#SayNoToHatredYesToLove : An Invitation

I wanted to do something special for the month of Ramadan, but I wasn't sure what. I felt the need to output something that would counteract the increasing hatred I am seeing on social media, especially since my tweets are full of atrocious acts of injustice. I prayed about it and then woke up the next morning with this tag on my mind: #SayNoToHatredYesToLove

As we come to see more and more acts of terrible violence across the world it is easy for our hearts to be consumed with hatred, but hatred destroys, whereas love can overcome hatred. One way we could promote love instead of giving in to hatred is by trying to understand our enemies and why they do what they do, despite our own pain, for example.

I shall be posting to this blog throughout Ramadan, insha'Allah, with thoughts, stories and videos that promote love over hatred. Perhaps you would like to contribute? If you would like to write a blog post, or a poem, or to send some artwork that I might add to this blog please email me jamilahanan1@gmail.com or you can tweet me @jamilahanan

I will also be tweeting to the #SayNoToHatredYesToLove Twitter tag and I hope you might join me there with your own tweets over this holy month of Ramadan.

ps. You don't have to be Muslim to get involved, this is an invitation to all.