I’m Afraid

I’m afraid

Of the madness overtaking the world

How it is okay to shout, ”globilise the intifada”

And acceptable to call for the death of Israelis, Americans, and the West

I’m afraid

Of the rising antisemitism, masked as anti-zionism and being pro-Palestine

Yet, for anyone willing to see, it is clear this is not about Palestine, and it’s certainly not about human rights

If these groups truly cared about human rights

Then why are they silent when the Druze are being massacred in Syria?

When Christians are being beheaded in a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo? (Democratic, yeah right)

When nearly 13 million people have been displaced in Sudan because of the war?

When they celebrate October 7th and never once condemn the taking of hostages, including the elderly and children?

I’m afraid

Of their selective outrage and of their siding with terror groups

Their loudness on one matter and silence elsewhere speaks volumes

This is not about human rights or freeing Palestine

It’s about the demons that hide within them and among them

That lead them to turn a blind eye to real crimes against humanity and the rising number of antisemitic attacks

Just the other day

A group of minors was removed from a plane in Spain

Their leader beaten and arrested

For daring to sing songs in Hebrew

They were on their way home from a summer camp

How will throwing them off the plane help Palestine?

They weren’t even Israeli; they were French

So don’t tell me again it’s just about Palestine or that antisemitism is not on the rise

I’m afraid

Of how these people flooding the streets call themselves liberals yet will shout down everyone who dares to disagree

You see feminists marching in support of terror groups that consider women less valuable than men

Members of the LGBTQ+ community supporting regimes that would throw them off roofs or hang them from cranes

Antiabortionists backing ideologies that teach children to hate and who hide in schools and hospitals

I’m afraid

Of where the rising presence of radical Islam will lead in Western countries

Where countries like the UK already have sharia councils

And tried to keep the lid on the grooming gang scandal

I’m afraid

Because of the silence of the vast majority of people

Of how they think, it has nothing to do with them

Until it’s too late

I’m afraid

Not so much for myself

But for my niece and nephew and others of their age

What kind of life will they have if we allow this hatred and radicalism breed unchecked?

But of course

These are all things you can’t say out loud

Because if you do

You are labelled Islamophobic, far-right, or both

Yet, I am neither

(It would have been challenging to be a teacher in London if I were)

I have no issues with people of different races, cultures, or religions, only with radicals

The definition of phobia is “irrational fear”

It is not irrational to fear radicals, whatever their faith may be

There is nothing irrational in being alarmed by the atrocities committed by these radicals

And far-right

Since when was it far-right to be proud of your country?

To be proud of your heritage?

To call out the crimes committed by certain groups of people?

Or am I far-right simply because I dare to disagree?

Because I’d rather not be on the side that according to Ayatollah Khomeini is on the “right side of history”?

So, at the risk of the “liberals” calling me far-right and Islamophobic

I have said what should not be said out loud because

I’m afraid

If ordinary people like me don’t speak up

The hatred will continue to spread

I speak

In the hope that together we can turn the tide

Before it is too late

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I truly wish for peace in the Middle East and elsewhere. But it won't be achieved while radicals who hate others more than they love their children are free to spread their terror and supported by certain groups in the West. Groups of people who claim to hate privileges, yet enjoy incredible freedom, freedom that is denied to those who live in countries ruled by radical regimes.