Murder in the Name of Allah — Page 102
Murder in the Name of Allah. New and strange the band of drinkers, and their wine is strange and new,. A new shrine to house their Ka'aba, new and strange the idols too. . Very heavy on your spirits weighs the charge of morning's prayer;. How much more would you prefer sleeping, than rising up to worship me. . Ramadan is too oppressive for you tempers free to bear;. Tell me now, do you consider that the law of loyalty?. Nations come to birth by faith; let faith expire, and nations die. So, when gravitation ceases, the throngéd stars asunder fly. . Why, you are a people utterly bereft of every art;. No other nation in the world so lightly spurns its native place;. You are like a barn where lightnings nestle, and will not depart;. You would sell your fathers' graveyards,. And say that such a thing was right;. Making profit out of tombstones has secured you such renown Why not set up shop in idols, if you 102