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\u2018Stranger at the Gate\u2019 Film Screening Spreads Hopeful Message of Understanding<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ivan De Luce || November 18, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former U.S. Marine Richard \u201cMac\u201d McKinney was making plans to set off a homemade bomb in his hometown\u2019s mosque, the Islamic Center of Muncie, Indiana. He was hoping to kill or injure around 200 innocent people. But upon visiting the mosque unarmed to get a sense of who he was about to attack, he was met with nothing but kindness from the community. Now Mac, who has since converted to the Islamic faith, wants to share his story to prevent hate and spread understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mac\u2019s story is the subject of \u201cStranger at the Gate,\u201d<\/a> a 2023 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Short Film. The film, directed by Joshua Seftel and produced by Malala Yousafzai and The New Yorker<\/a><\/em>, was screened for CUNY SPS students by the School\u2019s Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity (CIED)<\/a> on October 23 via Zoom. Following the screening, the CIED held a discussion with Mac himself, as well as Bibi Bahrami, a close friend of his who is part of the Muslim community in Muncie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of this movement that I try to get across from hate to understanding,\u201d Mac said during the discussion. \u201cIt\u2019s just that. It\u2019s understanding. It\u2019s learning. It\u2019s taking a minute to find out. And we can avoid a lot of problems in our world\u2019s society, if we just took a moment. That\u2019s all it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the documentary, Mac is shown dressed as a Westerner \u2014 short hair slicked back, clean shaven, and a tank top. However, in the time between the film shooting, sometime in 2021, and the discussion at CUNY SPS, he had grown a long, white beard and was wearing traditional Muslim dress, including a black skull cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Richard \u201cMac\u201d McKinney. Image courtesy of The New Yorker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mac\u2019s transformation began with that first mosque visit back in 2009. He received a hug from one of the men there, which prompted him to visit again. Every time, he was greeted warmly as a member of the community. When Bibi invited him to dinner, he was humbled, and accepted the offer. The two have been friends ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s our one message, our shared humanity, that we are all the same, the same desire, same feeling, and same wishes for life, to live in peace and understanding and respect the differences that God all [has] created [in] us,\u201d Bibi said during the discussion. As an Afghan refugee herself, Bibi had been living in Muncie for decades before meeting Mac. She added that the six years she spent in a Pakistani refugee camp were difficult, but her family instilled in her a desire to help people in need, often through sharing a meal together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI gave him some dessert and then I just directly asked him, Brother Richard, was that something [I heard] truly a rumor?\u201d she said. \u201cIt is true. He admitted that he said yes, unfortunately. He shared his heart, and he had a lot of hate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mac explained, \u201cThis hatred that I had\u2026it was like another organ in my body. I was afraid to let it go. I mean, you don\u2019t want to lose your heart, right? Or your liver, or anything like that. I was making this hatred that I felt equal to my heart. I can\u2019t get rid of that. I\u2019ll die. And of course, dying was not anything I was afraid of. It\u2019s dying without a reason, dying without a purpose. That\u2019s scary, even to this day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a Marine, Mac served in Iraq and Afghanistan for years where he saw combat. Upon returning to Muncie, he coped with PTSD, alcoholism, and Islamophobia. It was his young daughter who influenced his decision to visit the mosque in advance of his planned attack that eventually saved the lives of the congregants there. However, Mac\u2019s story would have still been a much different one without the kindness of the strangers he encountered. Later, the FBI learned of the planned attack and even visited Mac\u2019s house to investigate, but found no evidence. Mac had already disposed of his plans and explosives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lesson Mac learned in understanding helped him to overcome his hatred and embrace his newfound community. It all started through simple acts of kindness, like a hug, a conversation, or a meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something in Bibi\u2019s food,\u201d Mac joked. \u201cI think the FDA needs to test it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mac continued, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t any one thing, whether it had been an event or a conversation. It was a culmination of Bibi, her family, the community, learning more about Islam and seeing Islam be played out. Because my impression of Islam was the people that had been shooting at me. But as I read and learned more about Islam, I come to find out that\u2019s not the faith. That\u2019s not what it\u2019s about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are all God\u2019s creations and if God has mercy upon us, we need to have mercy and understanding and try not to judge by look, [but] follow by actions,\u201d Bibi added. \u201cMy action is a big part of my life and practice. I would say that once we have that in place, that kindness is there, building kindness to education, to understanding, to knowing each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch \u201cStranger at the Gate\u201d here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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