By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
The loss of lives on September 11, 2001, is regretted. Humankind is the most precious thing in this universe, every other creature is to serve or for the benefit of humankind. God has created humankind, with consciousness, intelligence, and will to act. After twenty years, yet we remember the victims of the incident and share grieves with their families.
However, as the consequences of 9/11, how many people were killed in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, Tunisia and other parts of the world are equally precious and created by God. God loves all humankind equally, without any discrimination, irrespective of faith, race, ethnicity, and social status. No one religion teaches hate, killing, or injustice, but it is only individuals who are responsible for such disasters. Either it was World Wars I or II, or small wars in the past or currently, open wars or cold wars, it is individuals who are behind the killing of humanity. Such individuals should be held responsible and trial under the independent judiciary and punished accordingly.
It is appealed to the UN, the International court of justice and all humankind to arrest and trial such criminals involved directly or indirectly in the incident of 9/11 or the killing of Muslims around the globe. Who planned, who executed, who ordered, who facilitated, all should be punished according to the degree of their crime. War crimes should be tried and executed. Hope all criminals involved in crimes against humanity must reach their fate.
A book titled, “US-Imposed Post-9/11 Muslim Holocaust and Muslim Genocide” written by Gideon Polya, Kevin Barrett (Foreword by), Søren Roest Korsgaard (Foreword by) is self-explanatory:
“US-Imposed Post-9/11 Muslim Holocaust and Muslim Genocide” is a monument to free speech in a time of cowardice and widespread censorship. The book delivers a profound message from a top scholar to humanitarians across the globe: “Silence kills and silence is complicity”. With silence from government, academia, and mainstream media, your only choice is to read this book if you want to understand the disastrous consequences of the “War on Terror” and “climate denial”.
No religion or civilized law permits killing others, hate others, torture others discriminates against others, or harm others in any manner. Why should we deviate from original teachings?
Let’s struggle to create a world, where peace and justice prevail. Where all humankind is treated equally, and no need for a slogan like “Black Lives Matter”. In fact, Human lives matter. Irrespective of any discrimination. We should go back to the original teachings of our religion and forefathers “Adam and Eva”.
We must struggle for a better world where everyone feels safe, secure, and protected. Where no one is hated and no one is forced to live in the stone ages. No one is deprived of education, health care, and modern-day facilities. Everyone equally enjoys the luxury of the modern age.
Marking the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, let’s promise to not repeat any such incident again, or similar incidents in any other part of the world. We must promise to respect human lives, and serve humanity. We should struggle for spiritual life and should value morals and ethics over hate, and harming others. Peace is the ultimate goal of humanity, we must struggle till achieving the goal.
Of course, there are criminals in any country, nation, religion, ethnicity, or race. But such criminals should be arrested and trial fairly, and let the independent judiciary deal with them. To punish a whole country, whole nation, or a religion or race or ethnicity is unfair and must be avoided in the future. Violation is in human nature and there should be a mechanism to fix individuals, instead of generalizing and expanding on a wider scale. A criminal has no respect in any society, irrespective of his or her origin, and must be dealt with on an individual basis.
We all have the responsibility to contribute toward peace, harmony, and understanding, and we should share our part of the responsibility. It is appealed to all positive individuals to promote and share one’s responsibility with due priority.
Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan – Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalization), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan.
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