Hatred Intolerance bonding: Allah, Qur'an Dividing

in the KU seminar room an inquirer wanted to know
'is your Allah and your Muhammed* same or different?'
the hijabs and the beards looked askance at each other
'my Muhammed* said...' quoted one brother breathlessly
'my Nabi* said...' counter-thundered another brother
'but the Qur'an says...' a sister vainly interjected
pandemonium reigned amidst chorus of 'qaal ar rasul...'**
we who practice submission to the will of the Unseen
united we are today in hatred and intolerance

II
kalashnikovs separated bodies and souls amidst
proclamations testifying to the Greatness of Him
'inna lillah e...' too bad bhai, you know they were shias
too bad...they're sunnis...ahmedis...barelvis...deobandis
'laikin woh tO bhai tha mera...woh tO beh'n thee meri'
we who practice submission to the will of the Unseen
united we are today in hatred and intolerance

III
returning to the frozen north marvel i at the irony
the very religion that divides brother and sisters
is held in scorn as an evil force for west's voodoo wrath
and for all of them here, all of them there are bad, very bad
hatred-intolerance bonding: Allah-Muhammed* dividing

* peace be upon him
** thus spoke the prophet…

(05/05/23)-re-titled/re-written