Newsline Church of Brother
Agusta 14, 2017
Kim McDowell, Fasto na Jami'ar Park Brethren ya ce "Abin takaici ne matuka da kuma sanya hankali a fuskanci irin wannan kiyayya da wariyar launin fata - kuma fiye da haka saboda abin da ya zama kamar babu makawa game da rikicin da ke tsakanin masu kishin fata da sauransu," in ji Kim McDowell, Fasto na Jami'ar Park Brethren kuma Cocin Baptist da ke Hyattsville, Md. Ta kasance daya daga cikin limaman cocin da suka ba da halarta a Charlottesville, Va., a lokacin gangamin farar fata a ranar Asabar. Ba ta san sauran limaman Cocin ’yan’uwa da wataƙila sun halarta ba.
“Ban kasance babban mai fafutuka ba, na yi ƙoƙari ne na mai da hankali lokacin da abubuwa suka taso. Akwai gaggawa game da bukatar mayar da martani ga wannan, ”in ji ta a wata hira ta wayar tarho a yau.
Masu shirya na gida sun gayyaci malamai su zo Charlottesville don ba da wata madaidaicin kasancewar a gaban wani gangamin farar fata da aka shirya. Kamar yadda ya bayyana a fili cewa zanga-zangar da zanga-zangar na da damar yin tashe-tashen hankula, rashin addu'a daga masu imani ya fi muhimmanci. Limaman da suka taru kungiya ce ta addini, kuma sun hada da Kirista, Musulmi, Yahudawa, da sauran shugabannin addinai.
Limaman sun samu horon hana tashin hankali da kuma gudanar da ibada a ranar Juma’a, domin shirin halartar muzaharar ranar Asabar. Kimanin malamai 400 zuwa 500 da membobin kungiyoyin al'umma sun halarci hidimar a cocin St. Paul's Episcopal da ke gefen harabar jami'ar Virginia. McDowell ya ce sabis ɗin ya cika da "ƙarfi, mai jan hankali, da bege, da kuma ibada mai kishi."
Duk da haka, bayan an gama hidimar, an nemi jama’ar da su zauna a cikin cocin saboda masu ra’ayin farar fata dauke da fitilu suna taruwa a waje. Yayin da jama'a ke ta rera waka a wajen cocin, McDowell ya ce an gayyaci jama'ar da ke cikin su don yin waka da babbar murya.
Washe gari malamai sun hadu a Cocin Baptist na farko na Charlottesville, sannan suka rabu gida biyu. Wata ƙungiya mai girma ta yi tattaki zuwa wani wurin shakatawa a wani wuri a cikin birni a matsayin alama ta adawa ga gangamin masu kishin ƙasa. McDowell yana cikin rukunin limaman coci kusan 50 zuwa 60 da suka yi tattaki zuwa Park Emancipation inda aka shirya gudanar da taron. Limaman sun ajiye kansu a kan titin da ke wajen wurin shakatawar, a tsakanin kofofin shiga – sauran bangarori uku na wurin shakatawar ‘yan sanda ne suka killace su – domin su tsaya tsakanin farar fata da masu zanga-zangar.
Malamai sun shafe tsawon lokaci suna wake-wake, addu'a, rera wakoki, wani lokacin kuma a tsaye shiru. McDowell ya kalli yadda masu ra'ayin farar fata ke taruwa a tsakiyar wurin shakatawa, sannan kuma ya lura da 'yan bindigar da suka yi layi kadan kadan. Mayakan na sanye ne da wani katafaren katafaren soja, dauke da “makamai iri-iri,” in ji ta, wadanda suka hada da bindigu zuwa bindigu har zuwa ƙyanƙyashe. Kusan sun kasance suna taimaka wa ’yan sanda kuma da farko, ta yi kuskure a tunaninta su ne National Guard.
Yawan 'yan bindigar "ya ba ni mamaki saboda suna da babban matsayi a wurin," in ji ta. “Ko ‘yan sanda ne suka ba su umarni? Ba mu taɓa sani ba.”
