Date: 9/26/13
Source: BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24274946
Summary:
The Telemy Bridge in Algeria used to be called the "bridge of suicides", because people kept throwing themselves off of it.To prevent this from happening any longer, local activist decided to turn the bridge into a "bridge of love". It worked. At first people near the bridge would put names of their loved ones on locks and attached them the fence of the bridge as a sign of love. But then people from the West (that's us) came over and put locks on as signs of young love. This angered many Salafist Muslims (the earliest type of Muslim) who cut the padlocks off at night and wrote scriptures from the Quran on the bridge instead.
It's pretty deep. It's amazing how you can turn something negative, and turn it into a positive thing.
ReplyDeleteThat was a very smart and romantic idea. It's also saving lives so I think it's awesome.
ReplyDeleteThis was a good idea to help people from killing themselves and turning it into something positive
ReplyDeleteThis is really inspirational. Those locks were a great idea, I am certain that this will work.
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