Mohammed Afreet Takes the Heat

Blaming all for the acts of the few.

Mohammed Afreet Takes the Heat

 

By Elton Camp

 

Mohammed Afreet is a young family man.

To live quietly he is doing all that he can.

And like just about all people do,

He thinks his own religion is true.

 

“I was brought up in Islam,

So that is what I’ve become.”

Yet, for every extremist act

Poor Afreet will suffer attack.

 

“Hey there, you scum with the stupid name.

For the New York attack you are to blame.”

Such words he has heard for nine years

People keep blaming him for their fears.

 

“In this country I was born.

Was at work that awful morn.

It had nothing to do with me.

I live in peace as you can see.”

 

So-called Christians tend easily to forget

Many sins their religions have to regret.

Are they to blame for the Crusades

Because the Pope so many obeyed?

 

Or how Indians were left in the lurch

In the name of God and the church?

Or how the church the Bible did twist

To put “witches” on the execution list?

 

The churches, wars regularly support.

With the military much like to cavort.

Each side will pray to God to win

Whenever any conflict does begin.

 

When their foreign brothers are killed,

They let it be known they are thrilled.

But for all that’s done in Christ’s name

Are all called “Christian” really to blame?

 

From persecution Mohammed can’t expect relief.

Will be blamed for acts of any others of his belief.

That this is so grossly unfair

Few “Christians” seem to care.

 

 

Reviews

[Brian]

This was superb, and I agree with you, you can't blame the majority for what the minority does, because no religion is perfect, and no religion is better than one another. And we need to stop blaming Islam for what a few insane extremist did.