break silence

In 1967, exactly one year before he was assassinated, King delivered his famous “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech at Riverside Church in New York City.

“The fact that the apostle of nonviolence had come out strongly against the American war in Vietnam in his famous speech ‘A Time to Break Silence’ speech at the Riverside Church in New York in April of 1967 was another reason why it was becoming increasingly difficult for King to be associated with Israel’s preemptive strike and subsequent military occupation of Arab territory, territory that included the holiest shrines in Christianity.

But Ibrahim Sadiq, who has been strongly linked with a move to AZ Alkmaar, scored twice before the break silence a boisterous Pittodrie.

Hoja puts it more simply: “Please, I ask international community, break silence,” she said.

It may be unpopular, even in some religious circles, to break silence in the interest of justice, but we must speak.