Last night we had gone to this club in the city. Inside we saw this guy arguing with a coat check girl at the club, urging her to quit. It seemed like she was his ex girlfriend. She finally said that she had had enough of him and did not want anything to do with him anymore. He was ejected by the bouncer around 3:00 a.m. We heard him screaming drunken threats to shut this place down. He left but returned to the establishment with a plastic container with gasoline. He spread the fuel at the base of a staircase, the only access into the club, and then ignited the gasoline. The club had no fire exit, it only had one door. Some of those trapped punched a hole through a wall to an adjoining union hall in an attempt to escape. Eighty nine people died in the resulting fire, mostly from from asphyxiation or trampling.
At 12:00 PM on Saturday, October 28, 2023, in honor of Cyrus the Great Day, you are invited to our unveiling of a monumental statue of Cyrus the Great at the Millennium Gate dedicated to liberty, justice and peace. Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire, upon liberating Babylon, freed the slaves, established racial equality and rights for women, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion and returned their various gods to their shrines. He also helped the Jews build The Second Temple. According to the Book of Isaiah, Cyrus was anointed by God as a messiah for these actions, the only non-Jewish figure to be revered in this capacity. Iranian and Jewish peoples share an ancient bond of friendship that modern Islamic fanaticism has tried (and failed) to destroy. Remembering the past is a powerful perspective for shaping the future; one where diverse peoples and cultures live together in freedom and harmony. Cyrus the Great’s decrees wer
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