Radicalizing Compassion

I recently watched an interview of Deeyah Khan, Founder and CEO of Fuuse production company. She spoke very passionately about the idea of radical compassion as a useful response to terrorism and to those who resort to extremism in any direction. Her words ring especially true as the world is experiencing this time of unrest. Many people are grappling with feelings of being oppressed or pitted against others. While others are examining their own biases, trying to determine whether they’ve been guilty of contributing to these issues. Themes of us vs. them, hatred, and fear run rampant in daily news and social media. Instances of harassment and violence are springing up across the country and beyond. Understanding between groups is running thin and people on all sides of today’s issues are desperate and asking themselves “where do we go from here?”