Lelaki Pertahan Wanita Muslim Dalam Tren UK Raih Perhatian

obelisk · Post time 19-11-2015 02:21 PM

Lelaki Pertahan Wanita Muslim Dalam Tren UK Raih Perhatian
Nov 18, 2015

SEORANG lelaki di London telah menjadi sensasi menerusi Internet selepas bertindak berani mempertahankan seorang wanita Muslim di dalam sebuah tren di United Kingdom.

Lelaki yang dikenali sebagai Ashley Powys, 22 tahun; menceritakan kisah viral itu melalui laman sosial Facebook miliknya dan telah mendapat perhatian ramai netizen di sana.

Insiden terbabit berlaku ketika Ashley menaiki tren dari Oxford Circus menuju ke rumahnya di Stockwell.

Ashley Powys

Ketika dalam perjalanan menuju ke destinasinya, lelaki terbabit dikatakan duduk bertentangan dengan wanita berhijab di dalam tren itu.

Mereka berdua hanya senyum antara satu sama lain seperti orang biasa sehingga muncul seorang lelaki dari arah belakangnya menempelak wanita itu dengan bahasa yang kasar.

Jelaslah lelaki itu menunjukkan sikap Islamofobia dan anti-Islamnya terhadap wanita yang tidak bersalah itu. Dia juga dikatakan semakin agresif dengan mendekati wanita itu.

Tindakan biadab lelaki terbabit telah menarik perhatian Ashley yang berada di situ sebelum dia menolak lelaki terbabit dan menyuruhnya berundur.

“Saya duduk di sebelah wanita itu dan saya dapat melihat air matanya sudah berair kerana ketakutan. Saya tanya namanya dan wanita itu memberitahu namanya adalah Yara.

“Lelaki yang mengganas itu terus mengutuk dan menjerit ke arah Yara namun saya cuba mengalih perhatian wanita itu dengan bertanyakan khabarnya dan mengajaknya bersembang,” tulis Ashley.

Bukan itu sahaja, Ashley juga memiliki sikap prihatin dan kasih-sayang yang sangat luar biasa kerana sanggup menunggu demi memastikan keselamtan wanita itu terjamin.

Ashley Powys
Specialist at Apple Inc.

· Yesterday at 12:25am ·

(My original post was removed by Facebook, so I'm reposting it, as I believe it was removed in error.)

Something just happened on my tube journey home that I have to share. I got on the train as normal and sat opposite a young girl wearing a hijab. She smiled at me as I sat down, and nothing else was said. Just behind me, another guy got on the train and stood at the connecting door of the tube and began to stare at this girl. After she looked at him and looked away, he went nearer to her and said, "F**king p*ki", quite loudly.
Obviously, that immediately got my attention.

He then got closer to her, and was reeling off abuse calling her things like "rag-head", "terrorist", "scum", and saying that "her people" murdered the victims of the Paris attacks this weekend.

Without thinking, I automatically stood up and had to physically push him away from her, as he was aggressively close and was clearly terrifying her. He then luckily turned his attention onto me, calling me a "terrorist sympathiser", among other things.

I sat down next to this girl, who at this point had tears in her eyes, and I asked her what her name was. She told me it was Yara. The man continued to shout abuse at her while I distracted her asking about her day, and other smalltalk topics, all the while making sure I was a barrier between her and this guy, so he didn't have direct access to harm her

We got to my stop and I asked her if she'd like me to stay on until her stop. When I asked, tears started running down her face because of what she called "my tremendous kindness and bravery". I don't think that's true. I just saw someone in need, and it was my human nature to do what I could.
At her stop, I escorted her off the train and up the escalator to where her friends were meeting her. I asked her if she receives that sort of abuse often, and to my shock she said she does. I gave her a hug goodbye, and told her in confidence that there are many more people like me, and she should never have to feel afraid in her own country. And this *is* her country, and her city.

What happened in Paris this weekend was an atrocity. What happens every day in the Middle East is an atrocity. And the only way to move forward and to recover is in solidarity as one people who won't be terrorised.

