Rizwan Khan, a devout Muslim. After the death of his mother, Rizwan, who immigrated to the United States from India, fell in love with Mandia, a Hindu woman. Due to different beliefs, Rizvan's relationship was strongly opposed by his younger brother, but Rizwan always believed that there is only good and evil between people, and chose to marry Mandia. After their marriage, Ridvan, Mandia, and Mandia's only son, Sam, lived happily ever after.
However, not all people can understand the truth that "there are only two kinds of people in the world, good people who do good things and bad people who do bad things". After the 9/11 incident in the United States, all Islamic believers were labeled as terrorists. They were treated with strange eyes, targeted and treated differently in life, and even some of them appeared. Excessive behavior and remarks. And Mandia's only son, Sam, broke with his best friend because he had a father who believed in Islam, and was finally beaten to death. Mandia blamed Rizwan Khan for the death of her son Sam, which made Mandia full of resentment and resentment towards Rizwan, and she told Rizwan to leave. When Rizwan asked "when can I come back", Mandia said: "You go to the president and tell him your name is Khan and you are not a terrorist". This was originally an angry statement, but Ridvan took it seriously, and thus embarked on the arduous journey of finding the president. The road to finding the president was bumpy and difficult, but Ridzwan moved many people he met along the way with his kindness and perseverance. In the end, he met the president as he wished and said firmly: "My name is Khan, and I am not a terror. molecular."
The story of Rizwan Khan moved many people, made many people reflect, and inspired many people.
Stand up for yourself with courage and calmness
After the 9/11 incident, in the context of Islamic believers being "beaten to death with a stick" and being strongly rejected, many Islamic believers chose to hide their beliefs out of safety and career considerations, and they changed their minds. Prayer times, removal of headscarves, etc. But Ridvan did not. He never shied away from his Islamic beliefs. He still prayed on time and wore Muslim clothing... He was calm and brave. As he said to two fellow travelers who also believed in Islam in the car: "Prayer should not be about the location and the people around you, but only about your beliefs."
It is conceivable that Ridvan Khan's insistence on his beliefs caused him a lot of trouble.
Because of his Islamic beliefs, Rizwan's stepson and his only friend Sam was beaten to death, but he did not give up his beliefs; because of his Islamic beliefs, Rizwan was driven out by his beloved wife He went out of the house, but he did not give up his faith; because of his Islamic belief, Ridvan was violently searched by the police at the airport, so that he missed the plane to Washington. The road was embarrassing and difficult, but he did not give up his faith; because of his Islamic beliefs, Ridvan was mistaken for a terrorist at the presidential parade and was tortured to extract a confession, but he did not give up on himself. belief.
Likewise, Rizwan Khan did not give up his promise to his wife to tell the President: My name is Khan and I am not a terrorist.
Rizvan Khan's perseverance touched many people, including Rizvan's sister-in-law, a university psychology teacher who was under pressure to take off her hijab after 9/11. Encouraged by Rizwan, she returned to class wearing her hijab, telling her students: "My hijab is not just a sign of my religious identity, it's part of my being, it's me."
When everyone insists on one thing, one's insistence is "going with the flow", but when everyone starts to give up one thing, one's insistence is "countercurrent". Ask yourself: When the whole world is full of malice and prejudice, can we hold on to ourselves? And when we need to pay a painful price for sticking to ourselves, can we be firm in our choice?
Send strength with love and kindness
Rizwan Khan, who has Asperger's, a form of autism characterized by poor social skills and repetitive behavioral patterns, looks a little out of place, but his mother never Feeling that her children are different, she firmly believes that there are only two kinds of people in the world, good people who do good things and bad people who do bad things. This is the only difference between human beings. Other than that, there is no difference.
