LESSON LightofRestorationPeace,WorldCulture,Heavenly 32 PEACE-LOVING HEART LESSON OBJECTIVES 1 Understand that the love for peace becomes the engine for achieving peace. 2 Understand the importance of putting into practice what you learn. TERMS TO KNOW • Peace-loving heart • Nobel Peace Prize
There was a time when the Taliban drove female students out of school at the hometown of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan’s northwest area and burned down the girl’s school so they would not be able to attend classes anymore.
Ms. Yousafzai denounced such actions of the Taliban and started a human rights movement, while voicing that girls also have the right to attend school. This spread to become an international movement.OnOctober 9th, 2012, Yousafzai was riding a bus to school when a male came up to her, asked her name, and shot her. After being shot, she was able to have surgery in the UK and miraculously recovered, but the Taliban continued to threaten her and her father’s life afterward. Due to this assassination attempt, support for Malala increased in and out of Pakistan. In particular, Gordon Brown, the UN Special Envoy for Global Education, submitted a UN petition saying all Figure 32-1 Malala Yousafzai (1997~present), Female education activist, Pakistan,2014 Nobel Peace Prize
2 32. Peace-Loving Heart Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Malala Yousafzai
32. Peace-Loving Heart 3 children across the globe should be able to attend schools by end of 2015 in Yousafzai’s name. This became a trigger to ratify the first right to education law in Pakistan.
Irena Sendler who Saved 2,500 Children In 1939 when World War II was progressing, Nazi invaded Poland. Irena Sendler, who was a 29-yearold nurse at the time, started saving Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto with the help of like-minded people. She would hide children in trash bags, coffins, wooden cradles to carry bricks, and even among dead bodies to bring them out, rescuing more than 2,500 children. She would hide glass jars carrying children’s information so that they would be able to find their families once the war ended. However, in 1943, she was arrested. Despite the brutal torture, she would not tell them what they wanted to hear, so she
Figure 32-2 Irena Sendler (1910~2008), Poland, Nurse, Saved the lives of 2,500 Jewish children from Nazis
On July 12th, 2013, Malala gave a speech at the UN headquarters regarding accessibility to education. At age seventeen, she became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner (in 2015) on October 10th, 2014 for her contribution to struggling against the suppression of children and for children’s right to education. Through her father who was her teacher, Malala was taught to fight against injustice, and with the courage she did. The difference between knowing and acting is whether “change” has occurred. Even if you know, if you do not act, nothing changes. If we hope for the world to change, we must have the courage to act. This also applies to realize peace.
4 32. Peace-Loving Heart was sentenced to death. However, before the execution, she was able to miraculously escape with the help of her colleagues. Afterward, she hid her identity and continued to help those in need. When the war finally ceased, she found the glass jars with children’s information and sent them to a Jewish organization.
It was in 2007 that her heroic actions were made known to the world. She was nominated to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, but she passed away the following year at the age of 98. When she was asked how could she rescue 2,500 children, she answered, “My parents taught me, that if a man is drowning, it is irrelevant what is his religion or nationality. One must help him.”
For us to work for peace, we must have the heart that loves peace, and this stems from cherishing life. We are well aware of what is right, and for what we need to be courageous. Let’s think about what would bring peace on earth, and for what we need to muster up courage, even if seemingly small.
32. Peace-Loving Heart 5 Reviewing the Lesson 1 For what work was Malala Yousafzai awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? 2 What was Malala Yousafzai taught by her father? 3 What achievements did Irena Sendler leave behind? What was Irena Sendler taught by her father? Activities 1 From the cases of Malala Yousafzai and Irena Sendler, let’s discuss the relation between peace loving heart and courage. 4
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