I woke up really happy today. I'm not one
hundred percent sure why, but I think it may have had to do with yesterday.
Yesterday was just an awesome day! I got to know some awesome people. It was
simply amazing, and the feeling of euphoria carried over to today.
That said, I saw one of the most ignorant and Islamophobic
things today. Like, I was disgusted. And it was posted by someone I used to
have a lot of respect for! The post contained a video, and the following
text: To those that say I am posting
"hate" on my wall...please take 4 mins and listen and WATCH this
video. Its not just the extremists with these barbaric views, its the entire
religion!! If you still disagree after watching this, you are simply ignorant.
These are the same people we are welcoming to our country right now. There is
NO peace in Islam. Period. This video proves it. You know
you're off to a great start when the person posting it calls it
"hate".
The video shows a group of
incredibly conservative Muslims discussing the very conservative parts of
Islam: the separation of men and women during worship, etc.. Basically the same
kind of thing that super conservative Christians would be talking about. And
one of the main things people were getting from this video was that all the
people in the audience were agreeing! Two things about that:
1.
herd mentality. When you're part of a
large group you're going to agree with what's going on, or you're not going to
try to stop it at the very least. I've experienced it at Christian events,
concerts, and the movie theatre
2.
THEY WERE A CROWD OF ULTRA
CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE. And if I know anything, I know that any group of ultra
conservative men will agree that women should be kept separate. Because ultra
conservatism = sexism.
I realize that basic logic and common sense is beyond some people, and
that's a damn shame. But honestly. We need some sort of buffers for this kind
of idiocy. Ugh.
I commented on the post, because of
course I did. All I said was this: "Have
you read the Koran? I have. Their religion is ridiculously more peaceful than
Christianity. But, go ahead. Call me ignorant." Honestly, that's pretty tame for me. Must have been
because of my good mood.
Of course when the next
person commented and went on a tirade about all of the atrocities Islamic
people have committed throughout all of history. Way to stay relevant. So I may
have replied to his comment... with an extremely sarcastic list of atrocities
that I was sure glad white Christians had never committed. Like genocide. And
slavery.
I didn't hold back that time...
What confounds me the most, is how do these people not realize
that all the hate they're spreading is doing the terrorists' job for them? How
can you be this blind? Not you specifically. Probably no one reading
this...
The sad part is that I realize these people
(most/some) aren't being racist out of hate, but rather ignorance and fear.
That's honestly so sad.
I think what I'm trying to
say is: Fuck Islamophobia. To any Muslim brothers and sisters reading this, As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa
barakatuhu. Peace be on all my siblings. We are all Children of this
Earth. We should all love each other.
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