“In France, they say ‘Je crains l’homme de un seul livre,’ which means, ‘fear the man of one book.’” We live in a world with multiple religions, where people are isolated in their groups, biased in their upbringing, and fail to be able to see things from the perspective of others. How ironic is it, that the majority of violence on Earth today is stemmed from religious differences, when every religion, at its core, shares at least some of the same moral ideals.

The terrorist attacks performed by ISIS in Paris, on Friday, November 13th were the second acts of terror on Paris this year. It is not just an issue of death and extremism, but is an issue on the good of humanity. It happened because we disagree on everything, even over the most simple values of basic human nature.

At least 128 people died on Friday, not as a result of gun men, suicide bombings, and explosions, but as a result of the lack of morality that has taken over the minds of people around the globe.

A witness told Radio France that attackers inside the Bataclan concert hall entered with rifles and shouted “Allah Akbar,” or “God is Greater.” Many will read the news this weekend, and they will see that ISIS, or the Islamic state of Iraq and Syria, is responsible for what happened on Friday. Some will say, stupidly, that Islam is responsible, that their religion is bad, their religion is what causes things like ISIS and the attacks on Paris to occur. But what people don’t know is that Islam has 1.6 billion adherents, making up over 22 percent of the world population.

This is not an issue of religion; this is an issue of lack of human respect by a small percentage of the human population, that were mostly unison in the belief in humanity until the past couple years. There are incredible people who are Muslim, including Wayne Hills very own student, Sammy Samkough.

Sammy gave his opinion on the attacks from the point of view of a Muslim as he said, “In Islam, we preach to not hurt or kill others, and the complete opposite actually; to spread peace and positivity around all types of people. The reason being is because we are all human. We all are brothers and sisters of a huge family. In families like your own, typically there are differences between the members. That’s the same thing but with us humans. Differences in race, religion, and so on. So to say Muslims did this because ISIS said they were responsible for it, is pure ignorance. Me and my fellow brothers and sisters (be it Muslims, Christians, atheists, etc.) give our hearts to Paris,”

Clearly, the attacks on Paris go way beyond religion. For the entirety of Friday night, #PrayForParis was trending globally on twitter. Social media exploded, as the world came together to pray for those in Paris, but there is so much more too it than just this city.

So yes, I am praying for Paris too. I am Praying for those who died, for the injured to survive, and for the loved ones and citizens of the city who were affected. But, I am praying more so for my fellow man.

I am praying for the person next to me. I am praying that person has not given up in his/her belief in human nature, like many of ISIS have. I am praying that he or she still believes that the people surrounding them are moral people too, and I am praying that they feel the same way about me.