Muslims, Bitches and Niggers

Damn! That title is inflammatory, is it not? It was meant to be to get your attention. Please read on.

As I was meditation on 120 during my morning walk I came across the term 'Muslim'. This is something me and Precise get into periodically. Discussing how I feel about that term and how it's defined and so forth. I've been to rallies or just imformal gatherings where Gods will build and use the term Muslim with bile and acid. I get it that when a lot of G's and E's use it, it's meant to be an insult. It's meant to imply a religious affiliation. My apologies. I just don't get hot like that for the word.

The Oxford dictionary on my desk, defines a Muslim as... a follower (another word folks dislike) of the religion revealed by Muhammad with Allah as God. Nice and neat definition. Some definitions read a follower of Islam. Clearly we, Allah's 5% Nation of Gods and Earths, are not a religion. That's on the front page. But the term Muslim is found with in our lessons and we say our Culture is Islam or Peace.

As a woman, I have affectionately used the term "Bitich" to joke and tease my female or gay male comrades. When I say it, they know I'm teasing. Women do that frequently. Also an Original person, I have used the term "Nigger" to joke and play with other Original people. There are arguments on both sides about whether this is an appropriate form of teasing.That ain't what this blog is about. But both women and Black people know that I am jesting because by referring to said people using said word maliciously, that would be calling my own self the same words. And I don't insult myself.

So where does that put me in the Muslim argument? I recognize that in the purest definitian fo the word that it does not apply. But when you consider who is using the word, what his mission was and the time that the degrees were written I see why T.H.E.M. used that particular term. It was important for the Nation he was building. When Allah left the mosque he did not remove the word "Muslim." He removed Skunk form the 1-10.... Or is that an urban legend?

I get it that if a rightoues person comes to me a mean an surly and calls me a... Muslim, I will know that I have been insulted. But that is applicable to people who come at me withthe same emotion and call me a bitch or a nigger. But just bandying the terms around in jest? Nothings. Stop letting words have power over you.



Peace