CHARLIE HEBDO

Written on- Sunday, 25th January 2015
Today, I am writing, not because of my love for writing, but because I am hurt and broken. I want to speak myself out, I want to share my feelings , thoughts and opinions with people. But, certainly I am not able to do so, and that’s happening with me for the first time, not because I am in some dilemma , it’s because I know people out there won’t understand my point of view, and even if they do , they would stop themselves from saying so, because we sometimes or may be most of the times, tend to go with the majority, and that can be for various reasons.
You , must be thinking , why am I not coming to the point, as that is what I always do while I write or say something I agree or I don’t agree with, I don’t twist and turn things while sharing my views, but today something different is happening with me, and I am not happy about it. This doesn’t means that I am scared, it is just that, I am nervous , because somewhere I know that people will not understand me, or they might take me wrongly. Still, I need to write, because when speech doesn’t work, writing tends to bridge the gap, because it is patient, peaceful and slow.
It’s not been many days since the Charlie hebdo attacks took place, a really sad incident indeed. Humans killing humans. Or no! it is Muslims killing humans, but who are Muslims? They may be whatever, but they are certainly not humans. What is Charlie Hebdo? A London based magazine that publishes cartoons, which are purely for humor. This, magazine is always known for its freedom of speech, they publish whatever they feel should be published, and their base of doing so is FREEDOM OF SPEECH, which is not at all wrong. Then why did Muslims attack the Charlie Hebdo, they did it because they are not liberal, they are not open minded, they don’t know how to adjust with the society, on a whole, they are not humans.
Freedom of speech, is an extremely important part of a democracy, and why shouldn’t it be? The citizens of a country should have complete right of keeping their views forth, even if the views are hurting the sentiments of a human, a caste, a religion, or a gender! For, all those who disagree with this definition of freedom of speech, let me make it clear , that’s exactly what Charlie hebdo follows. This, magazine since many years, was publishing cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, because of which a large Muslim population was not happy. In many countries, mass agitations and protest took place against the same, some even took Charlie hebdo to court. These non- human Muslims tried to conveye their disagreement with the same, but ! It was Charlie Hebdo which followed Freedom of speech and there is nothing wrong in doing the same. After many years, when these Muslims saw, that these people are not stopping themselves from publishing the cartoons of their prophet, what they did was, they picked up the guns, and killed the staff of the magazine.  I had personally never seen these cartoons, but after these attacks, when I gave it a look, I was numb for a moment. What I saw, was disgusting, and cannot be described in words, those cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, were actually not for humor, and if that’s what you call humor, then I am sorry to say, it certainly did not make me laugh, it made me think and think deep. It made me feel ashamed of myself, it made me realize that I certainly don’t have the power to distinguish between the wrong and the right and I am among one of those, who tend to follow the majority.
Freedom of speech does not mean, writing  or saying anything  even when it  disrespects someone’s emotions. For a civilized person, freedom of speech means, keeping forth your views in a respectful and orderly manner, keeping in mind the sentiments of the people you are living with. Sometimes, unknowingly we tend to hurt emotions, because we live with a diverse population and taking care of all, gets difficult at times, but when the disagreement is expressed, it is always better to stop rather than provoking and instigating hatred in minds, and if someone continuously attempts doing so then it is undoubtedly wrong, because it is possible that out of that population of millions and billions there can be one or two fellows who will pick up guns and kill, in that case the population is not to be blamed and neither should the background of the population should be blamed.  
It doesn’t mean that, I am okay, with the attacks on Charlie hebdo. I strongly condemn the incident, and pray to my lord, that this type of incident doesn’t happen ever again, because killing is not a solution to anything . It gives way to further hatred, and violence can never bring in peace, it in fact turns the wrong into right, and the same has happened with the Charlie hebdo magazine.
Yes, what the terrorists, did was inhuman, but their religion doesn’t teaches them to do so. It wasn’t Islam that did so, prophet Muhammad doesn’t require killing for saving his stature. Like all other religions that exist in this world, Islam is also a religion of peace and harmony, no religion can asks for killing. No religion promotes violence. You don’t agree with me? Please read the Qur’an before deciding on the same.
What Charlie hebdo did, was inhuman too, it provoked the non-human Muslims, instigated hatred in their hearts and minds, of which the result was sad, and terrifying. but did it not hurt our fellow Muslims almost every day? Did it not emotionally kill them from within each second, because these muslims despite of knowing what was happening couldn’t do anything about it because they knew that in this world, the position of the magazine is above their sentiments and religious beliefs. Islam does not allow photography of their prophet for religious reasons. Terrorists killed the people at Charlie hebdo in mere 10 minutes, but Charlie hebdo killed Muslims emotionally every day and It still continues doing so, because as I said, violence on the victim turns him to be right, even if he is wrong. We must never make anyone a means of laughter and fun for our own benefits, and when it is someone whom around 2 billion population of the world follows, then it is certainly not a civilized thing to do.
I am a Muslim. I understand that you now, might not take this write up seriously, and think that I have a one sided view, to the Charlie hebdo incident, but still, I want you to know my religion because, I want all of you to realize, that your views are not and never should be influenced by your background, your thoughts should always reflect your ability of understanding things and distinguishing between the right and the wrong.

Nida saifi.