Tawakkol Karman's Analysis

On November 13, 2015, a group of well trained ISIS assailants attacked and killed over 100 innocent civilians throughout several buildings in Paris, France. This violent act, like many others recently, contradicts the common belief in peace which shared by most people. After war and revolution, citizens expect an undisturbed and nonviolent society. However, revolution and upheaval lead to a completely disorganization for a time. In addition, people still have to face different conflicts that occur between social and religious groups. These countless battles and conflicts inspire writers and human rights activists to employ the power of language to encourage people in order to pursue a peaceful society. Tawakkol Karman and Martin Luther King …show more content…
Tawakkol Karman describes the Arab Spring revolution movement, and demands support from around the world. Tawakkol Karman states that “our revolution is peaceful,” but “did not” receive the “international understanding,” and “support” (Karman 529, 530). By demonstrating that injustice still occurs in different places, the human rights activist expresses her wishes and hope for peaceful world, specifically for her country. Although some people consider Arab Spring is a peaceful movement, the others believe that this revolution caused a power void for terrorist groups to create chaos. In fact, Arab Spring revolution, as well as the others, question the purpose of violence and how the society defines the concept of …show more content…
Tawakkol Karman and Martin Luther King Jr. reflect, in the “Nobel Lecture” and “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” upon the hypocrisy in the teachings of different religions. Tawakkol Karman presents the Torah’s, the Koran’s, and the Bible’s messages, and Martin Luther King Jr. contemplates on the “sacrificial spirit of the early church” in order to demonstrate a contrast between the teachings of a religion and how church will be “dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning,” as well as the “history of humanity” which is “stained with blood” from many wars and violence (Karman 525, King 437). Both King and Karman emphasize the idea that the human race are in opposition to the dogma provided by the three most populous religions. In order to maintain peace in the society, everyone needs to restore the disconnection between what many claim to believe and what beliefs people acts upon. Furthermore, because of the strong influence of religions, some people start manipulate it to destroy peace in the society. For example, the Islamic State declares to fight for its belief, but its final purpose is to destroy equality and create misunderstanding between religious beliefs. This issue, like many others, demands a large attention from everyone because it turns people against others, and promote violences instead of peace. Thus, peace