Yet, the poison of hatred and brutality is spreading.

We must work harder to treat the sources of despair before they turn into the poison of hatred.

The poison of hatred boiled through.

Though physically helpless, her fathers emotions drenched her in a black, oily poison of hatred and twisted satisfaction.

As with living organisms, or a polluted ecosystem, the process of dissipating the accumulated poison of hatred between the two peoples will take time, great care and special measures.

"It is education and good works that ultimately will provide the only effective antidote to the poison of hatred and violence," said Francis L. Lawrence, president of Rutgers.

Gradually the song swelled, one after another they took up the tune, these village men and maids who, unbeknown even to themselves had absorbed some of the insidious poison of hatred and black envy.

At the end of the story the mother plans a family reunion, a homecoming celebration, where the poison of hatred and anger is finally dispelled and an ordinary life of love, forgiveness and laughter can begin anew.

Whatever is the immediate spark, the poison of hatred and religious animosity has gone down too deep, too fast, in a short span of two decades, in a land of beauty that did not only inspire poets and produce great leaders but also is known for its pacifist Sufi influence.