Zak’s father helped plan the 1993 World Trade Centre Bombing. The first time Zak’s father and his friends took him to the shooting range in Long Island, he was 7. After his terrorist father explained to him his target and put the rifle over his shoulder, Zak took the first shot of his life and that day the last bullet that he shot burnt the entire target into flames. To that, his uncle said to the other men — “Ibn Abu” (Like father like son) and laughed loudly.
Zak only understood the full meaning of this evil laughter three years later. He figured eventually that he was being brought up to hate people on the basis of their race, religion, sexuality. He realised all of it when he made his first Jewish friend and when he worked with many gay people one summer and realised they were the kindest, least judgmental people he had met in his entire life.
Zak didn’t need his mother to tell him how she was tired of hating people. He was born different, he wasn’t born for violence. He embraced tolerance and non-violence because that made more sense to him. And he says, if he could, anybody can. All it needs is a little bit of courage and the will to make a difference, I’m sure Zak would agree to this.
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This report is filed by our US Bureau chief Ms.Sarah Williams
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