Unlike you, whenever I see a group of people, the first identity that strikes me is the human, not the religious, not the political, not the racial, and obviously not the ethnic. Aside from my immediate family, my next closest family are the righteous people, people always in pursuits of Justice without discrimination, and of their other identities Im actually unmindful. Ive long overcome the naiveté of hating a people based on the crimes of a group of which they are non-compliant members, just the way I dont owe any non-Muslim and southerner apology for the atrocities of the Boko Haram. I only owe them explanation, defence, solidarity and empathy. My seeming silence over the killings in Gaza is simply because Ive also been mourning, and also holed up in a mess of immeasurable depth. The Palestinians, I know, have global solidarity soldiers fighting for them. But, beyond hashtags, who are actually fighting for the redemptions of this place in which we dont need a visa to reside? Yesterday, as I listened to Oby Ezekwesili, a woman whose public service records never really attracted my curiosity, but Ive come to like as a humanist and patriot of impressive resilience, lament on the fate and conditions of the abducted girls and the dysfunctionality of the system in charge of our safety, something within me collapsed. So I withdrew from the crowd, hoping that could stop it, but I still couldnt fight the tears. I had to call Yax Mokwa to get his car key, and that was how I left the sit-in, broken. Im not inconsiderate to your reference to brotherhood of faith in standing for the people of Gaza, but I will never ever stand for them simply because were of the same religion. I only empathise with them because of a shared humanity. As for those who rightly explain that humanity has no border, which I also endorse, my belief in yours may only be confirmed if you also recognise the conditions of the Iraqi Christians whore now fleeing Mosul, for they have been told by the ISIS animals to convert to Islam or lose their lives? Many of you are in Abuja, but participating in #BringBackOurGirls is seen as a waste of time, insulting those who defy the tasks of their 9-to-5 daily to be a part of the campaign, ignorant of the impending dangers, the danger of becoming refugees in your own city! Yes, youre right, my refusal to label corpses to know which deserve my empathy is simply to earn a medal from the non-Muslims Ive been struggling so hard, according to you, to impress; some of whom, in a spark of mischief, even called me an Islamic propagandist, whatever that is, for condemning the profiling of northerners in the East, for endorsing a Muslim as presidential candidate... But Im indifferent to their malicious labeling just as Ive been to yours because youre incapable of denying me the rights to such expressions. Humanity is still a joke because of this army of cerebrally malfunctioned brothers and sisters to whom were seen as hypocrites merely trying to impress the non-members of our group, for exposing a despicable form of oppression!
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:57:24 +0000
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