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Bombs under London by yoshi The Imams who are praying for all those victims are getting covered on the news, not blamed. They say they don't know who did it, and you know I'm not sure it's even that important....Speaking of doing something, I prayed for those who died, and continue to die needlessly everyday. London to Palestine, we're all suffering now, and we're all brothers and sisters. That's where we're at these days. That's where the world is at. Bombs under London It's hard to know what to make of it. Within a day or two, or even on the evening of the attacks on London, people seemed to have gotten over it. Used to it. I always feared that the very worst side of England would come out when London finally did come under attack. But it hasn't. People are being philosophical and realistic about it on the whole, not out for someone's blood. The Imams who are praying for all those victims are getting covered on the news, not blamed. They say they don't know who did it, and you know I'm not sure it's even that important. We all know which way the world's turning right now. All I know for sure is that in the Qu'ran it says if you kill one person, it's as if you killed the whole of humanity. And I do know that the people who did this are in many ways, mentally ill people, very sick and stupid people. The future will reveal to us perhaps who it really was, but all that's relevant for the moment seems to be how we are reacting to it. And I have to say once again I'm proud. It had been a crazy week or so, but you know England is growing up. I've felt it over the last few years, there's been an evolution, a step forwards, and the average everyday person is a lot more informed about the world than they used to be. I'm proud of that. I was proud to be a part of that day in London too; the live8 concert will be remembered for a long time. And it seems people are now grabbing onto the concept of multi-cultural Britain as something we can really, all, without pretending, be proud of. And I'm proud to have seen that happening. I may only be in my 20's, but I can remember when the vibe on the street was nowhere near as tolerant as it is today. And yes there's work to be done, but I'm recognizing what's already happened, what's already occurred naturally. People are co-existing in London, peacefully. All kinds of people. That's how we are naturally, that's how we are born. We are tolerant. So what does this bomb mean to me? It disgusts me, yeah. To my core it fills me with disgust. Disgust when I hear all these families (just look at that!) and when I heard a man on the radio this morning crying whilst trying to find his niece, and all the other shaky voices who so clearly hurt so much. It scares me too, in a way that I wasn't scared in Maryland during 9-11, or when I was in Spain when Madrid was bombed. Those weren't places I was born and raised. But yes it is scary now, to know that it's finally happened, as I knew it would as I said on this very website and to many more people back in 2003 when I protested against the imminent war in Iraq. Now it's arrived, and it may well get worse before it gets better, it may well happen again. Because the problem is complex and the governments all have agendas that involve money and weapons. And they won't stop wanting money, and some people won't stop wanting weapons. I'm going to tackle this problem in my own way, I hope you think about it a lot and see which unique way you can tackle it too. Because we can all do something. Speaking of doing something, I prayed for those who died, and continue to die needlessly everyday. London to Palestine, we're all suffering now, and we're all brothers and sisters. That's where we're at these days. That's where the world is at. And if you can't see that, and can't see that every one of us across all these silly political-borders is connected, intimately, in a very real and human way, then you're living in the past. Easy brother and peace to the sister, Y.Misdaq 09th July 2005 / 2nd Jumada al-thani see also: download: http://www.nefisa.co.uk/Y.Misdaq-Vaya_Con_Dios_(Go_With_God).wma see also: http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/41736.php or http://www.ukhh.com/features/interviews/yoshi/index.html http://www.nefisa.co.uk * http://www.brightonhiphop.com * http://www.muslimyouth.net http://www.nefisa.co.uk/FRAMESET_NEEEYUH.htm ___\Stay Strong\ \ "Be a friend to the oppressed and an enemy to the oppressor" --Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib (as)\ \ http://www.sleepybrain.net/vanilla.html \ http://www.world-crisis.com/analysis_comments/766_0_15_0_C/ \ http://ilovepoetry.com/search.asp?keywords=braithwaite&orderBy=date \ http://www.lowliferecords.co.uk/ \ \ }
