy Land - birthplace of three religions
There are three religions whose history is interwoven with the
Holy Lands, the old city of Jerusalem, where each religion has sacred sites. The most important of these include;
The Temple Mount (Haram Al-Sharif)
The Temple Mount is a massive plaza of stone in the South East
corner of Jerusalem’s Old City surrounded by date palms and cypress trees.
Arguably the most holy place in the city, it has major significance to all three
religions (Islam, Judaism, and Christianity).
It’s thought to be Mount Moriah, where Abraham offered to
sacrifice his son Isaac to God. Today on the Temple Mount complex you’ll find two
important Islamic structures, the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
For Jews, the Temple Mount was the location of the First
Temple built by King Solomon in 957 BC to house the Ark of the Covenant (which
held the Ten Commandments) in a special room called “The Holy of Holies”. It is the most sacred site in Judaism, and
the Foundation Stone under the dome is where Earth was first created.
For Muslims, Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) is the 3rd
holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. The rock under
the dome is where the Prophet Muhammad left Earth to visit heaven on a winged
horse during his Night Journey in the 7th Century. It was also the
direction of Islamic prayer before God allowed Muhammad to pray towards Mecca
instead.
For Christians, the Temple Mount is significant because the
Jewish temple located here was where Jesus prayed daily and later preached with
his disciples. Jerusalem is also where
the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus took place.
All three religions find themselves under attack from within
their own congregations while also fighting off challenges from outside
forces. Oh yes, they even find time to
fight each other in the process.
In order to understand the destiny of the Crown Prince in the eyes
of Melchizedek, one must have a knowledge of the entire Middle East and the historic
events that shaped them, not just the history of the region but of the entire
world.
Recap
of Middle East History
There is a reason Iran is considered the cradle of
civilization, and the Middle East is the bridge between the European and Asian
cultures, a crossroads for the world.
Yet for all the gifts bestowed on the Middle East by God or Allah, why
is it not the holiest, most sacred, most peaceful place on Earth filled with
the grace of the Creator?
Today, the young Crown Prince, has an opportunity before him
to complete the dreams of some of the most powerful and beloved leaders of the
Persian, Arab, and Muslim nations from the region.
Cyrus the Great, king of ancient Persia, founder of the greatness of
the Achaemenids and of the Persian Empire (c. 559 – 529 B.C.)
Darius I (Darius the Great), king of ancient Persia (521 – 486
B.C.)
An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, known as Salah ad-Din
or Saladin, was the first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the
Ayyubid dynasty. A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish ethnicity, Saladin led the Muslim
military campaign against the Crusader states in the Levant (c. 1138 -- 1193 A.D.)
All sought to unify the Arabian – Persian – Middle East
nations. All wanted people of all
religions to live in harmony and respect.
All protected not only the sacred sites of their own religion, but
those of the other faiths as well.
Persian Facts
Persians entered Iran about 1,000 BCE.
Persians speak Persian (Farsi), related to Greek and Latin.
There are 120 million Persians, one half live in Iran.
Cyrus, the Achaemenid dynasty, build empire in 550 BCE
Most Persians are Shiite Muslims
Those are lofty goals that to this date have not been
achieved. Oh, several leaders came
close, certainly the Persians Cyrus and Darius and Saladin, the Sunni Muslim. Each consolidated or maintained major empires,
and invoked the principles of coexistence, peace, and honor for all. All three rank among the greatest leaders in
the history of mankind.
The
Greek versus Persian Empires
Few people, especially from the West, know the nature of the
Middle East, the true history, nor the contributions to mankind that were
generated in the Middle East.
Once upon a time, we all learned, there was the Greek Empire
with adepts like Pythagoras to Socrates, Plato and Aristotle spanning the 600 BCE
to 300 BCE era. In western civilization
it is considered the golden age of civilization, the hub of civilization of the
world.
What we were not taught was there were other civilizations and
cultures equally important to the evolution of mankind but located in areas not
so well known as the European-based Greek Empire.
The Persian empire under Cyrus the Great was one, and would
become the world’s first great superpower equaling Greece and the world in the
areas of the culture, religion, science, art and technology.
Cyrus completed the consolidation of the Persian empire in 550
BCE by uniting the sacred sites of Mesopotamia, Egypt’s Nile Valley and India’s
Indus Valley.
The Persian empire
threatened the very existence of the Greek way of life and would remain the greatest
threat to the Greek empire from 550 BCE until 334 BCE when Alexander the Great invaded
Persia.
It took three years of grueling warfare and three decisive
battles before Alexander smashed the Persian army and captured the Persian
empire including the legendary city of Babylon, finally unifying the Greek and
Persian competitors. Yet Alexander died from
disease at age 33 and his empire rapidly fell apart.
