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Terrorism is a virus that needs to be stopped when noticed
in any part of our world, be it in Africa, Europe, Asia or America, because if
not stopped and if left to those affected, it will eventually spread to other
unaffected countries. When America was battling with terrorist attacks from
extremist Muslims, the world were somewhat laughing at them and even go as far
as castigate the ways and techniques they used in battling terror...Now what do
we have, terrorism in Nigeria, UK, France, Germany and some other countries who
have rarely been visited by terrorist who disguise has religious men/women. We
need to be connected and come together as one so that we fight this virus
together just as we are winning the war against #EBOLA
According to news reports,
Yesterday, Sunday, at least 3.7 million people, including world leaders,
marched in anti-terrorism rallies in Paris and elsewhere in France, French
officials called the massive gathering in the nation's capital the largest in
France's history.
The day of the protest,
Sunday, was emotional and peaceful; a gesture of unity just days after Islamic
extremists slaughtered 17 people in a satirical magazine industry.
World leaders joined
French President +François Hollande , including British Prime Minister +David Cameron , German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano
Rajoy. The day also brought together an unlikely duo at the rally: Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu.
People were seen
carrying boards and plague cards to show their concern on ending terrorism,
with the following hash tags; #JeSuisCharlie
#ParisMarch
#Paris
Others carried
signs that echoed the now-famous phrase that honored slain journalists at the
magazine Charlie Hebdo, "Je suis Charlie."
For the guards and police
officers who lost their lives in last week's attacks in France, there were
signs reading "We are all cops."
For Muslims in France who
want to convey that the ideology embraced by the Muslim gunmen does not
represent the whole of the faith, signs read "We are all Muslims."
For everyone, no matter
their race, class or ethnic background, signs that said "We are all
French" were held up with pride.
In other news, Boko Haram,
the known terrorist group causing mayhem in Nigeria is reported to have killed
over 2000 persons in an attack, in Baga, Northern Nigeria. The attack which CNN
reports with a witness accounts, claim that the terrorist group took over a
whole town and open fire on many civilians, while burning others who try to escape
or hide. Also, +Mark Zuckerberg also made his thoughts known about how the world needs to wake-up on the fight against the menace called terrorism. He opines that +Facebook Inc will continual support the fight against terrorism.
Sources: CNN.com +CNN
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