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Execution, exclusion, killing, hatred, crime, burning, committing suicide, and many other harsh action verbs have never proved their ability to end a problem or a dispute.

What is it that human being can’t understand! Life can be a great one if hatred didn’t exist or wasn’t functioned to destroy others lives.

Ever since I was born, the Arab-Israeli conflict existed, I was raised to hate all Jews and Zionists who raped the land of Palestine. Even in the school’s curriculum, they used to make sure that we are always on agression mode, not only with Zionists but also with Jews, they were always pushing us to hate them and think of ways to get rid of them.

I used to refuse considering Jews and Israeli Zionists under one pre-judgmental category, so many fights used to take place between me and my friends, teachers and family just because I believe deep inside that being a Jew is to be a human who believes in a religion which I’m blindly sure it calls for what every other religion on this universe call for; Love, peace, coexistence and being good. However, being a Zionist is being politicized and racist toward all the others from different race, religion, belief, identity and etc..

My all time statement was “It’s true that I’m proud to be Muslim because I think it’s the best for me, however, it doesn’t mean that I’m the best and everyone else is bad. I don’t see that I’m going to heaven because I’m Muslim and everyone else is going to hell because they’re not.”

Jews are not necessarily Zionists, exactly how Muslims are not necessarily Daeshis (ISIS supporters).

I seriously have been looking for an answer to those who want to throw Jews in the sea, or who want to exterminate Muslims, or who want to erase the existence of the Atheists and so on.. People should now understand that this will never ever happen, and if they keep doing what they’re doing, they’ll keep making their lives and everyone else’s life as miserable as all the meanings that this word holds.

There’s no justification to the hatre-crime that Craig Stephen Hicks committed against three young Muslims in North Carolina. The effect of Media campaigns against Muslims and Islam in general played a huge roll in leading Hicks to violence and rose the hatred-emotions towards them. This is definitely one of the reasons.

This is what one of these young Muslims (Deah Barakat) tweeted a while ago,

and now he’s a dead body!

I blame the media that is clearly and ridiculously politicized, I blame parents for sowing grudges into their children’s minds and souls against the others, I blame extremists all over the world whether they were religious extremists or Atheist extremists.

Muslims are not terrorists, just like how Jews, Christians, Buddhists and Atheists are not terrorists.

Terrorists hold no values, terrorists belong to no religion and belong to no nationality.

I know sometimes when people lose their beloved ones by the hands of someone who holds certain religion or nationality, they sometimes react crazily, but this will not solve the issue. Solving the problem is to call people for wisdom and love, for tolerance and coexistence instead of fighting fire with fire.

May peace be upon those who were shot dead in Chapel Hill and let it also be upon every hater to humanity. Yes. May peace be upon their hearts maybe this hate will vanish when we pray for them as well.

We are humans, we all think that what we believe in, is the best, we all make mistakes, we all lose it at some point, but don’t let your evil thoughts overcome your good ones. It’s not our right to end others lives the way and the time we want.

With my sincere condolences to the entire humanity and to the family and friends of Deah Barakat and Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha.

Peace be upon us all.

Sarah

12 February 2015

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Sarah is a Syrian researcher. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the University of Kalamoon in Syria where she participated in a student exchange - conflict resolution program at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. She did an internship at the Carter Center in Atlanta in the US where she worked on the Middle East Conflict Resolution Program. Sarrah started volunteer work at an early age and is currently an active member of iGive initiative that is mainly working on providing professional training courses from expert trainers to Syrians wishing to develop their skills in the UAE. She is currently working as an Associate Researcher at a Research Center in Dubai.

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