I can't begin to use words to describe my shock when I found out that "Punish A Muslim Day" was a thing that started in the Muslim community in the U.K.

Dedicating violence towards a group of people is not new, but it's not okay. We as a society have grown to understand that we are all the same. We bleed red and have the same main organs. The hate group dedicated a holiday to bring violence into the Muslim community. Have we lost points on the IQ scale? Have we been dropped on our heads too many times as babies/kids?

People need to respect others and let others go in peace.

The hate group in charge of putting this "holiday" together wrote to Muslim families. The NY Times posted the letter and it said that there will be points awarded for different acts. For example, 25 points for pulling off a woman's hijab, 500 points for murdering a Muslim, and 1,000 points for bombing a mosque. Just by those words, can someone tell me how that is okay to treat another human being like that? I am not Muslim, but I believe everyone should be treated equally and with kindness. One black sheep among the rest is not a representation of the whole flock of sheep. What would happen if this day was targeting your family? Would you want your loved ones to be terrified to go outside?

I have a dear friend that was terrorized by the thought that her people would be victims of violence.

Not to put all of the rest of the victims of violence in other communities aside, but look at a predominately peaceful and intelligent group and let's not want to hurt them. Since that holiday, I have done some research on Islam. As a Science oriented Catholic, I want facts and documents. A teaching that is taught in the Islamic faith is that "People are not to be judged on factors that they had no choice over, such as gender, size, race, health, etc". This religion says that we shouldn't judge other people. If this religion preaches non judgement and respect of others, why can't respect and non-judgement be part of normal society everyday?

I can understand that whenever we see the word Muslim that the public sees the black cloth covered faces screaming something we don't understand and running to kill.

That stereotype isn't true for all Muslims. Not all of them are stuck in the past. My dear friend, who is Muslim, doesn't care that I am a pan-sexual and about to marry a transgender. She supports my community and now it's time for me to support hers. The LGBTQ+ community preaches acceptance, respect and love. Why is it that my community tends to love everyone but others can't take an example? There are LGBTQ+ Muslims out there, and its sad that they can take refuge in the rainbow fam but not in normal society. As a predominate christian society, we preach love and respect for all of "god's" creatures. Is the word "all" that hard to understand? It seems we need another lesson in respect and love.

This whole holiday is not okay at all and it will never be.

It is a dark stain on humankind just like all violence against all communities. We are stronger together than when we are divided. It's sad that we are taught not to judge, but we continue to do so. Muslims in society tend to be the peaceful bunch. The stereotypes surrounding their people are unfounded among us, but are shown in the extremist communities. There will be always black sheep in every community, but that never represents what the community is completely about.

This is why holidays that are for punishing a community will never be okay.