ISLAMOPHOBIA-ANTISEMITISM CONFLICT II

ISLAMOPHOBIA: THE DREAD OR HATRED OF ISLAM AND THEREFORE THE FEAR AND DISLIKE OF MUSLIMS. THIS INCLUDES THE PRACTICE OF DISCRIMINATING AGAINST MUSLIMS, WHICH IS A CONTINUATION OF ANTI-ASIAN AND ANTI-ARAB RACISM.

ANTISEMITISM: COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE PREJUDICE AGAINST OR HOSTILITY TOWARDS JEWS.

SEMETIC: REFERENCE TO A LANGUAGE FAMILY LARGELY OF MIDDLE EASTERN ORIGIN, INCLUDING ARABIC AND HEBREW. THIS PROVES THE FORMER AS AN INCORRECT REFERENCE TO THE TERM.

THE POEM IS CALLED ISLAMOPHOBIA-ANTISEMITISM CONFLICT AS IT CONNOTES TO THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT RESPECTIVELY.

BROTHER MAKES REFERENCE TO THE WESTERN WORLD, WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY CHRISTIAN, BY WHOM THE LAND [PALESTINE] WAS ONCE CONTROLLED BY AND DIVIDED THUS GIVING BIRTH TO ISLAMOPHOBIA.
IN THE EYES OF THE ARAB, THIS LAND WAS NOT JUST DIVIDED BUT IT HAD BECOME OCCUPIED. AS THIS LAND [ANTISEMITISM] WAS REDUCED TO ALMOST A THIRD OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS, THE LAND KNOWN AS ISLAMOPHOBIA BECAME GREATER AND WAS GREATLY ACCEPTED BY BROTHER.
HOWEVER, ONCE HAVING LOOKED AT THE ACTUAL DEFINITIONS OF THE TERMS, ONE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BOTH NOT THE SAME THING? A FORM OF ANTI-ARAB RACISM? AND NO MATTER WHAT NAME A LAND IS REFERRED TO BY, IS IT STILL NOT THE SAME LAND?

BROTHER DWELLS IN THE MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST, IN THE NUMBER OF DEATHS,WHICH WERE A PRODUCT OF ANTISEMITISM. ONE WONDERS, HOW MANY ARAB DEATHS MUST BROTHER BEAR WITNESS TO IN THE NAME OF THIS NEW LAND IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A GENOCIDE? IS THIS BLINDNESS CAUSED BY THIS ACCEPTANCE OF ISLAMOPHOBIA AND DISREGARD FOR ANTISEMITISM?

IN THE NAME OF ITS SUPPORT AND ACCEPTANCE OF ISLAMOPHOBIA, BROTHER COMMITS ACTS OF VIOLENCE TOWARDS ARAB WOMEN, WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN SUCH CASES WHERE WOMEN HAVE HAD THEIR VEILS TORN OFF IN PUBLIC AND HAVE GENERALLY RECIEVED HOSTILITY BECAUSE OF THEIR ATTIRE. ITS IRONIC, HOW A WOMAN WHO CHOOSES TO REVEAL HERSELF IS PROTECTED IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM DESPITE WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF HER CHOICE MAY BE. BUT IF A WOMAN CHOOSES TO CONCEAL HERSELF, SHE IS NOT ENTITLED TO THAT SAME FREEDOM. OUR WE FORGETTING THAT THE WOMAN WHO WE RANK ABOVE ALL OTHERS, ALSO MADE THE LATTER CHOICE?

ISLAMOPHOBIA-ANTISEMITISM CONFLICT

BROTHER,
YOUR LAND IS DIVIDED.
THEY CALL IT ISLAMOPHOBIA.
MY LAND IS OCCUPIED.
WE CALL IT ANTISEMITISM. BUT
IS IT NOT THE SAME THING?

BROTHER,

YOUR LAND IS THAT OF THE DEAD.

THEY CALL IT HOLOCAUST.

MY LAND IS THAT OF THE DYING.

WE CALL IT GENOCIDE. BUT,

IS IT NOT THE SAME THING?

BROTHER,

IN THE NAME OF YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO ISLAMOPHOBIA,

YOU STRIPPED MY SISTER OF HER VEIL.

BROTHER,

IN THE NAME OF YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO ISLAMOPHOBIA,

YOU STRIPPED YOUR SISTER OF HER VEIL.

THINK ABOUT IT.

POW

I AM A PRISONER OF WORDS UNSAID.

I AM TRAPPED

IN LONELY THOUGHTS. AND EVERYTIME I STAY QUIET I TRAP MYSELF FURTHER.

YOUR BITTER SUGAR-COATED WORDS BECOME TRAPPED

IN MY HEAD AND PLAY WITH MY LONELY TOUGHTS. AND EVERYTIME I STAY QUIET I TRAP MYSELF FURTHER.

YOU ARE A GOOD MAN.

AND I

DONT DESERVE A GOOD MAN.

I DESERVE A BETTER MAN.

I AM A PRISONER OF COMPROMISE.

MY SILENCE SURROUNDS ME WITH BARS OF STEEL

MY SPONTINAEITY

IS UNSTABILITY TO YOU

MY PASSION

IS ANGER TO YOU

MY LOVE

IS NEEDINESS TO YOU

MY LONELY THOUGHTS ARE AN ADDICTION TO YOU

I AM A SOLDIER.

WELL, A PUPPET.

I SAY

ONLY WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR.

YOU COULDN'T HANDLE THESE UNSPOKEN WORDS. IN TRUTH

I COULDN'T HANDLE THESE UNSPOKEN WORDS.

I AM A PRISONER.

I AM A PRISONER OF WORDS UNSPOKEN.