Conquering
the Arab territories
Over the ensuing years many peoples would try to conquer and
control the Middle East, especially the Arabian and Persian centers. This included the Egyptians, Hittites,
Philistines, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Turks, Franks and British among others
and though the geographic boundaries and empire loyalties changed constantly
the same people remained throughout the centuries.
It was not until the twentieth century that geographic stability
was realized when the British allowed many nations to choose independence and
they did.
Yet even independence did not bring peace and today war still
rages in the Middle East, 2,600 years after the rise of the Persian empire.
Arab Facts
There are 400 million Arabs.
Twenty-two nations are in Arab League (1945).
Arabs speak Arabic also incorporated into Persian.
So why does Melchizedek believe the Crown Prince might just be
the one to complete the efforts of so many others before him and finally bring
peace, stability, and tolerance again to the holiest lands in the world?
About
the Crown Prince
Born August 31, 1985, Mohammed bin Salman is the eldest child
of Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his third wife, Fahda bint Falah bin Sultan
bin Hathleen al-Ajmi, the daughter of the head of a powerful Arabian tribe,
known as the Al Ajman. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was the son of Ibn Saud,
the founder and the first king of Saudi Arabia. Salman bin Abdulaziz was the
governor of Riyadh province for more than 50 years, until stepping down in
2011. During his tenure, he earned a reputation as an efficient, if harsh,
administrator.
The Crown Prince and heir to the Saudi Family Monarchy and
throne, comes from one of the richest families in the world. No previous Arab or Persian leader had access
to such astonishing wealth estimated at over $1.4 trillion.
He is young, appointed Crown Prince June 21, 2017 at the age
of 32, about the same age Jesus was nearing the end of his ministry on earth. At his age it is conceivable he could reign
for many decades. The health of his
father makes it quite possible he could succeed to the throne in the very near
future.
Educated in Saudi Arabia with a law degree, rare for Saudi
wealthy, he is amazingly beloved by the youth of the Muslim world. Having the faith and confidence of the
younger generation for a monarch is a rare occurrence indeed in the volatile
Middle East and future opportunities for youth are crucial to their support.
At the same time, he has opened the door to improved relations
with the United States and Israel.
Muslim facts
There are 1.6 billion Muslims, most non-Arab.
90% of Muslims in the world are Sunni.
10% of Muslims are Shiite.
70% of Muslims live outside the Middle East.
Seven million Muslims live in America.
Sunni in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Shiite in Iran, Pakistan, India and Iraq.
Islam
and the Muslim world
As the birthplace of Islam and holiest of holy sites, Saudi Arabia
is the dominant nation for Sunni Muslims which make up 90% of the worldwide
Muslim population. The war-weary Middle
East has dreamed of peace for 2,600 years and the Crown Prince has a real
opportunity to complete the dreams of Saladin, Cyrus and others.
When Muhammad, the founder and prophet of Islam was alive
(around 600 A.D.), the Arabs were tolerant of all religions as Jews, Christians
and Arabs coexisted peacefully. Long
before his time dating back to the Persian empire days (500 BCE) when Zoroaster
was the inspiration for the main religion, it was the same, a peaceful coexistence
between different religions although the Christian and Islam faiths did not
appear until centuries later.
Even after the birth of Christianity and Islam, when the
legendary Saladin recaptured the Holy City of Jerusalem (1187 A.D.) for the
Arab Kingdom, and negotiated a peace treaty with King Richard, Saladin still allowed
the prisoners to leave with their belongings and sacred objects for
worship. Saladin was held in the highest
prestige by friend and foe, even King Richard of England.
Islam Facts
Muslim believe in Islam.
Muhammad was born in Mecca in 570 AD.
Muslims believe in One God.
Allah - the Creator, the One True God
All-powerful, invisible and unknowable.
They revere the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,
the last Prophet.
Muslims believe in all prophets before Muhammad.
and holy books brought by prophets
Psalms, the Torah, and the Gospel.
Believe in Day of Judgement, Angels and Predestination.
Accomplishments
by Crown Prince
The Crown Prince is in a great position to use the power of the Saudi monarchy to bring peace between the Sunni and Shiite Muslims, and bring peace in the entire Middle East thanks to his relationship with the US and Israel.
To show his future vision for the Middle East, in April 2016, Prince Mohammed introduced Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia's vision of the future, which is aimed at making the kingdom the heart of the Arab and Islamic world, an investment powerhouse, and a hub that connects three continents.
