Ladies and Gentlemen: From my heart, I salute your sincere efforts to prevent and respond to the terrible crimes against minorities around the world. Certainly it was not the intent of God – may his name be blessed - in creating man and providing for his comfort and freedom, for violence to become one of the means used by humans to further their own interests. But the worst kinds of violence and terrorism are carried out by humans on behalf and in the name of God, as if God needs someone to execute his provisions! They wanted to give their love of violence and evil some kind of legitimacy, so they linked their violence to some religious concepts that are completely far from the nature of God and the purpose for which God created man on earth. Therefore, the problem lies in these people's ignorance and their false understanding of God, and their lack of awareness of his teachings which cannot encourage violence and murder. This approach can also be seen in the behavior of some governments towards intellectuals and enlightened writers, when they exclude them in favor of advocates of ignorance and promoters of sedition. We have many of these in our communities. Thus institutions in these countries, from national newspapers, television channels and platforms of learning, come under the monopoly of these people, as the doors shut in the face of advocates of freedom and acceptance of others. And now we ask: Who is responsible for the outbreak of ignorance in our communities, and who is responsible for this terrorism? Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a mistake to think that this conflict in Syria and Iraq is far enough from here, or that the West is safe from a similar conflict if we do not unite, join hands and solve our issues with each other in order to stop this war. ISIS, which is spreading its corruption in those countries, killing innocents and cutting off the heads of people who refuse to follow its ideology, is not just an organization that includes a few thousand members in one state or another. It is an idea that controls the minds of many people who walk among us, work with us and share food with us, who maybe, if given the opportunity, would eat us alive.