Aleppo Street Vendor Of Juice And Coffee
Questions And Muhammad Qatta
Who are the
Karaites? the young boy said.
the protestant Karaites of the Crimea
who reject
the rabbis and their tradition;
who are the Karaites?
They are Jews, so it is said…
they are Jews, indeed, Jews…
they are the ones who eat chicken fried in butter
and his
father spat upon the ground
may their
memory be erased!
who are the Shia? the young girl asked.
the
protestant Shia of the Iran, the Iraq;
who reject Mu’awiyah
and the oral tradition
and remember
brave ‘Ali?
They are Muslims, so it is said…
Muslimeen,
indeed, they be
sons of the
house of faith who hate the Sunni,
and believe
when their Mahdi appears
that our
Sunni memory be erased!
who are the
rebels? the coffee boy asked.
who are
these fighting here in Syria?
They are drinkers of good coffee, like all men.
That morning
came a band
of rebels,
thirsty for the hot,
the black,
and the cardamom -
they asked
for credit from a poor coffee boy
who said
even Muhammad would pay!
and those
Salafi erased his memory
for
insulting the Prophet,
by their act
of devoted killing,
by their
prayers of blood.
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Muhammad Qatta was a 15 years old:
Muhammad Qatta, 15, was reportedly shot dead in front of a crowd of
onlookers, including his parents, for naming the Prophet Mohammed during
an argument, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR)
said.
Qatta, a street vendor selling coffee in the Shaar neighbourhood, was
abducted and tortured by a rebel group operating in the area, after he
was heard saying: "Even if Mohammed comes back to life I won't give it
as debt."
This is we were complicit in creating by letting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel Right-wingers, and neo-con minded Americans create the civil war in Syria.
Karaites are a Jewish group in the Crimea.