The reformative initiative seeks to diversify and privatize the economy, and to make it less reliant on oil. By 2030, the initiative also aims to establish an e-government system. He also announced a $500 billion plan to create a business and industrial zone extending across its borders into Jordan and Egypt which will focus on industries including energy and water, biotechnology, food, advanced manufacturing and entertainment, and will power itself solely with wind power and solar energy.
That is only the
beginning. He has also called for
more entertainment options in the kingdom for both families and youth.
The cabinet passed regulations to reduce the power of the religious police.
An entertainment authority was established in May 2016.
In his attempt to override tradition, he also engaged younger Saudi Muslim scholars who are active on social media and better known among Saudi youth, as opposed to the kingdom's council of senior scholars who set official religious policy and often release religious opinions.
In December 2017, he lifted a 35-year ban on cinemas.
The monarchy ends the world's only ban on female drivers by announcing in September 2017 that they will be able to take the wheel from June 2018.
The decision is part of a vast modernization plan for the country inspired by the prince as he looks to bolster foreign investment.
Last year it was reported that Israel's Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz had invited the Crown Prince to visit Israel and recommended that peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel happen under the kingdom's auspices.
The new crown prince is also driving a far more aggressive
foreign policy to counter the influence of their regional rival, Iran.
Prince Mohammed says in March 2018 that if Iran develops a
nuclear weapon, Riyadh will do so too.
In an interview with
CBS television, he likens the territorial ambitions of Iran's supreme
leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to those of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany.
Riyadh holds deep reservations over the 2015 accord aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions and hails President Donald Trump's announcement in May 2018 that the United States is withdrawing from the deal.
In March 2018 the prince embarks on his first foreign tour as heir, visiting Egypt and Britain -- where he lunches with Queen Elizabeth II.
Prince Mohammed then spends two weeks in the US, meeting Trump and other political and economic leaders. He also goes to France and Spain.
Last fall, the 33-year-old Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman announced plans to modernize Saudi Arabia and return the restrictive Muslim country to “what we were before: a country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions and to the world.”
Make no mistake, there will be setbacks along the way as a biased media will continue to look for weakness and mistakes in the efforts of the Crown Prince. The recent death of Jamal Khashoggi, a well-known journalist and critic of the Saudi government is the latest example.
When Turkey accused the Crown Prince of involvement in the
murder, it was vehemently denied by the Crown Prince and Royal family. Yet Turkey, a bitter enemy of the Saudi’s
since the time of the ancient empires up through the Ottoman Empire in World
War I, fed the liberal press a stream of damning charges against the Saudi’s.
Of course, the press did not discuss the cultural differences
between the Muslim Sunni nation and the US system of democracy, nor the fact
that China, Russia, and even present-day Turkey all had far worse
records in killing citizens and human rights violations than Saudi Arabia.
Only God can pass judgement on what happened, and the same God
offers redemption and salvation to all souls.
If there is a chance the Crown Prince can achieve what destiny has to
offer him, then the good he does for the world will far eclipse what it took to
get there.
In the end, the strength of Saudi Arabia, the fierce
independence of the Arabian, Arab, Persian and Muslim residents, and the sacred
sites and Holy Lands they occupy will be available to all people and religions
of the world. They will be the envy of
many nations, and after 2,600 years of war they will finally take their
rightful place as a leader at the table for the future of all mankind.
Melchizedek believes Saudi Arabia and the Crown Prince are up
to the challenge and the world can only benefit if they are given the chance to
lead.
Who are Muslims?
Muslims submit to the Will of God
Under Islam what is the
Muslim character?
A Muslim is truthful, not dishonest
He is humble, not arrogant
He is moderate, not an extremist
He is honest, not corrupt
He is reserved, not garrulous
He is soft-spoken, not boastful
He is loving and solicitous to
others, not unmindful of them
He is considerate and compassionate,
not harsh
He is polite and helpful, not insulting
and disrespectful to people
He is generous and charitable, not
selfish and miserly
He is refined and gentle in speech,
not prone to swearing or cursing
He is cheerful and generous, not
bitter and resentful
He is grateful for what he has, not
ungrateful
He is cheerful and pleasant, not
irritable and gloomy
He is chaste and pure, not lustful
He is alert, not absent-minded
He is dignified and decent, not
graceless
He is sincere and straightforward,
not hypocritical
He is optimistic and hopeful, not cynical
or pessimistic
He is confident and deep in faith,
not doubtful and wavering
He is spiritually oriented, not
materialistic
He always has faith in God’s mercy,
not losing heart or becoming desperate
He is diligent and vigilant, not
negligent to his duties
He is thankful to God and constantly
prays to Him, not forgetful of His innumerable blessings
