violence

To be humain is to be nonviolent

Boko Haram problem

Passive violence

The circle of violence

Nonviolence develop a constrast

Innate basic goodness

We have a preference for cooperative warmhearted non-violent interactions compared to those that are selfish, aggressive and violent.

Try dialogue again and again

A big lesson learned after the long Lebanese civil war.

Violence is forgetting who we are

Mindfulness and prayer help us to wake up to our common humanity.

Scapegoating has nothing to do with reality

We need to bring people to enlightement.

What peace has not brought, violence will not bring

Peace is everything. Violence plus violence equals?

Meeting bridge builders helped me abandoned my violence

The war in Lebanon started, I was nine years old. I did what a teenager can do when he is brainwashed...

I saw myself as a protector of my religion

Unfortunately, I defended military Christianity, mixing politics with religious. It wasn't anymore a way of living a life of love.

Love your enemies: even in the Boko Haram crisis?

When Jesus talked about loving your enemy, did he ever think about the Boko Haram crisis?

Anger and fear: do I bow down to it?

I remember watching how much anger votes for me.

How did I abandoned my hatred against black people?

How does empathy change the way I behave?