Yilokhu okubukeka ubumbano.
by Carol Kuruvilla, Huffington Post
Ngokuphikisana ngokuphelele ne- akhuphuka amazinga inzondo anti-Muslim eMelika, abafundi baseNyuvesi yaseMichigan bahlangane ngoMsombuluko ukuze bavikele ezabo.
Ngemva kokuzwa ukuthi umfundi oyiSulumane kubikwa ukuthi wayekhona wasongelwa ukholo lwakhe, amakhulu abafundi nabafundisi babonakala beqaphile abafundi ekilasini ababebuthene esigcawini ukuze benze omunye wemithandazo emihlanu yansuku zonke yama-Islam.
Umphakathi Ishaa umthandazo, noma umthandazo wasebusuku, wawunjalo ihlelwe yi-Muslim Student Association yale nyuvesi. Umongameli weqembu u-Farhan Ali, osemncane, utshele i-Huffington Post ukuthi amalungu eqembu lakhe afuna ukukhombisa isikhungo ukuthi ayaziqhenya ngokuba amaSulumane.
"Abanye abantu bebesaba ukuthi singase sibe sengozini ngesikhathi somkhuleko wethu, ngakho-ke saba nomqondo wokubiza abalingani bethu ukuthi basisekele futhi bakhe umbuthano osizungezile ngenkathi sithandaza futhi baqinisekisa ukuphepha kwethu," kusho u-Ali etshela i-Huffington Post nge-imeyili.
Kodwa u-Ali ubengalindele ukuthi kube nokuvela kwabantu okunamandla nokukhulu kangako, okuvela emphakathini wamaSulumane kanye nakubasekeli bakhe.
"Amakhulu namakhulu abantu aphume ukuze athandaze futhi akhombise ukubeseka," kubhala u-Ali. “Ukusekelwa kwakumangalisa futhi kumangalisa kakhulu, futhi kwabalula kubafundi abangamaSulumane [futhi] kwabonisa ukuthi sinabanye abantu abazimisele ukuma nathi.”
U-Mohammed Ishtiaq, umfundisi wamaSulumane wale nyuvesi, utshele i-Huffington Post ukuthi imiphakathi yamaJuda namaKrestu esikhungweni iphume izokhombisa ukweseka. Uthe amanye amalungu esixukwini aphethe izimpawu ezithi, “You Belong Here.”
"Yize bekuwubusuku obubandayo, inani lokusekelwa esikutholile bekufudumeza inhliziyo," kusho u-Ishtiaq ku-imeyili. “Izehlakalo zobumbano ezifana nalezi zisinika ithemba.”
Kuhlelwe umkhuleko weqembu elithi Ishaa impendulo kubika ukuthi umfundi waseNyuvesi yaseMichigan uhlukunyezwe ngumuntu angamazi ngokugqoka i-hijab. Ngokuvumelana ne The Washington Post, umsolwa kubikiwe ukhulume nowesifazane ngoLwesihlanu kusihlwa eduze kwesikhungo sase-Ann Arbor wamsabisa ngokumthungela ngomlilo uma engayikhumuli i-hijab yakhe. Amaphoyisa ka-Ann Arbor uphenyo lesi sigameko.
Imibiko yokuhlukunyezwa nokwesatshiswa kwamaSulumane kanye nabanye abayingcosana i-spikedezinsukwini kusukela okhethweni lukaDonald Trump. Phakathi nomkhankaso wakhe, umongameli okhethiwe wasusa impikiswano ngokuphakamisa ukuthi amaSulumane kufanele abe okudingekayo ukuze ubhalise kusizindalwazi futhi uphakamisa a ukuvinjelwa okuphelele kumaSulumane angena e-United States. Ukuvinjelwa kamuva kwashintsha kwaba “ukuhlola ngokwedlulele” kwabokufika.
Yize uTrump engakaze akhulume ngokuma kwakhe ngamaSulumane aseMelika kusukela ngobusuku bokhetho, ezinye izishoshovu zesaba ukuthi ukunqoba kukaTrump kungase kuqinise labo abahlose ukusabalalisa inzondo emelene namaSulumane.
U-Ali uthe eNyuvesi yaseMichigan, kwakukhona "ukudabuka, ukwesaba, nokungakhululeki" emphakathini wamaSulumane ngokushesha ngemva kokhetho. Kodwa manje, iqembu lizama ukuhlanganisa nokuhlela.
"Kumele sifingqe imikhono siqale ukusebenza ngoba impi ayipheli ngemiphumela yokhetho," kusho u-Ali etshela iHuffPost. "Sinabambisene nathi futhi sinomphakathi oqinile futhi ongeke unqotshwe ukwesaba ngenxa yalokhu kuhlaselwa."
I-athikili itholakale okokuqala ku-Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michigan-human-chain-muslims-interfaith_us_582b4217e4b0e39c1fa66670
