Poetry: ISLAMOPHOBIA By: Issa Ameenah Abiodhun

Shall I compare the people of the twenty first century?

To the Thabe'een of the Arabian tribe,

Those who uphold Islam to the core,

Not answering to the song of the worldly call,

Those who didn't extinguish the light of Allah,

But rather uphold the word of our Robba.

Then why the Islamophobic of today's world?

All in the name of modernization,

Knowing vividly that Allah has perfected our religion, 

Then why the labelled name terrorist and extremist?*

All because we elongate our shorts, It's Nisfu-Saq

And strand grew our beards, it's Lihyah

All thanks to the creator, there is never a deadline

To wore our Hijab in its full length,

Covering our awrah conceal our sexuality,

Not dressing in skimpy rags for nudity,

Niqab enhances our beauty,

It's our mode of modesty and identity.

To every Muslim out there 

Islam doesn't need a form of modernization,

Neither does it need an innovation.

For if it needed one, 

The Prophet(S.A.W) would have advocate for it, 

So let halt the idea of *Modern religion

Let's stop compromising the Deen,

For our worldly gains.

And follow the path of the pious predecessors,

For the hereafter gain. 

Let's embrace the Sunnah, for it's a guide 

And stop Islamophobic, for its a misguide.

*©Parrotpen*