Boycott Hajj

- until the Sauds and Wahhabis are removed

Written December 2014 - (286 lines)

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Dedicated to Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
This fine and peaceful man was sentenced to death
on 15 October 2014, and beheaded on 2 January 2016,
simply for speaking out against the most repressive
regime on the planet, and calling for reasonable reforms.
This poem was written about a year before his execution.

Dedicated also to every one of the estimated currently
30,000 political prisoners in "Saudi" Arabia.

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Those old vandals
In their gold sandals
Are uncontrolled scandals!

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Boycott Hajj! All good and true
Muslims should refuse to do
Anything which in any way
Will help the House of Saud to stay
In power for one more second, so
The first step is not to go
Regardless of any incentives tried
For Makkah and Madinah are occupied

Anyone supporting the al-Sauds is a fool
For they never obtained any mandate to rule
And THAT is the basis of legitimacy
While Sauds and Wahhabis rule by forcibly
Clinging to power for as long as they can
So must be removed, as they did in Iran
And THEN ask the people what they wish to see -
Kleptocracy or democracy?

Despite the perfect clear blue skies
Where any reckless pilgrim fries
A massive dark oppressive cloud
Kept in place by the House of Saud
But controlled by Wahhabi hands
Hangs over the burning sands...

The whole peninsula is heating up
The temperature is unlikely to drop
Until it reaches right to the top
Then, inshallah, nothing will stop
The people from tearing the golden cup
Out of the hands of the current crop
Of "royals" and "scholars" and place a strop
Around the neck of each - let them flop!

Boycott Hajj! Cut all links
With the House of Saud for it truly stinks!
Beneath the elegance and opulence
It reeks of corruption and decadence
Billionaire playboys on foreign shores
For exotic rent boys and expensive whores
Private planes and outrageous cars -
In short, a disgusting and ridiculous farce

Though officially a dignified monarchy
It is an illegitimate kleptocracy
Ruled by absolute power and brute force
Sentencing critics to death without remorse
For the most repressive regime on earth
Does not recognise the sacred worth
Of every vibrant woman and man -
We must stop the al-Sauds as soon as we can

If only we could blow them beyond the sun
Not to kingdom come but to kingdom gone!

Its human rights abuses are too many to list
And such a regime has no right to exist
Yet the House of Saud are among the best
Friends of Israel and the West -
Says it all, does it not?
All parties to the same Satanic plot!
Avoid them all for your own sake
For they are three heads of the very same snake!

Boycott Hajj! The time is right
Take to the streets and join the fight

Political prisoners MUST be set free
Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr a priority
Sentenced to death for simply speaking out
And the world has left this brave man to shout
In the desert - we pray it will not be in vain
May our Brother soon be a free man again

Boycott Hajj! And I am one
Whose Islamic duty will NOT be done
Until this important battle is won
And those al-Saud monsters are gone

Oh for the day when the Arabian sun
Decides that it has definitely shone
For the last time on these wicked men
May they never see any light again

Please Allah - let me live to see
The day when Makkah and Madinah are free
And cleansed of every monstrosity
Worshipping material modernity
Built by the House of Saud recently
To celebrate their self-imposed "royalty"

Right here in Islam's historical heart
A mixture of Disney World and Walmart
Where the Prophet lived and was laid to rest
Commercialised like Christmas in the West
Luxury hotels, apartments and boutiques
Jewellery and perfumes, Arabian antiques
Fashion from Paris, London, New York
Anything you want, except possibly pork...
But little or nothing for a pious soul to share
How CAN you make a meaningful pilgrimage there?

McDonalds and Starbucks coming soon -
The ultimate insult to the Crescent Moon!
Spot the mistake - for did you know
They both moved in some years ago...

Change direction without delay
Throw all the plastic trash away
Evict the al-Sauds and deport Mickey Mouse
Restore the surroundings of the Holy House
Everything should be simplified
Clean and decent and dignified
So it once again may be glorified -
As it is, the Prophet would be horrified...

Which brings us neatly and at one stroke
To the other half of this terrible joke:

Decade after decade, how CAN all this
Be tolerated by the leading Wahhabis
Who for nearly three hundred years
Through bloody conquests with swords and spears
And vandalism as an integral part
Of their chosen quest for a "clean" Islamic start
Have shared power with the House of Saud
While keeping the population cowed?

