The gun that ended the life of our sister did not care if she was Sunni or Shia. The bullet that killed this innocent Lebanese teenager did not know what mosque she attended. The news is saying the murderers did not even know her.
Aya came here for a better life. For education, for financial advancement, and for freedom. And yesterday in Blackburn, UK, she was shot to death on her way to the supermarket. We must ask ourselves: Is this the time to fight one another? Is this the time to argue about differences in religion?
We must be better than that gun that did not care about her. We must be more dignified than that bullet that stole her from us. Put down your phone. Close your Twitter app and sign off from your social media if you want to argue.
Look inside yourselves. Go to your mirror and really stare into your own eyes. Are you like the bullet that does not care? Are you the apathetic gun? Or are you one of the souls that will turn around and be a vehicle for God’s compassion and mercy on Earth.
Do more than stopping the arguments. Promote a better world. Give charity. Make dua. Help the poor and needy with your own means. Cry for innocents in Blackburn, and cry for the innocent victims around the world, no matter where they are. Aya is not only survived by grieving parents, two brothers and a sister, but also a grieving world.
We must fight evil with something that is better.
— Sayed Ammar Nakshawani
