Journal of Akhadic Studies

[Hadash]

Journal of Akhadic Studies

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Akhadic community in Strathae tries to build bridges after terror attack
By: Florence Roberts
Published: Vintyr, 1579


Shahram Nursî, during a travel to New Galasia in 1576.

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Shahram Nursî, Kuzhe of Kathmore, called off an event in MacCarmaig for defense of religion freedom, in which he was the main speaker, after the terrorist attack in the Kathmore University.

Nursî expressed his solidarity with the victims, and condemned the attack which killed more than third hundred victims. “Our faith is a peaceful one, and our community is as shocked as the rest of the country”, he said. “It is not my role to comment on the causes and motivations of this attack”, Nursî explained, “that is the role of the police, and we are always willing to cooperate with them, as every citizen and resident of this country, but it is clear that the confused minds or lost souls who could be behind this barbarous terror attack ignore and violate every tenet of the Akhadic faith”.

Nursî, 48, is considered the most respected Akhadic scholar in Strathae. A citizen from New Galasia, he established himself in the country more than a decade ago and he is married with a clan Strathaen citizen who converted to the Akhadic faith. The couple has two children, a daughter born in Eastmarch, and a son born in Kathmore. Nursî studied Theology in the Federal College of Eastmarch, and completed his studies in the Akhadic University of Ashar.

Nursî has been a staunch critic of Blar McLucais and Party of Tradition government, accusing them of attacking freedom of religion and human rights of the Akhadic minority in Strathae. He went as far as renouncing to collect funds for a referendum for the right of the Akhadic community in Kathmore to build a new sakak. “Human rights are not negotiable”, he wrote in an article of a local newspaper published by the Akhadic community in Kathmore. “This anti-Akhadic legislation was a violation of the basic constitutional principles and it is born dead. Our conscience can not accept a law which violates our dignity as human beings”. He still promoted a “spiritual campaign”, giving lectures about the Akhadic faith, while fellow Akhadic believers collect signatures, organize workshops in their neighborhood, and distribute leaflets, read Setgvek passages in spontaneous street meetings, in an undisguised campaign of civil disobedience.

That “campaign of education to the Strathaen population”, as one of its promoters described it, is likely to be suspended for a while, as Nursî called for 15 days of mourning and asked Akhadic believers to pray for the families of the deceased students. Instead, Narsî called for a vigil service in a centric square in Kathmore in front of the place where the Blessed Life foundation aimed to build an Akhadic temple. There, members of the Akhadic community lit candle in memory of the victims, prayed and offered food to neighbors and passerby Strathaens.

Narsî called the Akhadic community to remain united and ignore the provocations of those “who want to end of our dignity as spiritual beings” and “incite hate and intolerance in our hearts and minds”. He denounced the recent statements of some Strathaen governments officials who blamed the Akhadic community directly or indirectly for the terror attack.

“Our community may be only a minority”, Nursî declared, “but strong and united. Akhadism is already an essential part of the Strathaen nation, and they can not be separated. Members of other faiths haven’t anything to fear about us. We are your fellow countrymen and neighbors, and you will find respect in us, the same respect we demand and I am sure we will find. Strathaen society will be stronger when it understands that we march together despite our differences. Those who incite hatred and division would be only insulting the memory of Vintyr 11. Only when Strathaen leaders understand that, Strathaen society will be able to advance and progress in unity, instead of moving toward chaos and division. Ours is a peaceful community and we already ready to offer solidarity and dialogue”.