What Is This? The Efffing Middle Ages?
I feel a pain deep inside. We Christians have always stayed silent:
We’ve been taught since we were babies never to say anything, to keep
quiet because we’re a minority. But I’m stubborn too and now I want to
react, I want to defend my faith. I take a deep breath and fill my lungs
with courage.
“I’m not going to convert. I believe in my religion
and in Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for the sins of mankind.
What did your Prophet Mohammed ever do to save mankind? And why should
it be me that converts instead of you?”
That’s when the hatred
bursts from all side. All around me the women start screaming. One of
them grabs my bowl and tips the berries into her own. Another one shoves
and Musarat spits in my face with all the scorn she can manage. A foot
lashes out and they push me. Even when I run home, I can still hear them
complaining.
Five days later, I went to work fruit picking in
another field. I’ve almost filled my bowl when I hear what sounds like a
rioting crowd. I step back from my bush, wondering what’s going on, and in the distance I see dozens of men and women striding along towards our field, waving their arms in the air.
Or the future?
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