French filmmaker Luc Besson has expressed his support to the Muslim community in an open letter published in a French daily newspaper ‘Le Monde’.
In an open letter, the French director behind the summer blockbuster ‘Lucy’ and 2012 hit ‘Taken 2’ urged young Muslims to pick up pens instead of guns and implored the French government to come up with education and employment solutions to help alienated youth.
He wrote, “My brother, if you knew how badly I hurt for you today, you and your beautiful religion that has been so sullied, humiliated, and singled out. Forgotten are your strengths, your energy, your humour, your heart, your fraternity. It’s unfair and together we will repair this injustice. We are millions who love you and who are going to help you”.
He said the world understands that the first two gunmen (Said and Cherif Kouachi) who killed 12 in the first attack on the Charle Hebdo newspaper offices are not representative of Islam. “Know that these two bloody brothers today are not yours, and we all know it.”
He also urged young leaders and powerful bosses to come up with more educational and sensible solution to this problem instead of fighting with deadly weapons.
He said, “I call on the powerful, the big bosses and all leaders. Help this youth that has been humiliated and which asks only to be part of society. The economy is in the service of man and not the reverse. And you, my brother, you also have a job to do. How can you change this society that’s being offered to you?, by working, by studying, by taking up a pencil rather than a Kalashnikov. That’s what’s good about democracy it offers you the noble tools to defend yourself”.
“It costs 250 euros to buy a Kalashnikov but not even three euros to buy a pen, and your response can have a thousand times more impact. Take the power, and play by the rules,” he concluded.
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