生命健康的頭號殺手

More people have died because of human hatred than from any other human cause, a US professor says.

美國一名教授稱人爲致病因素中，仇恨是生命的頭號殺手。

"Yet we still do not know enough about how hatred works and how to prevent and combat it," John Shuford, director of the Gonzaga University Institute for Hate Studies, in Spokane, Washington, said in a statement.

華盛頓州貢薩加大學仇恨研究機構主任約翰·舒福德在一份聲明中表示：“然而仇恨如何影響健康，如何防治，我們仍然一無所知。”

The Gonzaga University Institute for Hate Studies is hosting the Second International Conference on Hate Studies Wednesday through Saturday in Spokane.

貢薩加大學仇恨研究機構在斯波坎舉辦了第二屆國際仇恨研究會議，會議將從週三延續到週六。

The conference purpose is to foster better understanding of the nature of hatred, develop more effective models and approaches for combating it and consider the implications for practice across many fields, Shuford said.

舒福德稱，會議宗旨是促進了解仇恨的本質，制定出更爲有效的防治模式和方法，並討論跨學科實踐的影響。

The conference features academics, a representative of the US State Department, international experts on hate crimes, journalists, law enforcement personnel, educators, human rights experts, representatives of non-governmental organizations, community leaders and clergy.

參與會議的有科研人員，美國國防部代表，國際仇恨犯罪專家，記者，執法人員，教育從業人員，人權專家，非政府組織的代表，社區領導人和神職人員。

The keynote speaker is Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, the Nobel Peace Prize-nominated author of "I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity."The Palestinian physician lost three daughters when Israeli tanks twice shelled his home, but his message of non-violence and hope for peace between Israelis and Palestinians endures.

會議主要發言人是諾貝爾和平獎提名義鄒定·阿布萊施醫生，他著有《拒絕仇恨：一名加沙醫生的通往和平與人格尊嚴之路》一書。這位巴勒斯坦醫生在以色列兩次轟炸中失去了三個女兒，然而他宣揚的巴以非暴力與和平的希望卻會永久流傳。