Reading between the lives

The War Within (2005)
Hassan, a Pakistani engineering student in Paris, is mistakenly apprehended for terrorist activities and interrogated by American intelligence services. He vows revenge and joins a terrorist cell based in New York City, with plans to begin the ground war in the United States. On the morning the attack is scheduled, all members of the cell are arrested except Hassan. With nowhere else to turn, he must rely on the hospitality of his former best friend, Sayeed, who is living the American dream with his family in New Jersey. Synopsis from ...

Now think about this ...
Often we may face similar or maybe less intense situations in life. Some of these experiences leave a bitter taste in your mouth ... really bitter ... sometimes it goes beyond your own self, to hurt your near and dear ones ... what do you do in such a situation? How do you react to such a situation? Or should you even react? Reaction (as in revenge) is always out of spite and anger. And can someone think straight when he's angry? But if you don't react, what else can you do to find peace (not exactly) in this moment of extreme pain? What is it that can bring about a closure?

Try contrasting Hassan's reel life story with another real life story-

... that of Fmr. Army Chaplain James Yee. Chaplain James Yee, a third generation Chinese immigrant and a West Point graduate- one of the first Muslim Chaplains commissioned by the U.S Army. Yee was posted in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2002, but less than a year after serving there, he was wrongfully accused of espionage by the military and faced charges so severe, that he was threatened with the death penalty. He's just released his book titled: For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire. Here's a man who inspires ...