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Letter of James 2:14-18.
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day,
and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it?
So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
Indeed someone might say, “You have faith and I have works.” Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.

Lettre de saint Jacques 2,14-18.
Mes frères, si quelqu’un prétend avoir la foi, alors qu’il n’agit pas, à quoi cela sert-il ? Cet homme-là peut-il être sauvé par sa foi ?
Supposons que l’un de nos frères ou l’une de nos soeurs n’aient pas de quoi s’habiller, ni de quoi manger tous les jours ;
si l’un de vous leur dit : « Rentrez tranquillement chez vous ! Mettez-vous au chaud, et mangez à votre faim ! » et si vous ne leur donnez pas ce que réclame leur corps, à quoi cela sert-il ?
Ainsi donc, celui qui n’agit pas, sa foi est bel et bien morte,
et on peut lui dire : « Tu prétends avoir la foi, moi je la mets en pratique. Montre-moi donc ta foi qui n’agit pas ; moi, c’est par mes actes que je te montrerai ma foi.

This music sounds so familiar to me, so universal… And all these victims, all theses faces, so young, so full of energy and dreams and beauty, make me cry.

The voice of the people can sometime be turned off, for a short while, but when the seeds of liberty, sown by the breath of divine creativity, have started to grown in people’s heart, freedom is just a question of time.

It’s easy to comment on the Iranian events from our homes while all these kids are being shot in the streets. Yet I hope that Iranian people will find a peaceful way to resist and come back stronger, and prove to the rest of the world that fabulous age-old persian civilisation is still alive, and capable of revitalize Islamic Republic with fair and balanced democratic practices.

According to real Islamic core values of tolerance and respect, an islamic republic should enlighten the principles of democracy themselves, instead of fearing and fighting them.

I guess religion is vital for supporting individual faith on massive scales. But in the hands of material power seekers without scruples, religion without knowledge becomes a formidable weapon.