Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Don't Let Them Name You

God alone knows your real name, 
don't let the ignorant name you.

If you are critical, non-appeasing and awake,
don't accept the mantle of "Islamophobic,"
tell them who would name you: that you are "kuffar"–
it's more honest, and exposes their own game

of card stacking, of dice loading, of branding you
intolerant, negative, populist, a public danger –
when you've confronted them on just that and more –
of projecting their venom and their bigotry on you.

Cheer up, stand straight, look ahead;
go into your love, stay there in your love;
their aggression will test your resolve;
relax in your Infinity, this love is far far older.



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