A poem by Abdullah Al Andalusi titled “Converses of Wisdom”. What I like about this poem is actually the very last line… The attempt to stir up the insides of most average Muslims on the street. To do a bit more.
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Converses of Wisdom
by Abdullah Al Andalusi
The Skeptic said “What if you are wrong?”
I said “What if I am right?”
The Atheist said “How is there a Creator?”
I said “How is there a Creation?”
The Christian said “Love God and worship Jesus”
I said “Love Jesus and worship God”-
The Jew said “God will always be true to his covenant with us”
I said “Have you been always true to your covenant with God?”
The Buddhist said “The purpose of life is to discover Enlightenment”
I said “Enlightenment IS to discover the purpose of life”
The Polytheist said “I worship gods that hear me and intercede with the almighty God”
I said “I worship the one God, who is mighty enough to hear me without intercessors”
The Secularist said “Politics, Wars and killing for religion is bad”
I said “Politics, Wars and killing for materialism is evil”
The Evolutionist said “The universe created life by itself, without need for God”
I said “Did the universe create itself without need for God?”
The Democrat said “The majority must rule”I said “
But what will rule the majority?”
The Nationalist said “The Nation comes first, before God”
I said “God was first, before the Nation”
The Conservative said “Why don’t Muslims assimilate into our culture?”
I said “Because your culture demands assimilation”
The Patriot said “I support my country, right or wrong”
I said “A country has no right to be supported in wrong”
The Liberal said “Humans should be only individuals, free from oppression, and equal”
I said “You ‘free’ Individuals only from their humanity, to oppress each other equally”
The Communist said “The world is only matter, and society is the highest good”
I said “A society that is only worldly, has no higher good that matters”
The Zionist said “Palestinians desire the end of Israel’s existence”
I said “Desire for the existence of Israel, has ended Palestine”
The Neo-Conservative said “I believe WE are the superior Civilization”
I said “Your belief makes you the inferior Civilisation”
The American politician said “We resist only terrorism and those who use violence”
I said “You only use violence to terrorise those who resist”
The French Politician said “We have banned wearing the Niqab to free women”
I said “You have banned womens’ freedom to wear the Niqab”
The Islamophobe said “I hate Islam, and fear for my safety from Muslims”
I said “I fear for the safety of Muslims, from those who hate Islam”
The Feminist said “Women require to be treated identically to men, because they are equal”
I said “Are men and women identical, to require equality of treatment?”
The Radical Feminist said “We do not want Women to be told what to do by sexist men”
I said “You want women to be told what to do by sexist women”-
The Pacifist said “The just way is to be peaceful”
I said “To be peaceful to the unjust, is injustice to the peaceful”
The Utilitarian said “Always choose the lesser of two evils”
I said “Then your choices will always be evil”
The Ascetic said “Leave worldly affairs, and seek God”
I said “Seek God in your worldly affairs”
The Conspiracy Theorist said “I believe ‘They’ control the World”
I said “That belief controls your world”
The Defeatist said “Do nothing, for the evil is too strong”
I said “Evil is strong because you do nothing”
The Millennialist said “Wait for a sincere leader, who will be able to help us”
I said “How can he help us, if we are not able to be led sincerely?”
The Fatalist said “Fight not against our backward state, it is God’s will!”
I said “If we fight the state of backwardness, this too is God’s will”
The Apocalyptist said “Do not ignore the signs, we are living in the end times”
I said “These are signs only that you are living in ignorant times”
The Pragmatist said “Ideally, you should embrace compromise”
I said “You should embrace an uncompromisable Ideal”
The Extremist said “Extreme times, calls for extreme measures”
I said “Extreme times comes from extreme measures”
The Modernist said “We should reform revelation to fit the times”
I said “We should reform the times to fit revelation”
The ‘Moderate Muslim’ said “The truth is, only following Islam moderately makes you a good person”
I said “Then you are only moderately truthful, and moderately a good person”
What a sight. The shining golden dome. Walk past it. It was truly humbling. I imagined our beloved Prophet (sa , walked down the stairs and we see the Masjid Aqsa. 
Along the way we actually encountered some European men trying to enter the Aqsa compound but was stopped by the IDF soldiers. One was pretty persistent. IDF Soldier: You can’t go in. European guy: Why? I want to go in. I am a tourist. IDF Soldier: Are you Muslim? European guy: Yah. IDF Soldier: Read. European guy: Read what?! IDF Soldier: You are not a Muslim. European guy: I can be a Muslim. Why not. At that point, I actually said Ameen. May you be a Muslim one day. Interesting to note here is that the IDF soldiers are actually protecting the Aqsa compound. 
After the Western Wall, we headed for the Dead Sea. The Neve Mid-Bar Beach. 
