Source: SooNews.ca
http://www.soonews.ca/viewarticle.php?id=17835
Syed Soharwardy put his ideas into action this summer when he began his Multi Faith Walk Against Violence. Soharwardy is very active in the Multi Faith community and he wanted to widen the audience for his message of peace beyond the mosques, churches and synagogues he visited so on April 20th in Halifax Nova Scotia he began his cross country walk.
Soharwardy wanted to meet people directly to get a first hand account of how violence had affected their lives and hear their solutions to ending violent behaviour. “I wanted to sit with people and hear their stories. And educate people that violence is wrong.”
“Violence starts from home, domestic violence child abuse, elderly abuse, bullying, terrorism.” says Soharwardly who is founder of Muslims Against Terrorism, he believes that all forms of violence are terrorism and is rooted in domestic violence. “I strongly believe that if person has peace at home they are not violent in the community, if our communities are not violent, [our] countries will not be violent. Domestic violence is one of the major causes creating fanatical behaviour in all religions and cultures”
People from different faiths have joined Soharwardy on his journey, some for a few minutes or a few days, but he says everyone says the same thing “Violence is wrong in my religion, violence is wrong in your religion why can’t we stop it.”