UNIVERSAL PEACE FEDERATION – France
Press release on the terrorist attacks of November
13th 2015 in Paris
Faced
with the unprecedented violence which pummeled our country last night, in the
name of the Universal Peace Federation, we offer our prayers for the many
victims and we express our pain and our sympathy to their families. We are
profoundly thankful toward our fellow citizens who are on the front line to
protect our population and toward those who provided medical care to the
injured, often at the risk of their life.
This
brutal violence has struck not only France; it has recently struck other
countries, Turkey, Russia and Lebanon, to cite only the most recent. This
spiral of violence threatens the entire world. If we are profoundly shocked as
French citizens, it is as human beings that we have been aggressed. This
terrorist attack reinforces our solidarity not only with our fellow citizens, but
also with the citizens of every country in the world.
How
and in the name of what can acts so barbarous be committed? No nationalism, no
religious belief can justify this blind violence, which randomly eliminates
precious lives and shatters families. It matters not that the assassins claim
to act on behalf of a nation or invoke the name of God.
Terror
plunges its roots in hatred and the denial of another’s humanity. While all the
means are given to us to make of our planet a shared home, while in a few days
the world will gather in Paris to try making our world more livable for
everyone, let us react to terror by reaffirming the absolute value of each
human life and the profound, indivisible unity of human beings, beyond cultures
and religions. If the suffering inflicted by the terrorists can serve as a
means to destroy prejudice and deepen our vision of others, they will only have
sown the seeds of their own destruction.
The
Universal Peace Federation encourages a deeper dialogue between politicians and
religious leaders, encourages the media, teachers and the entire civil society
to lead a deliberation on the essential values of a democracy that allow the
integration of everyone’s values, without discrimination. With the aid of the
Ambassadors for Peace, we renew our determination to support these efforts in
our nation and in the world.
Paris, November 14, 2015
Jacques MARION
President, FPU France
Email : jmarion@upf.org
Tél : +33 6 74 15 23 64
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