Because it PERFECTLY fits the plan
Of that deeply problematic Wahhabi clan
To eradicate anything standing in the way
Of their narrow reading of how we should pray
And how to work and live and die -
They truly believe only they can fly!

(Something they share with the Jews, by the way
Now save that clue for another day...)

An interesting aspect, not found in the news -
Are they in reality agents of the Jews?
Or crypto-Jews themselves perhaps?
If so, may the House of Saud collapse!
For then this obscene rush to dispense
With old Islamic buildings would at least make sense...

It seems they made a deal to last:
Build what you want but you MUST destroy the past...

In truth they are a reactionary sect
Which the al-Sauds swore to protect
In seventeen-forty by an unholy pact
Which still, to Islam's detriment, is intact

Briefly, the al-Sauds would rule as kings
While spreading Islam, and under their wings
Wahhabis in charge of religious doctrine -
And the disastrous results can be seen
Not only throughout Arabia, no
Wherever those barbarians go
And may they, inshallah, ultimately fail
They leave a highly destructive trail
Which surely any enlightened soul fights -
Soon three hundred years of Arabian Nights!

Al-Wahhab presumably proud of his catch
But it was not exactly a perfect match
For as any astute observer can tell
That marriage was made somewhere close to hell...

Should we rename the whole peninsula
Yahudi-Wahhab-Arabia?
NO! Never! A much better way:
Dump all Sauds and Wahhabis today!

One thing that most already know:
Despite the outward elaborate show  

Petro-Islam is austere and extreme
With absolute basics its central theme
A major export for decades now
Funded by one hundred billion dollars - wow!

As pilgrims circle the Kaaba square
Sauds and Wahhabis are meeting somewhere
Trying to square the circle, in vain
So they will have to meet again
As no doubt they do regularly
To continue to agree to disagree

Though opulence and austerity
Can be discussed for eternity
They simply cannot be reconciled
So Islam's holiest places are defiled
Project by project, year after year
An enormous conflict is brewing here
And one day it surely must blow up
We hope and pray it will not stop
Until every child, woman and man
In Arabia is free  - look to Iran!

Thanks to al-Saud's monumental mistake
Islam's physical past is at stake
For only benighted barbarians employ
Machines and concrete to deliberately destroy
Their own unique heritage and history -
It was not debated until recently
Why this is so, but now we can see
What drives this rampant insanity:
WAHHABISM and its ridiculous fear
That Muslim believers might go near
The graves and shrines to bow their head
And possibly also ask the dead
For help in any conceivable way
Or simply go there to sincerely pray

And so what if they actually do?
Nothing at all to do with you!
For Islam is exclusively
Forever between my Creator and me -
All the rest is superficial
Argument and intellectual
Scoring points and small talk
Of no use to anyone as we all walk
In a greater cosmic harmony
Towards our appointed destiny

But why be afraid of ancient stones
A few inscriptions and some old bones?
That is as primitive as you can get!
The dark ages are not over yet!
Superstition is alive and well!
Relocate the House of Saud to hell
For that is where it truly belongs
And only there will the unspeakable wrongs
Committed by those criminals until this day
Be corrected and punished in an adequate way

The time has come to say it loud:
We must demolish the House of Saud!
And as a matter of great urgency
Before the supreme act of lunacy

For there are rumours that the Prophet's grave
Is listed for destruction - now, who gave
The order for such a monstrous act?
We have a right to know every fact!
Inshallah, there is still time to stall
Such a hideous project - for to call
For his grave's desecration is a ghastly deed
Which no sane or decent person would heed

Before we consider what to do
We need and want to know: is it true?

The tomb of Muhammad should be defined
A World Heritage Site, and enshrined
Both in law and hearts combined
For it belongs to all mankind
It is one more wonderful way to bind
Us all together, intertwined
As human beings - and we must find
A way to stop the deaf and blind
Before the order to destroy is signed
For the fanatic's stunted mind
Well educated, yet unrefined
Sadly is clearly so inclined...

And after all that, what might be next?
Any old building or ancient text?

And at the end of their frenzied feast
Of wanton destruction to please the Beast
Plus quite likely some looting and theft
We wonder if anything of value will be left?

Pity the common Arabians
For nothing is sacred to those hooligans...

"The Stewards of the Two Holy Places" - they call
Themselves, obscenely - Excuse us all!
Inshallah, that title will stick in their throat
Until they all choke on it - then we shall gloat!

