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--- KING ---
"Oh, bloody hell. Look at this. Another terrorist attack." I heard my dad comment loudly from the lounge room couch as I was in the kitchen eating a sandwich.
"Prayers to their families." Nadia commented softly as I slid the plate over to Linda and thanked her for the sandwich before gulping down the rest of my water and leaving the kitchen.
"Why am I not surprised it's another Muslim?" My dad scoffed and my steps halted, my fists clenching as I turned around to look at him, narrowing my eyes at the back of his head.
"Maybe because the media doesn't want you to be surprised!?" I seethed as I walked closer to him and stood a few meters away, blocking his view of the TV.
"Shut up, King. The media is just spreading news as they should. You want them to hide an attack that took 21 innocent lives!?" He shouted back. Through my peripheral vision I could see Nadia take an intake of breath, clearly preparing herself for the argument about to ensue.
"What about all the Muslim lives killed by our people?! Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Syria...the list goes on! Millions of lives lost for no damn reason besides hostility towards Muslims and bloody oil!" I shouted, my jaw clenching as I watched him release a laugh and scoff.
"And that makes it okay for them to kill our people, does it!?" He said with a grimace, making a hand movement to make me move from in front of the TV. I obviously didn't.
"If that's what you took from what I just said, then you're dumber than I thought." I spat. "Terrorists come in all colours and religions."
"Yeah, but none kill in the name of a religion. Their holy book tells them to slaughter infidels [non-Muslims] wherever they see them!" He said, narrowing his eyes at me as I was obstructing his view of the TV.
I remember reading that verse. I also remember reading the tafsir.
"That verse was revealed in the time of war 1400 years ago! Even so, it says if there is a mutual treaty then do not harm them! It says if they kill one of you, then an eye for an eye, yet still it says that forgiveness is better in the eyes of God! It says killing one innocent soul is like killing the whole of humanity! It says that their God does not forbid them from treating non Muslims kindly if they do not harm them or expel them from their homes and their land! Do you have any idea how many people that the Muslims captured in war converted to Islam during the prophets ﷺ times because of the kind treatment they received? The Muslims would feed their prisoners before they fed themselves and sometimes go hungry just to let them eat the food they had!You know nothing!
His eyes widened as I shouted. He watched me in silence for a few seconds, his eyes running wild before he narrowed his brows. "Where the hell have you been going these past weeks?" He asked me and with that the erratic rise and fall of my chest halted as I held my breath, realizing my outburst. Crap.
I had actually just lost it on m dad and defended Muslims.
"That's none of your damn business." I seethed finally, not wanting to be in the room any longer. I stormed out of the house and left to the one place that I knew would make me feel ease at a time like this.
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"King?" A questioning voice was heard as I was sat on the very corner of the masjid reading a book called Diseases of the Heart and their Cures, by Ibn Taymiyyah. "You alright, mate?"
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