And that's what shocked me most about my journey. Is that not one other person on that crowded train stood up for Yara. They sat in silence and allowed that abuse to happen. That's the problem with our society. Silence is our biggest weakness. We need to start speaking up and defending each other.
The terrorists in Paris attacked bars, restaurants, a stadium, and a concert hall. Places that by nature bring us closer together and unite us by our common connections. And that's what these cowards don't want. They want us to fight amongst ourselves. If we fight each other, we do half the job for them.
I love living in London because of the diversity of character and culture. Every day in my job I learn something new about people. But when we twist that diversity as a "threat" or an "invasion" we're embarrassing ourselves and diminishing and insulting the cultures of others.

People like Yara don't deserve abuse for the clothes they wear, the colour of their skin, or the faith they follow. Personally, in the stage of history we're living in, I think it's incredible for people like her to showcase their beliefs, despite the onslaught. Yara is much braver that I am. And she, and people like her, inspire me to stand up for what *I* believe in. And that's an equal, kind, and understanding society despite religious and cultural differences.
After all, we're strongest when we're united.

I want us to send a message to Islamic State, and any other group who inspire fear and hatred. I want us to send the message that what they destroy, we'll rebuild together. What lives they take, we'll remember together. And what people they target, we'll protect together.

Our best resource is each other. And we should be able to rely on that.

Please take care of each other. Both friends and strangers. You never know when you might need someone to do the same in return.

“Saya cuba menjadi penghalang kepada situasi berikut supaya lelaki itu tidak dapat apa-apakan wanita berkenaan.

“Apabila tiba di destinasi yang saya tuju, saya bertanya kepadanya adakah dia mahu saya menemaninya sehingga dia turun dari tren itu? Air matanya mula mengalir kerana begitu terharu dengan sikap yang saya tunjukkan.

“Bagi saya ia adalah sifat semula jadi seorang manusia, saya hanya nampak seseorang memerlukan bantuan saya,” tambahnya.

Sifat yang ditunjukkan oleh Ashley itu sememangnya patut dipuji kerana dia sanggup menunggu dan menghantar wanita itu ke pangkuan seseorang yang lebih terjamin keselamatannya sebelum pulang ke rumah.

Lelaki budiman itu juga menyeru orang ramai untuk menangkis sifat Islamofobia serta anti-Islam susulan keganasan yang ditunjukkan oleh kumpulan militan IS yang menyerang Paris baru-baru ini.

Dia juga menggesa seluruh masyarakat untuk bersatu dan bangkit menentang pengganas berbanding berbalah sesama sendiri.
Kisah yang dikongsikan oleh Ashley itu telah mendapat perhatian pengguna laman itu dan statusnya itu setakat ini telah dikongsi lebih 8 ribu pengguna. – MYNEWSHUB.CC

mokcikKSKB · Post time 19-11-2015 02:40 PM

I personnaly think all he said were true n sincere. Fight terrorism not religion!

chazey · Post time 19-11-2015 02:45 PM

Teary-eyednya akak baca ayat heol...Insaf ok. *sniff*

chinta89 · Post time 19-11-2015 02:51 PM

eh teringat kisah Ayat2 Cinta.. Fahri tolong sorang wartawan yang ditempelak sorg mamat arab ni. Aisha yg tlg bg seat kat wartawan minah salleh dgn emak minah salleh, kena marah ngn pak arab, fahri pun tlg.

kemudian jatuh cinta then kawin.

Yang ni adekah??_____________.

Sasha · Post time 19-11-2015 02:53 PM

terharu...

blackwidowbae · Post time 19-11-2015 02:55 PM

Kokesen yang bijak.

Tahu membezakan terrorist tiada kena mengena dengan agama.

Forumer anti Islam juga yang bahlol living in denial much?

scorpionkiki · Post time 19-11-2015 02:56 PM

Educated British guys mmg pun OK...yg tak educated Dan yg tak pernah jenguk dunia luar saja yg phobia ni semua. Yg pernah dtg Malaysia lagilah baok sangat dgn Malaysian...kalau jumpa kita sembang mcm sahabat lama