Boycott Hajj! Until the day
When Sauds and Wahhabis are thrown away
Whether they plead or curse or pray
No matter how much they offer to pay
Simply ignore whatever they say
For they were only installed to betray
Islam and Muslims come what may
And sadly it seems both are easy prey
With the wicked al-Saud's still holding sway
But the inner circle are all old and grey
A poorly concealed embarrassing display
Of rapidly increasing disarray
And we sense and smell the deep decay -
How much longer will we let them stay?
All good people should without delay
Denounce them and refuse to obey!

Take to the streets anyone who can
Revolution NOW, like the one in Iran!

Thirtyfive years and still going strong
Iran proven right and the world proven wrong!
For oppressed populations with so much to do
Iran is the model to be aspired to:

Independent nations interacting willingly
Warmly, brotherly and respectfully
No threats or pressures, just common interest
Mutual benefit and all that serves them best
Accepting differences while finding things to share -
The way ahead for civilised nations everywhere

And the best example currently known to man:
Christian Venezuela and Islamic Iran

Long live all such nations, may they remain proud
And free, and unaffected by the evil House of Saud

Boycott Hajj! Right until the hour
Those Sauds and Wahhabis are removed from power
Then, like Iran, Arabia shall flower
Like the barren desert after a shower!

Then, and only then, and without fanfare
And, inshallah, no public stare
Shall I pack my rucksack, and obviously spare
No effort to spiritually prepare
To show my Creator how much I care
About my faith, which I long to share
With fellow Muslims from everywhere
But until that moment I WILL NOT GO THERE...

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Copyright © 2014 - IBRAHEEM (O.E.H.Johansen) - All Rights Reserved

Not Iran

- but Israel

Written mid February 2012 - (80 lines)

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The Middle East has long been known
As a troubled and volatile zone
And tragic events have frequently shown
Whenever one deadly storm has blown
Itself out, it did not come alone -
Belligerent tension has recently grown
From toxic seeds carefully sown
For this did not arise on its own:
The problem, as anyone can tell
Is not Iran - but Israel

And how can anyone be surprised?
Yet most have still not realised
Our Judaised and Zionised
World is AGAIN being hypnotised
In the usual ways, long monopolised
Improved upon and now standardised -
This MUST immediately be revised
And we the Goyim, the reviled and despised
Must WAKE UP NOW and break the spell
It is not Iran - but Israel

Illegal agreements secretly signed
No act of high treason declined
A direct consequence of the blind
Obedience of that special kind
The wisest doctors can only find
Between master and slave, and behind
The officially independent mind
Wait cowardice and weakness combined
To serve the devil we know so well
No, not Iran - but Israel

Wearing its characteristic sneer
The Monster is busy building fear
Impatiently, year after year
As it deviously tries to steer
Our world to ruin while it stays clear -
May its arrogance in the near
Future finally cost it dear
And should it completely disappear
That would indeed be terrible
Not for Iran - but Israel

The nuclear issue is just a ruse
An obvious and pathetic excuse
And if that was solved they would soon choose
Another deceitful cover to use
In their obsession once more to let loose
The forces of evil - the world MUST refuse
To suffer their constant dreadful abuse
And make those responsible pay their dues
For The Pyromaniacs from Hell
Are not in Iran - but Israel

Given only unwillingly
By those evil powers that be
"One last chance for diplomacy" -
Enough of your vile hypocrisy!
What happened to decency, honesty
And the rule of law? Tenaciously
MOLOCH clings with obstinacy
To destruction, death and misery
His position as ever untenable
He is not from Iran - but Israel

Technically this could be sorted out
In a day or maybe two without
More than the occasional shout
But that is not what this is about -
And if determined not to halt
An already planned massive assault
With special toys from their doomsday vault
The world at large will be at fault
And who directly responsible?
Not Iran - but Israel

The Countdown has already begun
Nowhere to hide for those who run
No forgiveness for those who shun
Responsibility, for this must be done:
Civilised nations, to the last one
Declaring that it is not for fun
Now turn every available gun
On that certain state in the sun
Which makes our lives intolerable
Long live Iran - down with Israel!

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Copyright © 2012 - IBRAHEEM (O.E.H.Johansen) - All Rights Reserved

Hands Off Iran!

- the title says it all

Written late August 2007 - (253 lines)

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What IS the problem with Iran?
Personally I do not see any!
But according to the American
Administration there are many!

