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Teaching tolerance:
Eight women speak out
Last year's terrorist attacks on the United States sparked a flood of racist violence around the world. Just days after the strikes on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the FBI were investigating numerous hate crimes and American Muslims were alarmed by the rise in reports of physical or verbal abuse directed against members of their community. Britain fared little better.
As the world marks the one year anniversary of September 11th, we look back at some of the pleas for tolerance made by iVillage women on our sister site in the US just days after the terrible attacks. Their comments still resonate today…
Scenes of Fear and Anger
'I've been so upset over this whole tragedy. So many lives have been tragically affected and my prayers are with everyone. However, I am greatly concerned for innocent Muslims in America. I've heard people on the radio condemning all Muslims and I've heard about death threats to Islamic organizations, and it makes me so sad. I am Christian and my husband is Muslim. We live in a very Christian-dominated city. His co-workers are making some terrible comments and accusing him of being some terrible person just because of his religious belief. I'm deeply saddened by the tragedy but also by the inhumanity that takes place right in our own hometowns.'
iVillager froggy_chick, Interfaith Marriages message board.
'We have some neighbors down the street who are from India. Late last night as I was outside talking to the teenagers in the neighborhood, they told me that these poor people who had nothing to do with Tuesday's attack were holed up in their house all day, curtains drawn. Normally they have their doors and windows open. Obviously they were afraid to go out. Schools are closed today because of fear that there will be fights. Not everyone with brown skin and dark eyes is a terrorist. These people are as shocked, frightened and outraged as we are. We must keep our heads and remember that we are a country of diversity. We must remember who the enemy is and not see the enemy in every brown face.'
iVillager cl-kacywillow, Multi-Cultural Families message board.
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