The Golden Key to Paradise

Mrs Narsrine told Marjane and her mother that , " The soldiers gave the keys to the boys and they told them that if they were lucky enough to die, that key would get them into heaven." (Satrapi99) Well, this part of the book is worth commenting because that sentence is pretty similar to the one that my Muslim friend have when I was still studying back in Indonesia but they have it in different version.My Muslim friend was told by the religious leader who is an extremist that they will get into heaven if they can kill their religion's enemy, Christian. I was still back in Indonesia when he told me that sentence and the following week after the sentence was said, he skipped school for a month and was arrested in the involvement of church bombing. From Persepolis, I learnt that while they did this, they hypnotized those people who they talked to.I am not sure whether he got hypnotized due to the fact that he can share what he got in his religious class with me.
In today's society , we live in fear of terrorist which has turned a lot of people's life upside down but I also realize that we can help by providing peace to the world by not criticizing other people's idea or the things that they believe in. It is good to hear but it is wise to think it twice before we comment one with something as the things that we said will cause benefit or harm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvTWpQzPoSo

Saturday, November 22, 2008