And it came to pass in the days of excess,
when people promised safety yet forgot meaning,
when law triumphed over the heart
and the sign was placed above the human being.

A group of 14-year-old nuns without veils as a parable for Muslim women without veils, to illustrate what the headscarf ban means for schoolgirls.

The children did not die because they were guilty.
For the Scriptures say: the innocent do not bear the blame.
But when a society loses its measure,
not only the roof trembles —but the foundation.

In Graz, violence erupted from an inner void
that had long gone unnoticed.
A young person, shaped by the system,
yet without grounding, without meaning, without belonging.
The weapon was not the true sign,
but the emptiness that wielded it.

And in Crans-Montana, fire consumed those
who only wished to celebrate,
while no one kept watch.
For where everything is permitted,
measure is forgotten.
And where measure is forgotten,
fire comes —not as revenge,
but as consequence.

For God does not punish like a judge with a whip,
but like a mirror
that shows us what we have become.

Meanwhile, states argued over fabrics,
over veils, over signs,
as if the visible were the cause of the invisible.
They banned the headscarf of girls,
yet did not protect their dignity.
They spoke of neutrality,
but forgot mercy.

Whoever fights the sign
and overlooks the human being
confuses cause and effect.

This is the punishment:
not death,
but alienation.
Not the fire,
but the cold before it.
Not the shot,
but the silence that made it possible.

For when a society
—in the name of freedom— drives out meaning,
—in the name of order— regulates the soul,
—in the name of security— sacrifices trust,

then God does not withdraw in anger,
but leaves humanity alone
with what it has chosen.

And that is the harshest punishment:
not to be struck,
but no longer to be warned.

Turn back —not from fabrics, but from hardness.
Not from symbols, but from arrogance.
Protect the children —all of them—
not by making them the same,
but by carrying them.

For where the human being matters more than the sign,
the fire is extinguished
before it burns.

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By Okay Altinisik | 3-1-2026, 4:01:55