{UAH} THE BEHEADING AND DISMEMBERMENT OF JOURNALIST JAMMAL KASHOGGI

Frank Mujabi/ Afuwa Kasule/ Mayimuna/ Moses Nekyon/ Ocaya p'Ocure/ Edward Mo irundrua,/ Gwokto

 

The Turkish authorities have just leaked a video of the actual killing of journalist Jamaal Kashogi, showing his head being chopped off, and the rest of his body dismembered into pieces. I used to think I was a tough cookie and can never be affected by gory scenes of violence. But this one is so grotesque, savage and barbaric it is advisable not to see it.  It is pure evil, a scene picked straight from the heart of darkness. It shows man at his worst. I actually shed a tear- not so much for Kashoggi, but for humanity. How have we been reduced to this level of grotesque savagery?

 

Watching  the murder of Kashoggi is similar to watching a butcher at work, chopping his morsels of meat into pieces,  or a pride of lions fighting over their kill- atleast with lions there is a bit more dignity

 

The murder of Kashoggi reminds me of William Golding's powerful book, Lord Of the Flies.--one of the greatest works of fiction ever written. Golding sets his story on an uninhabited island where a group of English schoolboys being rescued from the Pacific during the second world war  are marooned on their own, without any adult being present. In this context, he attempts to explore his theme of good vs evil. He debunks the idea that it is society that makes men evil because there is no society on the island. He uses young boys because they are the closest thing to innocence - they have not had time to grow up and become ruined by the corrupting nature of society. In spite of the lack of society,

 

Golding's central point in the novel is that a conflict between  the  impulse toward civilization  and  the  impulse toward savagery rages within each human individual, regardless whether a child or an adult. He describes the breakdown of civilization as resulting from nothing more complex than the inherent evil of man:

 

 "So the boys try to construct a civilization on the island; but it breaks down in blood and terror because the boys are suffering from the terrible disease of being human"

 

"Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy."

 

What is happening in the muslim world, especially among Arab muslims epitomises the loss of innocence and the darkness of man's heart. How can we rescue humanity from the savagery and excesses of Islam is the constant question one asks after watching such a grotesque video.

 

Unfortunately, the person who shared it with me sent it through Messenger so i am still trying to figure out how to share it- I will probably have to wait until my son pops in- and I dont know when he will come as he does his own things.

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