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Journalism of Courage
Muslims have often been at the receiving end of a lot of flak for the actions of the terror outfit ISIS (Islamic State of Syria). It is as a response to this stereotyping that four Pakistani Muslim comedians from the team called ‘House of Lolz’ have come together to tell the world, through a video, that they are just as shocked at the Paris attacks as everyone else around the world. “We can’t possibly be held responsible for the work of a few deranged individuals who somehow claim to be like us,” one of them says.
The video named “To Paris, From Pakistan” was posted on the ‘Pakistani Comedians’ Facebook page, which has garnered massive support from across the globe with over 90,000 shares and counting.
The message this group of childhood friends, who make videos for fun, want to send out is simple — stop blaming the Muslim community for ISIS’ actions because it’s like blaming “All Germans for the actions of Hitler”. In fact, Muslims are the biggest victims of terrorism, they go on to say.
The group wants the video to reach the people of Europe so they clear their doubts about the community. “Thank you for taking this message to everyone! The video has finally started reaching people in Europe and they’ve started sharing it too. Let’s show the world that we will always respond to hate with love!,” wrote “House of Lolz” on their Facebook page.
