The judge asked the killer of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat -
"Why did you kill President Sadat?"
The killer replied -
"Because he was secular."
The judge immediately asked the next question -
"What does secular mean?"
The killer replied -
"I don't know."
A judge asked one of the men who attempted to stab the late Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz:
"Why did you stab Mr. Naguib?"
The terrorist replied:
"Because he wrote the blasphemous novel 'Children of Gebalabi'."
The judge showed interest -
"Have you read the novel?"
The criminal replied -
"No."
The judge asked the terrorist who killed Egyptian writer Faraj Fouada:
"Why did you kill Faraj Fouada?"
The killer replied:
"Because he doesn't believe."
The judge was curious to know-
"How did you know that he did not have faith?"
The terrorist replied-
"You can understand everything by reading his books."
The judge's curiosity increased-
"In which of his books did you find evidence of his lack of faith?"
The killer admitted-
"I don't know the name of the book. I haven't read it."
The judge was surprised -
"Why didn't you read?"
The murderer said -
"I don't know how to read and write."
Hatred never spreads through knowledge. Hatred spreads through ignorance and stupidity. This is how society has to pay the price of ignorance and the price of keeping it ignorant.
It seems very relevant today.
Sadly, it seems many of us have this habit of shooting with words but once you confront them with facts they start confessing ignorance.