Masu ra'ayin farar fata "sun sanye da duk wani kayan sawa… suna kururuwa abubuwa masu tayar da hankali a yawancin lokaci, abubuwan wulakanci," in ji ta. "Ina tsaye kusa da wani rabbi kuma akwai maganganun ƙiyayya da aka faɗa masa." ’Yan ta’addan farar fata galibinsu samari ne, in ji ta, wadanda suka kai shekaru ashirin da talatin da kuma wasu matasa. Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi jan hankali shine "ganin vitriol a cikin fuskokin waɗannan samari… karkatattun fuskoki."
A lokacin da wasu tsiraru daga cikin limaman cocin suka yanke shawarar yin wani aiki na tayar da zaune tsaye kuma suka yi kokarin toshe hanyar shiga dajin, domin hana shigowar karin fararen hula, sai ta ga tashin hankali ya fara barkewa. Adadin masu zanga-zangar sun yi ta cika kuma an fara artabu. "An riga an fara fada, amma ba da gaske ba kafin lokacin," in ji McDowell. Shugabannin kungiyar malaman da suka rage sun fitar da su daga wurin dajin a daidai lokacin da wata kungiyar masu tsattsauran ra'ayin addini da suka isa wurin suka tuhumi limaman da suka tare kofar shiga.
Ta kara da cewa "Antifa" ko masu adawa da 'yan ta'adda, daya daga cikin kungiyoyin masu zanga-zangar da suka halarta, "suma sun kasance masu tsaurin ra'ayi kuma a fili a shirye suke su kasance masu adawa sosai," in ji ta.
McDowell ya ji cewa an kira adadin limaman da ya fi girma a daidai lokacin da kasancewarsu ke da mahimmanci. Koyaya, shugabanninsu sun himmatu don kare lafiyarsu. "Don haka mun fita daga cikin mafi munin tashe-tashen hankula," in ji ta.
Limaman sun koma wani gidan cin abinci da aka bude don amfani da su, kadan kadan. A can suka shafe lokaci suna addu'a, har wadanda aka zalunta daga cikin adadinsu suka sake haduwa da su. McDowell ya bayyana su a matsayin "girgiza." Wasu limaman yankin daga Charlottesville sun koma kan tituna domin su samu ga mutanen da ke bukatar su.
'Yan sanda sun dakatar da taron tare da tarwatsa taron jama'a, amma ana ci gaba da tashe tashen hankula a kan tituna, yayin da masu zanga-zangar farar fata, da 'yan bindiga, da masu zanga-zangar suka hade suka fice daga wurin shakatawa. Lokacin da harin motar ya faru, inda aka kashe wani mai zanga-zangar tare da jikkata wasu da dama, McDowell yana nesa da shi.
Wani ra'ayi mai ban sha'awa da McDowell ya ɗauka daga gwaninta shine bambanci tsakanin saƙon hidimar addu'a da taron masu kishin fari. Sabis ɗin tare da limamai da membobin al'umma da ke ƙoƙarin nuna wata hanya "ya kasance mai bege da ƙarfi. Akwai kwarewa da kwarewa duk da abin da ke faruwa a kusa da mu. "
Koyaya, cewa irin wannan taron masu kishin addini "zai iya fitowa ba tare da wata matsala ba, hakika abin ban tsoro ne kuma alamar abin da ke faruwa a kasarmu," in ji ta. "Muna kokawa da wani mugun abu wanda ke da tsari sosai."
Menene 'Yan'uwa za su iya yi don amsawa? Amsar kowane mutum za ta bambanta, in ji McDowell. "Na yi imani da al'ummomin gida da imani suna magana da karfi da aiki tare… don haifar da yanayi inda ba za a yarda da wannan ba."
- Hoton McDowell a cikin wasu limaman cocin da ke ba da halartan taro a Charlottesville an buga ta TheTrace.org tare da rahoto kan rawar da mayakan ke takawa. Duba www.thetrace.org/2017/08/charlottesville-may-change-debate-armed-militias-open-carry .
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