Life Adventures of Imam (Hajji) 'Abdur-Rahim Muhammad

We know peace is more than the absence of war

And love is much more than the absence of hate

And yes, life is so much more than the absence of death

So much more . . .

How long would it take for us to say,

Every human life is sacred in every tongue,

Seven and a half billion times?

Could it take a lifetime? Or so much more?

And in that time, no one could die

At the hand of another?

No fair, filling the air with bullets, rockets, and bombs

Staining the walls of houses of worship

With the blood of those who simply came to worship.

Death in the name of God? The king? The temporary ruler?

Will it take God to tell us when to stop? Or,