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The following video, released at the start of Ramadan, calls the Arabic world to worship Allah “with love, not terror” and slams terrorists for “filling cemeteries with children.” It has gone viral on YouTube, with more than 2 million views in just 4 days.
The video features Hussain Al Jassmi, an Arabic-language singer from the United Arab Emirates. Its release coincided with the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan that started on May 26 this year.
The video begins with impassioned lines from a kid who speaks to terrorists: “I will tell God everything. That you’ve filled the cemeteries with our children and emptied our school desks…”
As the child talks, the video shows a man who's preparing a suicide-belt.
The man then enters a bus which he is obviously planning to bomb, but is confronted by the persons on board, including a man holding a kid, saying that Allah “is the creator of life,” while terrorists cause death.
The video then shows a boy who looks like the ash-covered kid in Aleppo, whose picture went viral across the world in August 2016.
The video refers to some of the attacks that were carried out by either Al-Qaeda or Islamic State (IS, formerly named ISIS/ISIL) in the last few years. Among them, there is the 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing that killed over 27 people as well as the 2016 Karrada bombing in Bagdad which resulted in more than 300 deaths.
The video also features a 2005 wedding bombing in Amman, Jordan, which killed over 60 people. Then, a group of people, including students, teachers, people at the wedding, and bus passengers, approach the suicide bomber, telling him to “worship your God with love. With love, not terror.”
Al Jassmi sings: “confront your enemy with peace, nor war… Let’s bomb extremism for a better life”.
The video ends on a positive tone, with a happy wedding and cheerful kids, while the would-be terrorist forsakes his plans.
“We will encounter their attacks of hatred with songs of love. From now until happiness,” a caption on the video reads.
The video has now more than 2.3 million views on YouTube. People on social media refer it as “a very nice, positive message of love.”
Some of the comments read: “We need more love in this world. Great work,” and “This song has great meaning terrorists aren’t Muslim because Muslims don't think that way”.
Someone even wished that the video would reach everyone around the world so that every person could see that “clearly not everyone who believes in Allah, is ‘extremist in Islam.’”
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