"IF I WASN'T MUSLIM"
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Topic: "IF I WASN'T MUSLIM"
Posted By: Guests
Subject: "IF I WASN'T MUSLIM"
Date Posted: 12-Jun-2006 at 13:46
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A sarcastic song about being bosnian muslim in Europe surrounded by christians neighbours. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WP5XPRk5wg&search - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WP5XPRk5wg&search =
IF I WASN'T MUSLIM
If I wasn’t Muslim Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. If I wasn’t born Mohammedan Life for me would have been fun. I could live and prosper On my land and I could even build a bigger house I wouldn’t have to, every now and then, Run and hide like a mouse. If I wasn’t Muslim Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. My neighbors wouldn’t set my home on fire And surround me with barbed wire I wouldn’t live in terror Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. Books wouldn’t teach you that I was an error In European history. I would not have to prove that I am not stupid A backward and primitive villain An alien threat to your way of life to be hunted down. I wouldn’t be so ashamed of The names of my relatives and mine Of the Semitic language I speak to my God That no one here understands My tradition wouldn’t insult My Christian neighbors and friends My diet, my cap, the Ramadan fast the crescent and the star. Bayram, I know, will never be famous like Christmas or Easter Sunday so modern and cool, so western, and - oh so “secular”. If I wasn’t Muslim If I had an ordinary Slavic Christian name If I wasn’t circumcised If I could eat my eggs with ham I would be accepted Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. I’d blend in to Europe and enjoy I wouldn’t be its whipping boy. – oh boy – If I were a Christian I wouldn’t have to prove that I am human too. ‘Cause when you’re Christian you’re always civilized no matter what you wear or do. But when you are a Muslim It is really hard to find some sympathy for you No one really likes you, no one really cares No one wants to know your point of view. If I wasn’t Muslim Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. If I was a part of Christendom Europe would be my sweet home. I wouldn’t have to worry Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. What will happen in a year or two Will I have to leave or stay and die Drop my pants to be identified and put aside Just ‘cause I’m a Mussulman? |
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Posted By: Mila
Date Posted: 12-Jun-2006 at 13:46
I watched that just yesterday.  It's cute.
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Posted By: bg_turk
Date Posted: 12-Jun-2006 at 13:49
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Superb!
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Posted By: bg_turk
Date Posted: 12-Jun-2006 at 13:57
A Bulgarian friend to my family had a funny story regarding this... During the curfews in my town in the 1980s he was caught after hours by soldiers, and he had to drop his pants and show his "thing" to be identified and save himself from being sent to prison. ------------- http://www.journalof911studies.com - http://www.journalof911studies.com |
Posted By: Spartakus
Date Posted: 12-Jun-2006 at 14:27
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What's the purpose of this topic again? ------------- "There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. " --- Joseph Alexandrovitch Brodsky, 1991, Russian-American poet, b. St. Petersburg and exiled 1972 (1940-1996) |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 12-Jun-2006 at 15:11
Philosophy naturally, this little sarcastic song explains the philosophy behind the "muslim problem" |
Posted By: Spartakus
Date Posted: 12-Jun-2006 at 15:16
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There is a problem with muslims and prejudice.But there are also many muslims who are welcomed.And in the end,there is a problem with monotheistic religions in general.People are very critical of them.Christianity gets the same criticism,but it does not seem so intense like that against Islam,because Christian fundamentalism has been dealt for centuries. ------------- "There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. " --- Joseph Alexandrovitch Brodsky, 1991, Russian-American poet, b. St. Petersburg and exiled 1972 (1940-1996) |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 12-Jun-2006 at 16:12
And that I that is exactly what the song is about; only because Bosnjaks happened to be MUSLIMS where they treated differently then they would have been treated if they where Christians:
If I wasn’t Muslim
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. If I wasn’t born Mohammedan Life for me would have been fun. I could live and prosper On my land and I could even build a bigger house I wouldn’t have to, every now and then, Run and hide like a mouse. If I wasn’t Muslim Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. My neighbors wouldn’t set my home on fire And surround me with barbed wire I wouldn’t live in terror Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. Books wouldn’t teach you that I was an error In European history. I would not have to prove that I am not stupid A backward and primitive villain An alien threat to your way of life to be hunted down. I wouldn’t be so ashamed of The names of my relatives and mine Of the Semitic language I speak to my God That no one here understands My tradition wouldn’t insult My Christian neighbors and friends My diet, my cap, the Ramadan fast the crescent and the star. Bayram, I know, will never be famous like Christmas or Easter Sunday so modern and cool, so western, and - oh so “secular”. If I wasn’t Muslim If I had an ordinary Slavic Christian name If I wasn’t circumcised If I could eat my eggs with ham I would be accepted Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. I’d blend in to Europe and enjoy I wouldn’t be its whipping boy. – oh boy – If I were a Christian I wouldn’t have to prove that I am human too. ‘Cause when you’re Christian you’re always civilized no matter what you wear or do. But when you are a Muslim It is really hard to find some sympathy for you No one really likes you, no one really cares No one wants to know your point of view. If I wasn’t Muslim Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. If I was a part of Christendom Europe would be my sweet home. I wouldn’t have to worry Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. What will happen in a year or two Will I have to leave or stay and die Drop my pants to be identified and put aside Just ‘cause I’m a Mussulman? |
Posted By: arch.buff
Date Posted: 21-Jun-2006 at 23:02
| Ya its pretty terrible the whole prejudice thing. A few fundamental terrorists screw it up for all of Islam. At least the West has "civilized rights" though. If youre a Muslim in the west you may face prejudice but if youre a christian in the middle east you may face the sword. |
Posted By: Bosniakum
Date Posted: 25-Jun-2006 at 20:51
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Well, this song is not from the general muslim perspective, but from a Bosniak perspective, being a Slavic European Muslim. ------------- "I krv svoju za Bosnu moju" |