I am Sorry

Tue, 02/16/2021 - 20:06 -- HB Rita

I am sorry if i remind you of unthinkable tragedy of 9/11

Where three thousand people were killed by Islamic hijackers

I am sorry if i remind you of Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad

Who had an open fire on an army recruiting office in Little Rock, Arkansas

And killed one of your soldiers

I am sorry if i remind you of Nidal Hasan

Who opened a fire in the Soldier Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood, Texas

And killed 13 fellow soldiers

I am sorry if i remind you of Omar Mateen

Who massacres forty-nine people at a gay nightclub in Orlando

I am sorry if i remind you of the man

Who shot a police officer three times 'in the name of Islam'. in Philadelphia

I am sorry if i remind you of Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife

Who shot up a Christmas party

And left fourteen dead in San Bernardino, CA

I am sorry if i remind you of the man

Who stages a suicide attack on a recruiting center at a strip mall and a naval center

And left five dead in Chattanooga, TN

I am sorry if i remind you of the Islamic extremist

Who murdered two homosexuals in Seattle, WA

I am sorry if i remind you of the Saudi college student

Who slashes the throat of a Jewish student with a 4" butterfly knife

After undergoing a religious revival in Houston, TX

I am sorry if i remind you of the gunman

Who targets a van packed with Jewish boys and killed a 16-year-old in Brooklyn, NY

I am sorry if i remind you of Elijah Muhammad, a member of Nation of Islam

Who ordered to shoot seven members of a family to death in cold blood, including four children

I am very sorry to remind you all of the tragedies, even more

And i appreciate your fidelity to us

Living in the same society with equality and dignity

But I am not sorry to announce myself as a Muslim girl

I am not sorry to say i hold Islamic belief

Because,

Islam means tolerance

Islam means peace

Islam never support killing of innocent people

Allah of the Holy Quran never advocated killing

Real Islam is sanctified from violence

Islam denounce all violence

These are the misguided individuals who think differently

They think what all nonsense they are doing is called Jihad

They believe that killing unbelievers is mandatory for every Muslim

They think blowing-up their own bodies to kill innocent people

Will bring paradise to them as a reward

This is a whole distorted idea

They are insane

They are trash

Islam does not permit Muslim to kill others

Islam permits Muslim to fight in self-defense

The permission was given in Quran to those against whom war is waged

And fighting wasn’t just to defend Muslims from persecution

But to defend Christians, Jews, and people of all faiths

Living under Almighty’s care

AGAIN,
I am sorry

Because i evoke horrible memories of 9/11 and so on

I remind you of every terrorist attacks time to time

BUT this is not me who kills thousands or more

This is not me who plays with cold blood

This is me an Islamic believer

Who lives with tolerance to every religion

Who lives with the respect to the land

Where she was excepted with equal rights and respect

BUT Nothing makes sense to you

Because i am one of them, this is what you believe

I know i cause you pain

Yet, you don't know how much you cause me pain!

This poem is about: 
My community
My country
Our world

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