| In the Name of the Above The Flag of Mercy I am Mahmood, son of Abdul Hossein Rezaei-Kamalabad. I live in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States of America. During the past thirty years, my work has been in exhibiting the connections between the major religions, so that in unity they will bring peace, humanity and security to the world as one body, one spirit. The mission of The Flag of Mercy is to educate people about peace, humanity and security, in order to open the seventh gate, the Gate of Mercy in Jerusalem. In bringing the act of compassionate forgiveness into one’s life, it creates the ability to build peace, humanity and security through family, community and around the world, nation to nation. The world as one body, one spirit. The design of the Flag of Mercy was inspired by the eye as a vehicle of perception; the white border representing the sclera and the black, the dilation of the pupil ready to receive information. The red Sumerian symbol incorporated to represent happiness and origin of the belief in one God. The hole in the middle of the flag reminds the believer to look within themselves and out to the other side with compassion. The Flag of Mercy journeyed across the United States in the Summer of 2009 to seven cities in seven different states. In each of these cities, the flag was raised at historical American sites. These sites included: Central Park in New York City, Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., NASA Launch Site on Cape Canaveral, on the beach of Lake Michigan in Chicago, in front of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. In ceremony, a pray was made, the Sufi horn was blown three times and the flag was raised three times. The repetition of three represents the three dimensional depth of life. The pilgrimage of the Flag of Mercy will complete a world tour of twelve countries. Of the twelve countries, Mahmood has traveled to Canada, Australia, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Iran where the Flag of Mercy was raised in ceremony. Mahmood plans to travel to India, China, Russia, England and Israel. In England, Mahmood will visit Greenwich and carry the Zero Time, from Greenwich to Jerusalem, where at the Golden Gate he will establish a new point of Zero Time. The final destination of this journey is to Jerusalem where out in front of the seventh gate, the Golden Gate (The Gate of Mercy), he will hold the flag and perform the ceremony for the Golden Gate to open, allowing the sense of security, humanity and peace to pass through. Right now the Golden Gate is closed. When the seventh gate, the Golden Gate opens, he will enter through into the city and erect three stone columns to represent the presence of Zoroastrianism, Hinduism and Buddhism within the Holy City. The Holy City will be established as the new zero time zone, the line between the east and the west and through this declaration, the creation of a new space and time of one body, one spirit. It will create a place where Judaism, Christianity and Islam can exist in peace with the place for the first time in the history of mankind. The Key of the Holy City, which Mahmood designed and made to symbolize the peace, humanity and security that will echo throughout the world will be brought to the Holy City. It will remind the Jews, Christians, Muslims, Zoroastrians, Hindus and Buddhists of their shared responsibility to uphold the peace, with respect for each other.
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