The Foundation Beyond Belief has set up a donation page for the Syrian American Medical Society Foundation to benefit the region Barakat was trying to help.
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AronRa video On behalf of Deah, Yusor, and Razan:    • On behalf of Deah, Yusor, and Razan  


E Pluribus Unum - "Out of Many, One" (original motto of the United States of America)

“Growing up in America has been such a blessing. It doesn’t matter where you come from. There’s so many different people from so many different places, of different backgrounds and religions – but here, we’re all one.”
Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha

Walt Whitman's quote "The largeness of nature or the nation were monstrous without a corresponding largeness and generosity of the spirit of the citizen."

Chapel Hill shooting attack on diversity - Zeba Khan
"Regardless of whether law enforcement deems these killings officially a hate crime, we as a society need to acknowledge that violent extremists come in all creeds -- and they can be inspired and their anger nourished by any religion, or animosity towards one.
With this in mind, the mainstream majority -- hailing from whatever faith or ideology -- needs to stand united against these kinds of acts of violence, regardless of the source. In practical terms, this means going beyond condemnation, by following the examples of people like Deah, Yusor, and Razan who lived out their faith values through service to others. We should also follow the example of organizations like Found Beyond Belief, which launched an atheist and humanist community drive to honor the victims.
Ultimately, our nation's diversity is its strength. As citizens, we must do whatever we can to protect it."
Zeba Khan

"If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate."
Elbert Hubbard

"Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together."
Eugene Ionesco

"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
Albert Einstein

#AllLivesMatter - A Pluralistic Global Ethic