On the sad day of the uneventful day of pure chaos in Boston when the unexplained happened, the two bombs going off. I was very shocked and deeply saddened by the incident and seeing on all TV stations report uneasy news arising from the city. Two things clicked to my head after seeing such acts? Is it a terrorist act and if so was it Muslim related. This is the common theme that resonated in American’s minds. It is an unfortunate and prejudicial feeling that still ripples form the 9/11 attack. I remember walking to school and talking to my close friend of mine who happens to be Iranian. He said he wish it is not a Middle-eastern guy or Islamic related because of the unforgiving eyes that befalls Islamic and/or Middle Eastern people.I was saddened by the statement because that I knew that He is not Middle eastern rather Asian(check the globe) but because he does not look like a typical Asian(China, Korea, Vietnam and so on), he will put in the box of Islamic radicalism or even worse “suicide bomber”. I responded saying that “We (Nigerians) are not too far away due to mitigating circumstances surrounding growing Islamic unrest in Nigeria from Boko Haram sect”.
I grew up with Muslims back in Nigeria and to my knowledge, there were not radicalized except for occasional religious discordance but surely different but tribal differences had a larger divisor in Nigerian culture. Just as much as Islamic fundamentalists exist, radical Christians also exist; maybe not as violent but they do. The KKK group was a christian based group that used the Bible to defend its hate for Jews, Blacks, Catholics and other minority groups. In the present day we live in, sometimes I wonder has religion caused so much extreme ideology that pushes people to such hate for skin color, lifestyle, culture and politics. Religion is supposed to spread unity and peace but human nature which is tainted with greed, politics, pride and power has misconstrued and alienated the simple reason that we exist-“LIVE LONG AND PROSPER”. I as a Christian have learnt to learn rather than judge people. From Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity or other religious associations, we should rethink that life is precious and learn to understand everyone regardless of cultural differences…..
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