Muslim man blindfolds himself and asks
strangers in Paris to hug him
Paris is a city fraught with tension following the brutal Islamic State terror attacks on Friday night.
Paris is a city fraught with tension following the brutal Islamic State terror attacks on Friday night.
One Muslim man has ventured into
Republic Square in France’s capital in a show of faith with fellow Parisian
mourners.
The guy blindfolded himself and stood
with a placard which (roughly translated) asks: ‘I’m a Muslim and I’m told I’m
a terrorist. I trust you, do you trust me? If yes, hug me?’
As a tearful crowd of mourners look on,
one by one, Parisians approach the man and embrace him.
Feeling the unity, one person commented
on the video: ‘My deepest empathy goes to the families of the victims.
Unbelievable how people tend to generalise. I am Muslim and was born and raised
in Europe. Does the fact that I am Muslim automatically makes me a terrorist?
‘Well, I am not, nor is any Muslim related to me in any sort of way. Yet, we are being stamped as such.’
Adding: ‘Seeing this video, restored my
belief that not all people are ignorant and guided by prejudice. Thank you for
every single hug. I hug you back.’
A similar social experiment, conducted
in Stockholm back in March, has been shared again following the attacks in
Paris on Friday.
The STHLM Panda clip is captioned: ‘It’s all about raising awareness against racism.
‘Don’t judge people based on appearance
or religious beliefs.’
Who: Muslim man
Why: He was told that he was a terrorist
What: asks strangers in Paris
to hug him
When: Wednesday 18 Nov 2015
Where: Paris
Vocabulary
1. blindfolded 矇住眼睛
2. mourners 送葬者
3. racism 種族主義
The America always uses its leading power to impose their opinions,biases on others. The Muslim has been discriminated for a long,long time. It must have something to do with America that always put its fingers in every pie. It seems to be no easy way to easily decrease the conflicts between them. Since the America is a melting pot, it should be a lesson for the Americans to try to respect multiculturalism.
回覆刪除I agreed, "Don’t judge people based on appearance or religious beliefs." Because Americans or some country always think their religion is better than one another, and you can see the history in the past, there are too many religious tragedy that lead the aspects nowadays.
回覆刪除I feel sad about the fact that the racism exists in the world. It's unfair to judge people by their religion or color, and I believe that with the rise of terror attacks, the Muslim suffers a lot from it. Sometimes we comment a nation is bad, but it doesn't mean that all the people in that nation are bad.
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