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That biased and exclusively hostile view
Sadly finds an echo in the EU
And in other important places too -
What do they really want Iran to do?

"Iran is trying to get the nuclear bomb!"
They shout hysterically as they beat the drum
Of mindless propaganda, hate and war -
Now where did we hear all that before?
The real danger the world must confront
Is brutal America and its latest cowboy stunt
Trotting out again to make us believe
Their lies and assertions, meant to deceive
The masses, for if they twist the facts
Long enough maybe their evil acts
Now being planned may be carried out -
What is surely beyond any reasonable doubt
You bet your last Euro, they would love to invade
But after the ghastly bloody mess they have made
Of Iraq and Afghanistan, two sovereign states
Which were no threat to the West, Iran waits
Prepared but nervously for the next move
Hopefully they realise that Iran would prove
A formidable opponent for those stupid enough
To risk action after years of huff and puff and bluff

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Not only arrogant, Americans seem to know
Nothing about the world, so in order to show
The extent of their folly should they decide
On direct intervention, the following facts provide
The basic statistics which might enlighten those
Who determine America's friends or foes -
Iran compared with Iraq will surprise:
The country is nearly four times the size
Population more than two-and-a-half -
Pass those details to the chiefs-of-staff!

Much of Iran is mountainous terrain
And history proves no foreigner will gain
Supremacy over the locals there
Look at Afghanistan and you will stare
At another unwinnable Western war -
And still the cowboys clamour for more!

Superpower America? Ha! Another myth!
Invade Iran? Excuse me - what with?
Most of their soldiers are bogged down next door
So no easy repetitions of "Shock and Awe"

Their boots already stretched thin on the ground
Can any more recruits possibly be found
In poor neighbourhoods back in the USA?
Cheap lives, like those they destroy every day...

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As for access to nuclear technology
As a signed-up member of the NPT
That is Iran's inalienable right
Preposterous that it has to fight
For what it is legally entitled to do
Read Article Four and it will tell you
All you need to know in that regard

Iran could also play the ultimate card
Give three months notice and simply withdraw
From the treaty altogether, and, as we saw
With North Korea, just do what it wants
While the government ridicules and taunts
That elusive "international community"
Which gives Israel-America immunity
From all the barbaric acts they commit -
Every civilised person is sick of it!

Not only is it legal for Iran to pursue
Technology by itself, but four point two
States clearly other members of the NPT
In the interests and spirit of solidarity
Undertake to help and willingly share
Their own technology to assist in the fair
Development and progress and generally
Use their best endeavours to see
That whoever wishes to have it as well
Will get it as soon as possible

In recent years Argentina and Brazil
Both started enrichment to fulfill
Aspirations fuelled by common sense
Maybe to reduce inter-dependence

Egypt and Turkey have expressed an interest
In nuclear power, is that OK with the West?
And every one of the six member states
Of the Gulf Cooperation Council now deliberates!
That is eight more Muslim nations in line -
Will the transfer of technology to them be just fine?

Try to understand it if you can:
Why IS it such a problem with Iran?

As President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
More than once has so eloquently said:
"Nuclear apartheid is unacceptable"
So ignore the protests from America-Israel
Get on with your work, press on regardless
We are many who wish you every success!

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India, Pakistan and Israel -
Conclusive proof that all is not well!
Three nuclear WEAPONS states
And sadly nothing there indicates
They are about to sign the NPT
Open up and come clean, on the contrary
That situation is unlikely to change
Anytime soon - is it not strange
That nobody sets off the alarm bell
Over India, Pakistan and Israel?

As we see all over the media
America wants to reward India
For illegal behaviour over many years
Adding to legitimate regional fears
That, should the deal be ratified
India will get what it has been denied
So long for refusing to sign the NPT -
American two-faced insanity!

Currently a military dictatorship
Pakistan could in the near future tip
This way or that way or upside down
Amid clear signs in every major town
Of American meddling to bribe and coerce
As usual making bad situations worse
Still obstinately refusing to learn:
In truth all the international concern
Should not be directed at stable Iran
But rapidly disintegrating Pakistan

And last but not least there is Israel -
From the evidence as far as I can tell
The mixed signals that are frequently sent
The Western powers are obviously content
That the Jewish state is in possesion of the bomb
Is the only conclusion to which you can come!
That is surely the greatest folly of all time
Setting the stage for the final Zionist crime...

