Guest Author - Sandy Mullins

Genocide is a tough subject matter, I admit. You may or not be aware that I write for two subjects on BellaOnline, this one on the Baha'i Faith and one on Specialty Channels. The subjects don’t cross over very often but I found a show that might be interesting. It is, on the History International Channel called The Genocide Factor, a four-part series. We have missed Part one but the next two parts are airing the month of October 2005.

Throughout the history of man, mankind has used genocide (the deliberate killing of a very large number of people from a particular ethnic group or nation [Oxford Dictionary]{or a religious group}).

The topics covered in Part Two, are important to us all, they cover racism in America: The Tulsa Oklahoma riots; the Rosewood massacre in Florida; the Ukranian famine; the rape of Nankin; and the Holocaust.

Part three covers: 9/11; Chinese experience; the killing fields of Cambodia; Pakistan and Bangladesh; Indonesia and East Timor; the Irish potato famine and Northern Ireland conflict; Central America; and the Kurds in Iraq, Iran and Turkey.

Only through understanding of where mankind comes from, can we free ourselves of the past, eliminate racism and have love and understanding for each other.

Tune into: The Genocide Factor, and understand what racism does to the world and it’s people.

”The most important principle of divine philosophy is the oneness of the world of humanity, the unity of mankind, the bond conjoining East and West, the tie of love which blends human hearts”.
Abdu'l-Baha, Foundations of World Unity, p. 50


History Channel International (offsite link)