Terrorists are Satanists, psychopath, inhuman and corrupt people, follow no religion.

“We feel sad and gloomy for heartbroken families of Brussels terrorist’s attacks”, say young children, Moorside and Heaton Manor schools, Newcastle, at AMAN’s forum.

Report by Nabeela Ali, Bureau Chief Newcastle

Anti radicalization Mentoring and Awareness Network has organized a forum to provide an opportunity to young people to share their views about the Belgium terrorist’s attacks.

AMAN is a community led project and is working for those major issues affecting community cohesion in UK, the threat of extremism, radicalization and rising level of Islamophobia. AMAN believes in today’s world extremism is not limited to a single faith, culture or organisation. The media is full of stories of neo-Nazism, anti-Semitism and hundreds of other forms of extremist ideologies, but Islamist radicalization has been singled out as one of the biggest threat to the existence of multicultural communities and interfaith harmony prevalence in the United Kingdom.

AMAN’s objectives are to counter the distorted version of Islam used to kill innocent people to keep our youth away from being radicalized as well as fighting Islamophobia being spread by extensive stereotyping of Islam in mainstream media. We are thankful to all parents who let their children to participate in a debate called “How children feel about the killing of innocent people around the world in different terrorist’s attacks.” The main purpose to involve children in this atrocious discussion is to prepare them to stand against extremism and terrorism by letting them know the dreadful consequences of these actions.

Hassan Ali

Hassan Ali 9, a year 5 student, said those who kill others are completely inhuman, psychopath, violent and corrupt people. If violence was to justify in any religion, faith, culture or any place on the earth then this world is about to end. These terrorists have not a single brain cell; they are not able to think about anything for humanity but violence. They are following something which is devilish, evil and vindictive.

Hassan said he feels very sorry, for all the victim families would have no fun anymore. Their lives have changed from the path they were looking forward to. These heartbroken families may be at the verge of giving up. He was feeling very sad and gloomy for broken-hearted families.

Hassan also added that the victim families need to take revenge but not in a violent way; they should pursue the Government to move perpetrators out from their places and locked them up in prison. The Government should have a very big prison, with a maximum security to put all those terrorists in, which are already reported that they may be a threat to the people of any country. To keep our lives safe from being exposing to any terrorist’s attack, please lock them, immediately!

When Hassan was asked any suggestion to counter extremism, he said “We should give terrorists very low quality food and try to get valuable information from them to reach to their leaders and find all of them.”

Hassan expressed his views on what possibly could make a person to blow themselves up, and he said “People become terrorists if they may be very poor and benighted. They might be paid to do this crime as the life is miserable but human body is completely invaluable.”

“Terrorists must think that they are getting paid to kill themselves; they are using their body as a warhead, which is bizarre for me.”

khadija Ali

Khadija Ali 11, year 6 student said “Blowing oneself to kill innocent people is not the right idea to go to heaven. Their actions are brutal and by killing innocent people they can only end up only in hell because Allah (God) has created everything on the earth. He doesn’t like his creation to be treated ruthlessly like any other creator on the earth.”

“Extremists use this plea as if that they would end up straight into heaven. This is a Holy war to please Allah in order to set an Islamic state, so Islam could prevail throughout the world is not acceptable for us, simply because peace can be spread through love, not on the heap of dead bodies.”

“Peace may be achieved at the end of a war, but a loss of lives even can’t be justified if there is a war going on among different countries, for instance; World War 1 and 2. Extremism is not a war but something brutal than a war, this is simply killing and murdering.”

Khadija added that “Jihad is a real thing in Islam but the killing of innocent people is not Jihad, as the HIGHEST Jihad is to control your heart from committing sins and to me killing of innocent people is the biggest sin on the earth.”

She explained that even if the extremists do think they are doing the right thing for Allah, and even if it’s not for money, can’t they see what their country has become? Do they not see their damage? Do they not understand they have made their religion a symbol of evil and cruelty? If I was an artist and my art was famous, then people came to controversy over it, I would burn my art if that could even help to keep the peace alive. How does this keep happening?

