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How can we move past racism and religious intolerance and move toward the…

- - - - We as a family on earth can promote peace in the world with followers of other religions by engaging in dialogue with one another. By doing so, we are letting down our wall of ignorance and allowing newfound appreciation and understanding to fill our minds. We are able to introduce ourselves to the beautiful differences that allow us to develop love and compassion instead of hatred and violence. We will be able to understand that these differences are not hideous aspects of others but instead beautiful aspects that make each and every one of us unique. By constantly hating and discriminating against other religions and races, we are slowly diminishing the wonderful world that our ancestors built up for us. For the well-being of humanity, we must set aside our hateful beliefs and start turning them into reasons as to why we should love one another.
      - Like the article about Islamophobia, by constantly sending hatred towards a religious group, we are turning the current society into a more and more dangerous place to reside in. We must stop labeling our articles and newscasts with words that send hate and instead, promote ways that we can create and send peace. The mindset of labeling and judging is a mindset that we must crush because it is clearly turning the world into a terrible place to live.
- - - - #1: Respect the faith and religion of others- We must be able to understand the different roles that faith plays in an individual's life. We must be able to appreciate the sacredness of faith that is not our own and be able to develop an understanding as to why it is important as well. By doing so, we are spreading the idea of understanding and appreciation, not hate or judgement. By living by this rule, we are able to bring the phobia of other religions to a halt.
      - #2: There is no neutral stance- We also must be able to learn and understand that everyone has a starting point and a personal stance on faith. Even if they are not the same to ours, we must not hate and discriminate them for it. Having this stance affect how we view the faith of others. By enforcing this stand upon ourselves and future generations, we will be able to stop the racism and racial discrimination against the cultures and religions of others.
      - #3: The truth in other religions- By understanding that religions hold sacred truth for each of their followers then we will be able to put a stop to this never ending conflict. For example, each of the Abrahamic faiths believe in a different founder of their truth. The Muslims have Allah and the Christians have Jesus. We cannot simply force the truth of other religions to change because we do not believe in the same truth. All 7.6 billion people on this earth have different truths and we must learn to accept and cherish that. These differences are what makes us special and unique; not something meant to be hate on until it disappears.
      - #4: Accept the importance of religion- The hatred and discrimination of races have gone from harsh words to mass events of violence. We see different forms of violence around the world everyday and we must learn that this is not a result of faith and religion but people. This means that if a war involves two certain faiths and religion, it wasn't the cause of the faith and religion but the thoughtless thoughts and actions of human beings. The most basic teaching for all religions is the promotion of peace and social justice. If we understand this and live by it, the growing of hate and discrimination will surely stop.
      - Conclusion: By using these 4 ground rules, the act of Islamophobia will decrease greatly. The reason why Islamophobia has become such a large issue is because certain people are unable to understand and enforce these rules in their lives. They live off the hatred and discrimination and believe that only their beliefs and actions are right and everything even remotely different is wrong.
  - - - M: the presence and/or support of various cultures and ethnic group within a society
      - A: the action of being suitable to be submitted within a group
      - T: the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behaviour that two parties may not necessarily agree on
      - E: the principle or aim of promoting unity among the world's Christian churches
- - - - The New Testament: 10 Commandments
      - The Old Testament: The Beatitudes
      - The Quran: The 5 Pillars of Islam
  - - - The Bible
    - - The Quran
    - - The Torah
- - - - The World Day of Prayer for Peace
      - WE Day
  - - - Example: the Holy Trinity for Christians
    - - Example: the 10 commandments in the Bible
    - - Examples: The Catholics have the crucifix and the Ganges River in India holds special and spiritual meaning to Hindus