Neda. One of 6 billion becomes world figure.

On the streets of Tehran and across the Islamic Republic of Iran, peaceful protest was met with force. In the case of one 16 year old girl from Iran, she was met with the greatest of all force, her life was taken. Simply known as Neda, which in Farsi means "The Voice", has now become the voice of a new generational revolution in Iran.

Much like how Tank Man became the unofficial logo of the Tienanmen Square Massacre, Neda has already become an important figure in the protest movement. Much like in 1979, when one was killed, the marches grew, when more died, more people were unified. Islam is a religion which preaches that we are all connected as one and it is our duty to care for one another. This is exactly what is being done.

There is no way to deny how this figure in the protests movement gained her popularity. Twitter began to spread her story around the world through many phrases such as " Rest in peace, Neda, the world hears your voice." and "If an innocent girl gets shot halfway across the world, does she make a sound? Yes, the whole world hears her."

I personally mourn her loss and the loss her family is currently going through. I mourn the losses in which all of Iran has been going through. The loss of life is unacceptable, the loss of civil liberties is reprehensible, and the suppression of free expression is irreconcilable. I will leave this post to the words of the Qu'ran which easily expresses how the lives of all that are lost will not be in vain.

“Say: Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are (all) for Allah, the Lord of the worlds. (The Cattle 6.162)”