Late Moon’s life & works unveiled

By Cyril Nwoazeke in Yaounde

The founder of the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace, Sun Myung Moon has died but his works live on. Moon, it should be recalled, died on September 3^rd, 2012.

Following the news of his death, reckless declarations and insinuations were made; apparently to rubbish his life and works. To clarify public opinion on his achievements therefore, a press conference was organized in Yaounde last Thursday by the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace.

Speaking at the over 3-hour press briefing, the regional secretary for the Universal Peace Federation, Lihinag Tam Benoit said Moon’s life and works greatly impacted North Korea and the world at large. He added that as founder of many peace organizations, Moon among other publications wrote the “Divine Principles” to help the world understand God’s word. He said through the celebration of marriages in public between people of different nations and cultures, Moon’s literary works aimed at establishing solidarity and world peace. By the year 2000, he said, Moon had succeeded in uniting 400 million couples in and around the world.

The regional secretary went further to enjoin pressmen and Cameroonians to give a deaf ear to anti-Moon rhetorics and rather use his “Divine Principles” as a guide to life. Quizzed on the issue of France painting a gloomy image on the life and works of Moon, Tam Benoit attributed it to a cultural problem between states. He was categorical that the French religion has destroyed the world and that Moon’s industrious life and works are there for all to see. Contrary to what the French want the world to believe, Tam said Moon created over 80 organizations that have to this day continue to  deal with aspects of humanity with the aim of building a world of eternal peace.

For his part, the organization’s deputy director of communication, Ronald Fusi Atoh said Moon was not a sect leader and that there is nothing secret behind his unification teachings which rather fought against communism and in turn culminated in North Korea’s independence in 1945. Concerning Moon’s business activities, he said one cannot establish a world talking only about peace or love and that the question is not wealth but how it is managed.

Worthy to note that Moon was born in North Korea on January 6, 1920. He was the founder of over 80 organizations in the world. In 1975, Moon sent his missionaries to Cameroon to implant his works and teachings. He created The Washington Times in 1982, one of America’s newspapers and also contributed to Ronald Reagan’s election as president of the United States of America. Moon has also gained recognition from many international organizations, the latest being in 2006 by the United Nations.