Under the deep influence of his mother's education and Islamic beliefs, Ridvan Khan firmly believes that good and evil are the only criteria for dividing people, and he has always radiated his own kindness to the world. Even if he was treated unfairly because of prejudice, even if he lost his son and wife because of prejudice, he didn't have any resentment or revenge. In his world, "What Allah preaches is love, not hatred and war." The doctor's radical ideology violated the original meaning of Allah and is a bad person, so he questioned the doctor's remarks in person and asked his younger brother to report the doctor's terrorist tendencies ;Mama Jenny and Curly had helped him and were good people, so when they were in trouble, Ridvan Khan went to their village to help them regardless of his own safety.
Rizwan Khan was kind, wise, and brave. In the face of natural disasters, his actions to help Jenny's mother and the others rebuild their villages regardless of their own safety inspired many Americans, and many people spontaneously brought supplies to the villages to help them rebuild their villages. His obsessive search for the president and telling him, "My name is Khan, and I'm not a terrorist" inspired many American Muslims who were discriminated against, and they began to stop hiding their beliefs and bravely speak up to the injustice. Do not.
It is already difficult to stick to yourself, and it is even more valuable to be able to infect people around you with love and kindness while sticking to yourself. As Ridvan's mother said, there are only two kinds of people in the world, good people who do good things and bad people who do bad things. I hope we can all be good people who do good deeds and infect more people with our love and kindness.
View faith with reason and objectivity
The film "My Name is Khan" has a strong religious overtone in the film because of the Islamic belief of the protagonist Rizwan Khan. From the film, even people who have never understood Islam can have a certain understanding of Muslims: Muslim women always wear hijab, Muslim men wear a kind of white hat, they are always fixed They pray in time, they believe in Allah, they like cleanliness, they emphasize love and peace, they keep their promises, they are always regarded as terrorists...
The most intense conflict in this film also originates from the beliefs of Muslims about Islam and the unknown beliefs of ordinary people about Muslims. Due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the American people's feelings towards Muslims are more fear, dissatisfaction, and resentment. Mentioning Muslims will subconsciously associate them with terrorists. Therefore, under the domination of various negative emotions such as fear, dissatisfaction, resentment, etc., people began and gradually became accustomed to looking at Muslims with colored glasses and put their prejudice to infinity. But are all Muslims really extremists? Do all Muslims really have horrific thoughts of destruction? To prove to his wife that this is not the case, and to prove to the world that this is not the case, Ridvan insisted on telling the president: "My name is Khan, and I am not a terrorist."
But let's think carefully: How many of those who simply and crudely associate Muslims with terrorists really know Muslims? How many are half-understood and "self-righteous"? How many of those who hate Muslims and shout to kill are really hurt by Muslims? How many of them are just copycats? Thinking of a video I once watched, a man dressed as a Muslim threw a bulging backpack at a stranger, and all the passersby almost jumped away in horror. At first glance, this video may seem funny, but the rigid impression of Muslims reflected behind the video is worthy of our deep consideration and reflection.
No full picture, no comment. This is a simple and obvious truth, but most people cannot practice it. In fact, in daily life, not only Islam, but almost all religions are misunderstood by the world. Take Buddhism, which has the largest number of believers in our country, for example. Some non-religious people think that Buddhism's theory of reincarnation is nonsense, and they wonder why some people place their hopes on the next life, not reality. There are even some radical people who unilaterally equate belief in Buddhism with feudal superstition. How to make people with religious beliefs and non-religious people get along harmoniously and equally is a topic that every country cannot avoid.
As a non-religious person, although sometimes I can't understand why people who believe in religion believe, I can't understand what religious belief means to them. But what we can do is to replace prejudice with an objective and rational attitude. Everything in the world exists for a reason, and it cannot be dismissed just because they are different from us. I hope we can always keep in mind: "I don't know the whole picture, no comment."
"My Name is Khan", it vividly and vividly shows us the world of Muslim Rizwan Khan, it truly and profoundly depicts the misunderstanding and injustice that Muslims are subjected to because of their beliefs, and it tells us what is Love, how to love, how precious love is, it teaches us how to understand differences, how to deal with differences, and how to break through differences. Religious color is a strong stroke, but not all of its essence. I hope that everyone who has watched this film will have a new understanding of love and difference.
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