"It is not Paris we should pray for, it is the world"
Facebook users from across the world have been joining together to pay their respects to those affected in Paris, by overlaying the French flag across their profile pictures. Millions of people have customised their profile pictures after the online social networking service encouraged them to “support the people of France and the people of Paris”. But some people claim atrocities in other countries have been overlooked, seemingly because they’re not part of the accessible westernised regime. The action received a mass of attention on social media, but not everyone agrees that this gesture will support the terror attacks and many people feel that there is selective treatment and grieving. “It is not Paris we should pray for, it is the world” wrote Indian blogger Karuna Ezara Parikh, in a poem shared by thousands since Saturday. More than 40 people lost their lives when they were killed at random in a double suicide attack in Beirut, Lebanon just days before the terrify...