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we were there for ten days when that
hack happened we were targeted by a
local Islamic militant group called
ansarullah Bonnie who later merged with
al-qaeda of Indian subcontinent average
it was specifically targeted for two
books two of the books that he has
written one was the on homosexuality
which is considered as a sin and the
other one was the virus of faith that he
wrote about you know all religions I I
don't have any memory of the attack
everything that I know about the attack
is from the pictures on the internet or
talking to people later
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Bridget had multiple machete stabs on
his head on his body
I lost my thumb and also I have four
machete stabs on my head like they're
like six to seven inches long and I also
have cuts on my my most of my fingers
don't work because there were cuts all
through my hands and I stood up and I
started asking for help and people are
just so scared nobody came forward
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we were still outside on stretchers and
I sit up and see average it on another
stretcher right beside me I kept saying
you know I am okay treat him first if
needed you know fly him to Singapore I
will bear the expenses and I think they
took him inside to the operation theatre
and and he never came back
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I am way more privileged than many other
people who have gone through so much and
what was my excuse not to live not to
hope we live in a multicultural society
and there are people with so many
different kinds of faith and there are
people without faith and having that
respect and teaching your kids teaching
the next generation to have that
awareness and the respect for each other
is very very important I think
understanding just the history of
religion will give us the awareness that
you know my religion is not the only
religion you know there are so many
different people with so many different
faiths and you know there are so many
people who do not believe in any of
these fades and do not have these fades
so understanding this diversity and
understanding that you know all these
are part of our human society is I think
at the center of of creating a more
flexible educated and respectful
generation
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