She added that she doesn’t know how to explain her feelings about those victim families; they must have felt immense pain. I hope anyone who knows them will definitely be giving support right now, as I would do the same. I love my family with all my heart, and if one of them died in a terrorist’s attack, I would loathe them with all my heart. I am feeling the same for all of those inconsolable families who have lost their dear one’s in Belgium’s attack.

Mohammad Areeb Anwar

Muhammad Areeb Anwar 12, year 7 student said “Terrorist’s attacks are horrible; these fiends have their own point of view which is not acceptable for a peaceful society. They think their extremist ideology should exist and must be followed by rest of the world. This is how they are brain washed and they are radicalizing other people to justify the killing of innocent people, in the name of holy war or any other flawed great cause.

Mohammad Areeb added that “They are not following any religion; they say they are Muslims but in our holy book the Quran, it is very clear and obligatory for every Muslims to respect other people without any discrimination of race and religion.”

Areeb said he was very upset and sad for those families who have lost someone in these attacks. He could imagine that victim families are suffering a huge and irreparable loss. They would feel depression and they might think they shouldn’t be in Brussels or the country that is at a risk of bombing.

He suggested that it’s hard to say how we can control these crimes happening again but there may be one way to eliminate the terrorists: By killing their leader to make them weaker.

Muhammad Muneeb Anwar, 12,a year 7 student said that those people who harm others, actually trying to scare rest of the world may lead us to think that extremists are stronger and everywhere.

By blowing themselves up in the major cities or popular places, they may be thinking they are reducing the amount of enemies they have and showing their anger to their enemies. However, they must think that they are innocent people.

These perpetrators claim that they are Muslims, but actually they are horrible people and are bringing bad name to the whole Muslim community and Islam.

Quran says Muslims are supposed to respect one another even if they are another race or religion. The one who transgress these holy teachings aren’t considered as a real Muslim.

The Brussels attacks make me feel shocked, disapproving and insecure. I feel their sorrow and hope their pain will be relieved immediately. The Government must pay a large amount of compensation for the loss of their lives.

Muneeb suggested that we must stop extremists recruiting other people online. Family members must report if they find any suspicious activity. Ignore messages from other people that say you must stand up for your religion or country.

Loki White, 8, a year 3 student, said that “I think these extremist people have been forced to join the gang. They’ve been tricked into thinking it’s the right thing to do. To be tricked by them you have to be pretty stupid!”

He said he was “Very sad and shocked for the victims’ families. I can assume that it must feel be dreadful for them. They might feel like they want to seek revenge. And that wouldn’t be the right thing to do because then it will just turn into war. We want to make the world worth living happily and to bring peace into the world, don’t act in a violent way.”

George Bann, 8, a year 3 student, said that all bombing and killing is terrible. In fact, any kind of violence is not acceptable. Everybody who got killed in these terrorist attacks had a family and friends, who will miss them.

George emphasised that people should think about how they would feel, if someone they love got killed for no reason. We should all try not to cause suffering to others to live in this world happily.

Qasim Ali

Qasim Ibn Ali, 7, a year 3 student, said extremists must stop their attacks because they are getting too many innocent lives involved. They are going to be a trouble worldwide for humanity, but if we work together we should be able to take them down.

He said “It’s unacceptable when you go out for shopping for your mom and you never come back because you are dead of terrorist attack. I feel very sad and shocked for all those gloomy families; they are devastated at the sight of their homeland being eliminated.

Qasim suggested that if we want to weaken these people, we should do something so they start fighting among themselves. Then it will take a long time for their next attack to happen. These horrible fiends can destroy anything in their path to reach their goal, and they want to make the world to obey them. I don’t really think we can overwhelm terrorism, but still we can stand up for humanity and our world.