I heard a very uplifting story this morning on pause for thought. I didn’t hear the name of the person telling the story but his job is to do with conflict resolution I don’t think he was a Muslim.
He was in France witnessing a group of rioters challenging a line of police when he saw a group of Muslims come out from a nearby Mosque, they walked in between the rioters and the police. The Muslims talked to the rioters and persuaded them to disband and go home.
They were extremely brave people to stand in a dangerous place and put themselves at risk in the hope of finding a peaceful solution.
May Allah pour out his blessings on these people of peace
Rabi'ya;108932]MashAllah that is good to hear, would be nice to see a news link tho.
I don’t know if the story actually made the news; but the man who was recounting the incident was on the Terry Wogan show at 9.15 on BBC radio 2 on the 10th November today. I think you can go to the BBC web page and listen to the story again. If you get to listen to the story there is something else that makes this story more remarkable
I didn’t write about the first part of this story which makes it even more remarkable.
During his time in France this man had witnessed the police stop and search Muslims on a number of occasions. Quite possible some of these peace keepers had been stopped by the police a number of times in the past, they may well have felt harassed by the police in the past and yet they still felt the need to step in and support the police for the sake of finding peace.
Peace seems to take a huge amount of courage because these guys had to make themselves vulnerable to put their message over
Those Muslims promoted Islam in ways that words never could
Greetings everyone and thank you for your coments,
What these Muslims did risking their lives and well being to try and bring peace is right by all world views, it takes people with a real commitment for peace to take such risks with their lives.
Do you think that this kind of peaceful intervention could be used in Iraq or Palestine to reduce tension and bring about peace?
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