ARE THERE DIFFERENT LEVELS (OR KINDS) OF VIOLENCE AND TERROR?

ARE THERE DIFFERENT LEVELS (OR KINDS) OF VIOLENCE AND TERROR?

Stes de Necker

During the past twelve months, literally thousands of protesters were killed or seriously injured in Turkey, Egypt and Libya.

Numerous people were hanged in Iran, woman and children were bombed in Afghanistan, while whole communities were massacred and wiped out in South Sudan.

1800 Palestinians were starved and murdered by Assad in Syria, while hundreds were killed in Pakistan by Jihad terror attacks.

10,000 Iraqi’s were killed by terrorists, and thousands of villagers slaughtered in Nigeria.

This is the world we live in.

But for some strange reason I haven’t seen the same outcry for these atrocities, as what I've seen for the conflict in Israel and Gaza.

WHY?

Is it prejudice, or were there not enough pictures posted of dead and mutilated children?

Why did the Muslim supporters of Hamas not cried out against the perpetrators of these acts of terror?

Or is it because Muslim on Muslim violence is not as serious as Zionist, (or Christian) violence on Muslims?

Saddam Hussein was known for his brutality and dictatorship, oppressing and killing his own people in Iraq, but no one cried out. But the day the United States got involved, the whole world was in a frenzy.

When peace loving individuals, from whatever religious denomination, dare to mention these atrocities, they will never be seen as pro-human rights activists, but rather labelled as anti-Muslim oppressors.

In the interest of peace and harmony, it is time we all stop our prejudices and be consistent in our opinions and comments.