Because standing up for others is a universal, here’s a little shot of courage that’s made its way across the pond.
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In the UK, when some far-right protesters surrounded a woman in a hijab, Saffiyah Khan stepped in and smiled. She felt that being earnest and willing to listen was the best way to make the protesters question their anger, and it seemed to work.
My new hero. Young British woman stared down a bigot at today’s #EDL protests. UK’s new queen Saffiyah Khan pic.twitter.com/Hudje64KC9
— Fatuma Musse (@aswannnm) April 9, 2017
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“I think I was just trying to understand him at that point. There’s no progress or dialogue between two groups if you’re just shouting at each other. So if he wanted to talk I’d let him talk, if he wanted to put his finger in my face, the police can deal with that,” she told UNILAD, a British media site. Radical softness for the win.
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We’re feeling Khan’s glow all the way here. She shows us the importance of sticking your neck out for others and how listening is the most powerful weapon of all.
