Say A Few Words In Favour Of Peace

One of my dearest American friends Weavre Cooper has sent a letter to all her friends asking them to say a few words in favour of peace. I am publishing this letter with the hope that you will also say a few words in favour of peace. The following is her letter to all the Americans and citizens of whole world.

Hello, Friends,
 
Many of you may remember hearing about my friend Muhammad Khurshid, a peaceworker living in the Pakistan tribal areas near the Afghan border, where so much tension has been focused recently. He’s the courageous founder of Voice for Peace, a small organization that seeks to bring education and the rule of law to his homeland and other troubled places in the world. He has a specific, simple request with which I think some of our members and attenders might be willing to help.
 
A few days ago, Muhammad Khurshid’s village was mostly bulldozed, destroying his home and many others. He tells me almost half of Bajaur Agency has now been destroyed. As soon as he helped his wife Fatima and their four children flee to a place of relative safety, he responded the only way he knew: by stepping up his pleas for peace and a verbal resolution to the conflict. He is asking us—and anyone else appropriate in the US with whom you can share this request—to send him our short statements in support of peace. He hopes to take these statements to the US Embassy in Islamabad, and to publicize them in other ways to help his neighbors understand that many Americans also want peace. (As needed, the messages will be translated faithfully into Pashto and Urdu.)
 

When I asked him what should be in the messages of peace, he responded, “I just want what you think about the humanity and world. How the world should be?” It would, of course, be helpful if the statements applied directly to the current situation in Pakistan.
 
So, if anyone feels able, could you please take a few minutes to send your own personal statement in favor of peace to Muhammad Khurshid at muhammad.khurshid@gmail.com ? To help him recognize and collect the statements, please use “In favor of peace” as the subject line of your e-mail.
 
Thank you very much to anyone who can help.
 
In Friendship,
Weavre