Video Release of Holocaust and Genocides.
The 15th Annual Reflections on Holocaust and
Genocides were held on 1/26/2020 at the Arlington Central Library in Virginia,
a suburb of Washington DC. The purpose of this event was education,
information, and activism. We hope to learn and acknowledge our failings and
make a personal commitment to say, “Never Again.”
Tikkun
Olam is our sacred duty; in the broader context, it means restoring the harmony
between humans and what surrounds them, life, and environment. We hope the
attendees walked out of the program with a genuine feeling of empathy with
those who have endured the Holocaust, genocide, ethnic cleansing, massacres,
rapes, lynching, harassment, injustice, and other atrocities. We are all in
this together to create a better world.
Holocaust and Genocides is a Muslim initiative
to assure fellow humans who have endured the Holocaust, Genocide, ethnic
cleansing, massacres, rapes, injustice, and other atrocities that we are all in
this together to create a better world. Tikkun Olam indeed is our sacred duty.
We hope
you share this video with your friends and groups, the more of us learn about
the signs of genocides and what we can do to prevent them – in effect saying
“Never Again.” Over the last 14 years, we have covered many genocides,
massacres, ethnic cleansing, religious persecution, lynching, rapes,
harassment, and other acts that do not respect the dignity of fellow humans.
One of
the most important lessons we need to learn is to get rid of the selfishness in
us, meaning our misery is more important than other’s pain. We are all in this
together. No single community is more privileged than the other.
We thank Dr. Frank Islam for being the primary
sponsor of the event, and Dr. Rani Khan, Dr. Arif Mehmood, and Dr. Maqsood
Chaudhry for sponsoring the event. Nausheen and Ehsan Baig for providing
refreshments and volunteering. We also thank Charles Stevenson and Dr. Zafar
Iqbal for volunteering. We thank our master of ceremony, speakers, and attendees,
for, without them, the program would not have happened.
Dr.
Rani Khan and Dr. Mike Ghouse chaired the event
15th Annual Reflections on Holocaust and Genocides
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Sunday, January 26, 2020
Arlington Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22201
Speakers & Topics
15th Annual Reflections on Holocaust and Genocides
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Sunday, January 26, 2020
Arlington Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22201
Speakers & Topics
Robert F. Teitel – Enduring Holocaust
Dr. Gregory Stanton – Ten Signs of Genocides
Gary Sampliner, Ibrahim Anli, and Walter Ruby – Announcements
Gary Sampliner, Ibrahim Anli, and Walter Ruby – Announcements
Dr. Wakar Uddin - Rohingya Genocide in Making
Omer Kanat - Uyghur Genocide in Making
Muneer Baig - Indian Government choking freedom in Kashmir
Dr. TO Shanavas – Update on India’s violation of freedoms
Dr. Mike Ghouse – What can you do?
Dr. Rani Khan - Peace Pledge
Rabia Baig – MC
Ten Stages of Genocide, Dr. Gregory H.
Stanton, President, Genocide Watch
Genocide is a predictable
process. It develops in Ten Stages that are not linear, but which allow us to
logically understand the warning signs of genocide. They are Classification
(us vs. them); Symbolization (identity cards); Discrimination (laws or customs
denying rights); Dehumanization (calling groups “aliens,” “terrorists”,
“vermin” “insects”); Organization (hate groups, armies, militias, death
squads); Polarization (exclusionary propaganda); Preparation (planning);
Persecution (arrests, torture, ghettos, deportation); Extermination (killing,
starvation, mass rape); and Denial (lies, legalisms, blaming victims,
euphemisms.)
Ibrahim Anil, Rumi Forum
The event was a powerful reminder of the bitter fact that genocides: that humanity suffered in the past,
those actually taking place and those, unfortunately, are likely to come, stand
as a litmus test of what human progress lacks. History does not record another
era with a similar level of wealth and technological advances like our times.
Yet humanity seems to have failed to make equally impressive progress in
containing the inherent arrogance it harbors against the other. A conflict is a
form of behavior. If it is learned, it can also be unlearned. It is this gap
that such efforts like CFP try to address.
Kashmir: A Paradise on Earth.
Muneer Baig
Kashmir has many names
that reflect its beauty, hospitality, and secular nature. One such name is the
Valley of Saints (Pira Waer), a name earned as a result of religious diversity
and tolerance.
People engaging in violence have
root causes, but governments engaging in violence do not have root causes but
an objective to achieve end results, in the case of Kashmir it was to wipe our
Kashmiri Muslims. Governor, Jagmohan Sharma (Demolition Man) of BJP, unleashed
a draconian force armed with the Special Powers Act to “Kill at Will” without
accountability. Almost 3 decades later the soil of Kashmir continues to soak in
the blood of innocent Kashmiri men, women, and children. The cries of women
echo the Himalayas asking for help and justice against perpetrators. Three
decades later families of those massacred in Gawkadal, Handwara, Hawal, Sopore, etc. are still waiting for justice.
Charles
Stevenson
"A vivid, eye- and heart-opening examen
into some of the major genocides of our times, this program is an appeal to
knowledge, compassion, responsibility, and action brought to us personally by
some who have themselves experienced genocide, personally."
Walter Ruby
I was honored
to participate in the15th Annual Reflections on Holocaust and Genocides at
Arlington Central Library on January 26 sponsored by my dear friend Dr. Mike
Ghouse and his Center for Pluralism. I spoke about the life and times of
Holocaust survivor Michael Edelstein whose memoirs I wrote together with my
brother Dan Ruby entitled "Live Another Day: How I Survived the Holocaust
and Realized the American Dream." (see website www.liveanotherdaybook.com). Speakers at
the Holocaust Remembrance Day event included including Dr. Wakar Uddin,
President, Rohingya Association, Mike Ghouse, President of Center for
Pluralism, Ibrahim Anli, and Gary Sampliner, Executive Directors of JAMAAT,
expert on genocide Dr. Gregory Stanton, Omer Kanat, president of the Uyghur Association
and Holocaust survivor Robert Teitel. We heard horrifying reports on brutal
repression, violence, and dehumanization being instituted against the Uyghurs in
China, the Rohingya in Burma and the Kashmiris and other Muslims in India with
chilling parallels to the Holocaust. Kudos to Mike Ghouse for organizing this an important event on Holocaust Remembrance Day and reminding all of us that if
“Never Again” is to have any meaning or relevance, we must stand together and
fight back against murder, violence, and genocide, no matter who is the
victim.
We appreciate the following Organizations for their
support.
Foundation for Ethnic
Understanding
American Sikhi Educational and
Empowerment Network
Jews, Muslims and Allies Acting
Together (JAMAAT)
Response USA for Relief and
Development (RUSARD)
Church of Scientology National
Affairs Office
Jews for Jewish Muslim
Understanding
Thank you
Mike Ghouse
www.CenterforPluralism.com
www.HolocaustandGenocides.com
Washington, DC
Off: (202) 290-3560
Cell: (214) 325-1916
Mike@CenterforPluralism.com
www.CenterforPluralism.com
www.HolocaustandGenocides.com
Washington, DC
Off: (202) 290-3560
Cell: (214) 325-1916
Mike@CenterforPluralism.com
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