Several months ago, during the middle of the primary fight, a friend and I were discussing the historical gravity of Senator Barack Obama becoming the first African-American president in the United States.  We agreed that if he were to win and as he has now done, then that affirmed the fact that this is “the greatest country on earth.“ 

Who would have believe that after 9-11, the PATRIOT Act, Guantanamo, Abu Gharaiib, CIA renditions and the NSA spying on Americans that a man with a Kenyan father who shared a middle name with a former dictator who we supported then deposed (and executed) and has a last name that uncannily rhymes with our ultimate nemesis who has yet to be caught or killed, would be the president of the United States?  There is no other country in the world in which such a thing can happen.  Can you imagine a French of Moroccan ancestry becoming the president of France? 

In chapter 8, verse 30 of the Quran God says, “...They plot and plan, and God too plans; but the best of planners is God.“ 

I cannot help but think that perhaps this is part of the Divine plan to bring back our moral standing and authority that we once commanded from the rest of the world.  Let us hope that Senator Obama has the wisdom and judgment to understand and resist the corruptions of power. If he does then he has the potential to go down as one of the greatest presidents in the history of this country.