I read what is written in the media and social media in our region and I feel very frustrated and hopeless: fierce conflict and demonization even among people of the same religion, not to mention sectarian and religious conflicts.
There is no hope, if we want to catch up with civilization, without moving from the medieval mentality to a mentality that realizes that what unites us as human beings is the most important and lasting, and that maximizing what unites us and minimizing what divides us is the path to salvation...
Freedom of belief and expression, freedom from fear and want, and agreement on a way of living together within a framework of tolerance, justice, equality and the rule of law is the beginning, as many others have long understood.
Otherwise, we will remain a barren arena where everyone can devour us, as we see day after day...
Happy New Year to everyone