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Importantly the NPT goes on to state
That the weapons powers should not wait
But in good faith sincerely negotiate
To scrap all nuclear bombs and so create
At the very earliest achievable date
A world where no-one can dictate
To others with the threat of the terrible fate
Of Hiroshima as part of a one-sided debate...

Hypocritically that is forgotten now
And never even mentioned in the Iranian row!
But the text is there for all to see:
Article six of the NPT

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Strikes on each nuclear facility
Remain of course a possibility
By Israel itself or its American slaves
And judging by the way the Jewish state behaves
It would be no surprise were it to go ahead
But Iran is clever and has deliberately spread
The sites around and knows what must be done
It has learnt from Osiraq nineteen-eightyone
The most important sites are not to be found
On the surface but buried deep underground
So will not be easy to disable or destroy
Even if Israel were to cowardly deploy
The latest American "bunker-buster" bombs
On a day the world hopes and prays never comes...

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Also, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
Specifically issued a solemn decree
Stating that Iran would NOT seek the bomb
But clearly this is not enough for some

Ask yourself: if it came to the push
Who would YOU believe - the Ayatollah or Bush?

Come on! No contest! That is an easy choice!
Any day or night I would believe the voice
Of a senior Muslim cleric as opposed
To a compulsive liar who has overdosed
On deception, connivance, blatant misuse
And abuse of his powers without any excuse
Ever since elected, no from before!
A disgusting little cowboy - nothing more!

Being human the cleric is not infallible
But he holds himself accountable
To a higher power than mere mortal men
Easily misguided and manipulated when
Elections are at stake or maybe the seal
Is about to be put on a major business deal
Whilst the cleric is concerned that all may be well
With himself in the hereafter - Paradise or Hell

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But on the other hand, if Iran wants the bomb
Surely that could not possibly come
As a surprise for those with eyes and ears:
Every Iranian must have real fears
That the brutal idiotic West soon strikes
More or less where and whenever it likes -
Were I an Iranian I would not just be glad
To vote for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
I would also plead with him to proceed
With the nuclear programme with all speed -
Who knows, maybe that is the only way
To keep those rabid Western wolves at bay!
Justifiable with one simple sentence:
Urgently required for self-defence!

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I also believe the hostility
Towards Iran has in reality
Little or maybe nothing to do
With nuclear matters, more likely it is due
To one single issue in a wider range:
Iran's plans for a new oil exchange
Trading not in Dollars but Euros - Hooray!
Ahmadinejad, we are with you all the way!
Why should oil be priced in Dollars? Please explain!
An unfair arrangement causing grief and pain
In many ways and places - except the USA!
Abolish it now - if possible today!
And step by step the Dollar would drop
Grow weaker until too late to stop
The decline, which would be good for most
Might also over time reduce the boast
Of EX-superpower America
May it happen soon - inshallah!

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America has never recovered from
And psychologically overcome
The deep humiliation it had to endure
During the heady days when the pure
Revolution took place back in seventynine
And the Islamic Republic became a sign
That political Islam is more than a dream
And one day inshallah it will reign supreme -
The siege of the embassy in Tehran
Was a nightmare for every American!
Still smarting from that to this very day!
Richly deserved and may those memories stay!

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As regards the wish to "wipe Israel off the map"
It was mis-translated and there is not a scrap
Of evidence that Iran has any plans to do
Anything like that, but the hysterical view
Of every devious and belligerent Jew
Is to try to convince us all that it is true

Still, if in the future Iran is in control
It would most certainly not be the sole
Nation to seek for itself that role -
We are many who think it is a reasonable goal!

And while Israel squeals over "threats" from Iran
The Zionists keep building as fast as they can
To consolidate more of Greater Israel
Making a functioning and viable
Future state of Palestine impossible!

So who is wiping whom off the map?
Only fools fall into that semantic trap!

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When Israel's new president Shimon Peres spoke
About Ahmadinejad and called him a joke
Who loves the nuclear bomb much more than Allah
There were no protestations from America
Nor from any other quarter as far as I recall -
I found it totally unacceptable

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And as we wait for tomorrow's news
And the latest pathetic ridiculous excuse
As justification for another war
Is desperately sought, like twice before
We say to America, the Great Satan:
Keep your bloody Hands Off Iran!

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