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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
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