SHADES
OF
ISLAM
SHADES
OF
ISLAM
POEMS FOR A
NEW CENTURY
RAFEY HABIB
First published in England by Kube Publishing Ltd,
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© Rafey Habib, 2010
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The right of Rafey Habib to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
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ISBN 978-1-84774-021-2 paperback eISBN 978-1-84774-099-1
Cover Design: Irfan Adrian Day Typesetting: Nasir Cadir
DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to those Muslims, Jews and Christians who are striving to find a common path toward peace, mutual understanding and humanity.
CONTENTS
Azan
The Garden and the Fire
Time
Journey
Peace
Mosque
Cancer Cell
Tsunami I
Tsunami II
II. ON BEING A MUSLIM
Muslim Manifesto
Partition
Prayer
Vacancy
Friday Sermon
Weight
Phantom Ship
Hijab
New Generation
To a Secular Cynic
III. LOVE?
Marriage
To a Muslim Girl
Muslim Love
Honorable Death
Lot of Sin
Paradise
To Yasmeen, after Nine Years
Ode to Yasmeen
To My Son Hishaam,
To My Son Hasan, Sleeping
Repression
For You (Yes, You)
Mother
A Letter to my Father
Sealed Book
