I Say Allahu Akbar; I am Not a Terrorist

[steve2470]

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I grew up saying “Allahu Akbar” numerous times every day.

And no, I wasn’t a terrorist.

I wasn’t someone who blew buildings up, killed people, or shot a missile from my rocket launcher. Those are the events associated with the saying, when something bad is about to happen. People of the West are terrified of the phrase.

I was a Muslim boy trying to pray as many times as he could amidst a life of love and peace, in a home that did not condone any terrorism. My father was a poet who read me love poetry instead of nursery rhymes. He uttered the phrase when he prayed. If love existed in the form of a man, it was my father.

[babylonsister]

1. Anyone who has traveled knows that.

I have had the opportunity to stay in Tel Aviv in a glamorous orthodox hotel.

Close by was a Muslim community. Their call was noticed. It was okay. No one cared.

[Aristus]

2. On the Christian side of things, if someone says "Bless your heart",

shit's about to go down...