The International Day of Tolerance & Insaaniat
From the Blog mahakamal*November 16, 2013* It's tragic that on the International Day of Tolerance (November 16), Pakistan is dealing with the aftermath of sectarian violence. In a region that has a brilliant history of Sufi poetry (Bulleh Shah) and that has produced individuals like Abdul-Sattar Edhi, time and time again, we have seen the darkness that ensues because people forget what it means to be human – to love unconditionally – and instead spew divisive nonsense that only hurts all of us. Zehra Batool and I began a series of letters to each other in January, to try to understand more of what it meant to be a Shia or Sunni in Pakistan: http://insaaniat.wordpress.com/sushi-sisters/ What we need is more discourse, more tolerance and more love. Please ASK questions instead of inventing theories apakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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