They Ask Me
Yahya Abdul Rahman - August 16, 2006
They ask me where I am from
I reply that I am from the little planet called Earth
They ask me what my race is
I reply with a single word - human
They ask me of my mother and father
I reply that I am Ibn Hawa, I am Ibn Adam
They ask me what is my nationality
I reply that I am a citizen of the universe
They ask me of my religion
I reply that it is deen al fitra
They ask me about my God
I reply that He is the one who has given you breath to ask the question in the first place
They ask me of my education
I reply that all of nature is my university
They ask me what I do to provide for myself
I reply that I merely make effort, but God determines the outcome
They ask me of my political philosophy
I reply that it is good to obey little and resist much
They ask me of the best form of government
I reply that governments have proven to be the enemy of human
freedom
They ask me what I think of al-Qaeda
I reply that I stopped believing in fairy tales long ago
They ask me about my favorite kind of music
I reply it is the music within my own heart
They ask me to whom I pledge allegiance
I reply I pledge allegiance to myself
Then they locked me up..........