By Maria Charbel
My short video is entitled “Muslims are not terrorists” I have
decided to call it that because that’s the truth; Islam is a religion that
preaches peace not terrorism. My video is 1 minute 45 seconds long; it starts
with a phrase we are all hearing it lately which is “Muslim are terrorists” then I added some
pictures of mosques and the picture of Al Kaaba to symbolize Islam. To
illustrate what I was talking about, I took some parts of videos I found on
Youtube were Westerns call Muslims terrorists but after that I decided to prove
them wrong and show them the opposite, show them what Islam is all about. So, I
shot 2 small scenes were a Muslim girl comes to visit a Christian girl on
Easter; and this scene shows how tolerant, accepting and caring they are. Then,
I decided to ask some Muslims girls to complete this sentence “I’m Muslim but
I’m not...” after that I ended my video with a small message that came from me,
wishing people would stop this racism and stop being judgemental.
This video allowed me to show to everybody that Islam isn’t a
religion of terrorism, as many people attack it; Islam is a religion that
worships peace. Many people claim that Islam teaches people to be aggressive,
selfish and does not accept other religions. However, the main approaches of
Islam are generosity and forgiveness that are considered the main principles of
peace. The message that I want to deliver through this video was a shout out to
the entire world, and especially a shout out from Muslims. We are all tired of
Muslims being judged by actions they didn’t even have to do with it. People are
becoming so ignorant nowadays; they are becoming so fanatic and intolerant. So,
this video was a shout out for all the people to stop judging other religions
and stop the racism, it was also an opportunity for Muslims to express their
feelings towards their religion. Muslims got the chance to explain and to tell
people that they aren’t aggressive nor angry and most importantly they are not
Terrorists. In addition, Islam is a
religion that preaches peace, it’s a religion that teaches people how to love
and respect others. We all have to stop this and try to think about the future,
we have to stop judging other religions and learn how to be united because
whether you were Muslim, Christian or even Buddhist at the end we are all human
beings.
I personally got the idea of doing this video
after the incident of Ahmed Mohamed, the Muslim American kid that built a Clock
and brought it to school and then the teacher thought it was a bomb. Since that
time, I decided that I had to do something to show the opposite of what most of
the people are thinking, I was so shocked by this movement that I kept thinking
about it until I got the chance to realise it in this course. In addition, a
lot of other videos that we see on the news of how people and especially
western accuse Muslims of being terrorists. As a non-Muslim girl, all these
videos got me so angry when I watched them, that’s why I decided to react and
this final project was a chance for me to express my opinion towards this big
issue.
My name is Maria Charbel, I am 19 years old
and I come from Lebanon. I have studied in a French school called “Lycee Louis
Massignon” and now I am currently studying at the American university in Dubai
majoring in Journalism and minoring in DPST. I love to play Basketball and
dance and after taking this course I became interested in studying more about
calligraphy especially after watching El Seed’s art.
Finally, Muslims are definitely not
Terrorists; people should start differentiating between real terrorists and
Islam. Islam is a religion that worships peace; it’s about generosity,
tolerance and caring. This should come to an end; we can all stop this racism
only if we stand all together, united.
References:
Videos: https://youtu.be/wVhZcPl9qNA
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