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Muslim Holocaust in Britain

a Poem

By Showkat Ali

Al-Jazeerah, October 27, 2006

 

First they came for the extremist Muslims

And I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t an extremist Muslim

Then they came for the fundamentalist Muslims

And I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a fundamentalist Muslim

Then they came for the moderate Muslims

And I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a moderate Muslim

Then finally they came for me the non-practicing British Muslim And no Muslims were left to speak out for me

***

Europe 2006

Resembling Germany in the 30s

Parallels are apparent and

Frightening

It could never happen in this day and age

There would be outrage

The world over

On every front page

Say the naive and gullible

Study history

See the patterns

Jews integrated and totally assimilated in Germany

Business, economy, media, culture and inter-marriage

Thought they were Germans

Accepted at last

No more pogroms or anti-Semitic witch hunts

They couldn’t have been more wrong

After WW1

German economy and society devastated

Recession, high unemployment

Economic melt down and inflation

The whole nation

Looking for a solution and scapegoat

***

Today Muslims in Britain

Successful and integrated

Business, economy, education, health service etc

We are contributing to Britain’s success and prosperity

Paying taxes

And slogging our guts and back

For below minimum pay

Our success without compromise

Leading to envy

Educating our children in madrassas and masjids

Teaching Islamic values

Respect, family, honour

And halal and haram as a criteria

To become good law abiding citizens

And not binge drinking, disrespectful, hooligan, yobs

Without jobs

But still the Politicians and media create hysteria

Attack on the veil

Convenient excuse to put Islam on trial

Attacks on Muslims

Physical and verbal

On the streets and in the masjid

Nowhere is safe from the fascists

Islam we cannot deny, compromise or leave

No matter how hard it gets

Muslims arrested and locked up

Due process suspended

By Blair the Fuehrer and Pharaoh

Bell marsh and Wood hill

Modern day Auschwitz

Anti-terror police invade Muslim women’s privacy

Kicking Qurans and asking

“Where is your God now?”

Just like the SS

Society is silent

Muslims living in denial

Thinking they are safe

Muslim MPs and Police do the dirty

For a fat salary

How they can betray their own and Allah

Is a mystery

See the parallels with Nazi Germany

Beginning of Muslim holocaust

And inquisition on European soil

Convert to secular British identity

Or the stick will be used

Multi- Cultralism abandoned

Mainstream politicians make racist slurs daily

Competing to outdo each other

BNP is silent and speechless

It’s not too late

We’re still breathing

Time for us to learn our deen

Discuss with non-Muslims

Explain and refute

The state propaganda and media lies

To reverse state policy

It’s hard but we have to try

No more hiding or living in denial

The Muslim Holocaust has begun

We either die in ignorance

Or go down fighting

With honour and dignity

And meet our lord smiling

Author: Showkotali@hotmail.com

 

 

 
Earth, a planet hungry for peace

 Apartheid Wall

   
The Israeli Land-Grab Apartheid Wall built inside the Palestinian territories, here separating Abu Dis from occupied East Jerusalem. (IPC, 7/4/04).

 

The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers in the West Bank, like a Python. (Alquds,10/25/03).

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