Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a Muslim student of Ohio State University, recently stated in an interview that he wanted to pray in public at this university but was afraid for his safety. He said that he feared people would see him praying and think "what's going to happen?". This turned to be a rather interesting situation. Because even though Artan stated this, he ended up attacking and injuring 11 people on the campus with a knife. He was then shot dead by an officer immediately after the attack. Investigators are still searching for his motive.
I'm not exactly sure how to feel about Artan's side of this situation, because his motives are not in any way clear. Though I do understand the fear that people of Muslim religion have when practicing it in public. There has been so much prejudice (especially recently) towards their religion and people, which has probably caused them to be fearful of publicly practicing their religion. I just hope that we can work together to end that prejudice towards the Muslim religion.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/28/us/ohio-state-attacker-abdul-razak-ali-artan/index.html
This is interesting! It crazy to think what could drive someone to insanity like that. It's sad that people were hurt though.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad that some people can't practice their own religion. I thought most of this hate had died done a little..
ReplyDeleteI think everyone should take this story as a lesson to treat everyone, no matter their background, with respect and kindness because you don't know what they are going through.
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